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Breaking: the key IT system to avoid border chaos will still be in testing mode on Brexit day 1/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-15/key-border-it-system-won-t-be-ready-for-brexit-industry-warns?sref=yMmXm5Iy">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...

The IT System to Avoid Border Chaos Won’t Be Ready for Brexit, Lobby Group Says

The key IT system designed to avert border chaos when Britain finally separates from the European Union at the year-end won’t be fully tested and ready in time, according to Britain’s biggest...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-15/key-border-it-system-won-t-be-ready-for-brexit-industry-warns?sref=yMmXm5Iy

Trade group Logistics UK says government officials told them the Smart Freight System won’t be fully tested and stable until April 2021 - too late for end of Brexit transition 2/

The government plan is to start beta-testing it in December, when it says it will be ‘fully operational’. Here’s what http://gov.uk"> http://gov.uk says Beta means 3/

The government plan is to start beta-testing it in December, when it says it will be ‘fully operational’. Here’s what http://gov.uk says Beta means 3/

A reminder: the SFS is designed so lorries pre-declare they have correct paperwork to enter EU, giving them a permit to enter Kent. No permit = £300 fine 4/ https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-07-13/u-k-brexit-border-plan-hinges-on-untested-it-system-being-ready">https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www...

Delays, Fines: the U.K. Details the Costs of Brexit Border

U.K. truck drivers taking goods to the European Union after Brexit could face fines if they fail to comply with a new computer system under government plans designed to avert chaos at the border next...

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This is the system UK gov is planning to avoid their big fear - huge traffic in Kent because lorries don’t have right documents and get turned away by the EU 5/ https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-09-03/u-k-races-to-fix-critical-gaps-exposed-in-brexit-border-plan">https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www...

U.K. Races to Fix ‘Critical Gaps’ in Brexit Border Plan

Boris Johnson’s officials are urgently working to avert a major border crisis when the U.K. leaves the European Union’s trade regime, amid warnings vital government IT systems may not be ready in...

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-09-03/u-k-races-to-fix-critical-gaps-exposed-in-brexit-border-plan

Logistics UK said the revelation about the IT system is a ‘crushing disappointment’ and was met with ‘dismay’ - we could have lots of unhappy truckers in January... 6/ https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-09-13/smelly-portaloos-400-fines-truck-drivers-warn-of-brexit-chaos">https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www...

Smelly Portaloos, $400 Fines: Truck Drivers Warn of Brexit Chaos

One of the U.K.’s biggest trade unions has warned that truck drivers face hardship at the end of the Brexit transition period, because poor government preparations will lead to “chaos and confusion”...

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-09-13/smelly-portaloos-400-fines-truck-drivers-warn-of-brexit-chaos

And your now regular reminder - all this will be needed even with a UK-EU FTA. Britain will be outside EU customs union, therefore goods will need customs declarations, and EU will impose full controls 7/ https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-06-18/eu-says-it-won-t-ease-customs-controls-on-u-k-after-brexit">https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www...

EU Says It Won’t Ease Customs Controls on U.K. After Brexit

The European Union will impose full customs controls and checks on goods from the U.K. from 2021, declining to reciprocate London’s plan to offer traders a six-month grace period.

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This also why the Brexit lorry parks are being built. Plan is to intercept trucks without the right documents, and send them there 8/ https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-09-03/government-gets-power-to-build-brexit-lorry-parks-across-england">https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www...

Government Gets Power to Build Brexit Lorry Parks Across England

With Britain less than four months away from its final split with the European Union, U.K. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick gave himself sweeping powers to build truck parks across large parts of...

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It’s all looking quite high-wire for end of the year - potentially in covid second wave, untested IT system policing most important trade route, supply chains under pressure... big challenges for gov in store ends/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-15/key-border-it-system-won-t-be-ready-for-brexit-industry-warns?sref=yMmXm5Iy">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...

The IT System to Avoid Border Chaos Won’t Be Ready for Brexit, Lobby Group Says

The key IT system designed to avert border chaos when Britain finally separates from the European Union at the year-end won’t be fully tested and ready in time, according to Britain’s biggest...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-15/key-border-it-system-won-t-be-ready-for-brexit-industry-warns?sref=yMmXm5Iy

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