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This is a brilliant thread. I keep talking to people losing their minds battling CHIEF etc. But read the papers? Hardly a word, which is as the govt wants it. Let’s see if weeks 3 or 4 the strains (which are real) cut through. 1/ https://twitter.com/daniellambert29/status/1350367078662987777
So little noticed the on Friday Palletways, one of Europe’s largest networks collating and distributing pallets of goods stopped taking any more #brexit orders. /2
https://on.ft.com/2KiPeGh
https://on.ft.com/2KiPeGh
This is note sent to customers on Friday...a “very significant blow” says @RHARodMcKenzie given low volumes of traffic post Christmas /3
What reminded me from the @DanielLambert29 thread was that @PalletwaysUK also did their homework before Jan 1, but have been unable to handle sheer weight of incorrect paperwork. @AnnaJerzewska may have insights as to why everyone struggling so much. /4
There are two takeaways here.
One is a point that @ColdChainShane makes, which is that it might be optimistic to assume that biz only makes mistakes once and then get it right - so govt assumption of sharply upward learning curve might be misplaced. /5
One is a point that @ColdChainShane makes, which is that it might be optimistic to assume that biz only makes mistakes once and then get it right - so govt assumption of sharply upward learning curve might be misplaced. /5
The second is that it seems like the only way to learn is by doing - so those businesses that have been staying out of market and using stockpiles may well struggle when they come into the market. The three weeks is prep time/space may not help that much/6
Because what I’m hearing is how darned hard it is to get all the post work to match. The commercial invoices, the CHEDs and Health Certs etc - and if anything is awry then you get stuck. Because if one form is wrong then logically they must all be. 
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So as we enter week three you can feel tempers fraying - and as we reported last week with the fasttrack plans for food lorries - the govt knows that tougher days are ahead.
But whether the dam breaks and it becomes “news”, well...tbc on that one. 8/ENDS
But whether the dam breaks and it becomes “news”, well...tbc on that one. 8/ENDS
