From the article
“Given the Brexit border friction and the likelihood of having to come back with an empty load,”
From experience I would say this is getting worse too. Watch for balance of trade figures once the initial Brexit fluctuations die down, and the COVID related stuff does away.
Our goods exports have dropped more than imports. There have always been more empty trucks leaving the UK than entering, and I reckon that difference is increasing.
It’ll take a while for the figures to show but it ain’t looking good from my seat.
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Any mention of loads being taken only at some minimum rate? Any mention of “The going rate” as there is with giving work visas out?
Screwing the bosses along with drivers then.
UK firms paying higher wages will be even less competitive with EU firms than they were last year.
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Back to the 2018 "bloke from the pub " is it?
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Ed to add
And no reciprocity agreement, neither in general haulage nor in the visa hit touring sector.
I’ve been told of changes happening there, but with no printed proof, it’s all currently rumour.