INDUSTRY NEWS
MULTIMODAL 2019
FTA SEMINAR PROGRAMME
...THE FUTURE OF LOGISTICS
F
TA, the only business organisation representing all modes
KEEPING BRITAIN TRADING AFTER BREXIT
of freight transport, will be exhibiting at Multimodal
FTA’s 2019 Logistics Report revealed that the uncertainties
2019 over the three days, hosting a number of executive
surrounding Brexit are making it difficult for logistics businesses
conference sessions, delivering its own comprehensive seminar
to prepare their operations for the future. At the time of the
programme and sponsoring the event’s awards night. In ten
survey (January 2019), 37 per cent of respondents had not taken
sessions, FTA’s seminar programme will explore the forces set to
any action to prepare for Brexit and only 17 per cent had created
shape the industry in the coming years, from the UK’s departure
a plan for a No Deal Brexit.
from the EU and the landmark Williams Rail Review, to the digitalisation of consignment notes. In this article, FTA’s Director
In this session, Keeping Britain trading after Brexit, FTA’s expert
of UK Policy, Elizabeth de Jong, will provide a peek into two of
Brexit team – Pauline Bastidon, John Lucy, and Sarah Laouadi
the free sessions open to Multimodal visitors:
– will offer robust and well-informed advice on how businesses
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can prepare for the UK’s departure from the EU, whatever the outcome of the political negotiations. The speakers will explain how businesses can Brexit-proof their operations to minimise potential disruptions, as well as going through the new customs and regulatory requirements.