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Well, I’m back at the wheel again after eight long weeks in lockdown, and it feels good to be back…Stay safe, and look after yourselves..Alex.

Coronavirus could put thousands of haulage firms out of business

Falling demand, furloughing concerns and requests for payment extensions have thrown up existential questions for some businesses. THOUSANDS of haulage firms could go the wall within weeks because of the coronavirus crisis, an industry chief has warned. Small businesses make up 85 percent of Britain's transport market and maintain the flow of food, goods and medical supplies. “The events and music world has been decimated with the cancellation of concert tours. One major haulier has parked-up their 170-vehicle fleet and told their driving force nothing will be moving for at least two to three months with all revenue disappearing overnight. Another is in the same situation having had concert tours worth millions cancelled. “Panic buying is creating artificial peaks with manufacturers working hard to supply retailers and volumes exceeding the normal Christmas peak. “What we’re seeing now, and have seen so far, is the tip of the iceberg. While millions are now working from home we are still expecting truckers to be out there delivering goods like food and medicine. They are taken for granted and have been for years.” Almost 50 percent of the food we eat comes from across the world with 29 percent of that from Europe. The RHA said the coronavirus epidemic has the potential to cause “catastrophic effects” on the transport businesses if supplies cannot cross borders. The average UK haulier makes between one and two percent margin and many have no more than two to three weeks of operating costs available. It has demanded immediate direct financial support, which would then be written off, and called for other emergency measures to help companies stay afloat. These include enforced payment holidays with leasing companies, banks and fuel suppliers; the deferment of VAT, income tax, business rates and corporation tax; deferment of the implementation of Clean Air Zones rules by at least six months; relaxing lorry tolls on the M6 and others; suspension of the London Lorry Control Scheme and Low Emission Zone charges and the relaxation of drivers’ hours regulations. Daily Express..

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