UK votes Brexit – UPDATE with industry reaction

UK votes Brexit – UPDATE with industry reaction

The United Kingdom has voted to leave the European Union, and the Prime Minister David Cameron has announced this morning that he will be resigning and expects that a new leader will be in place ahead of the Conservative Party conference in October. The decision will have a momentous impact on every aspect of the UK’s future – politically, economically and socially.

Post&Parcel will be talking to figures in the mail and express industry to gauge what the business reaction is to the result.

If you would like to share your views, we would be most interested to hear from you. Please email your reaction, comment and prognostications to our News Editor, Ian Taylor, [email protected].

 

UPDATE: INDUSTRY RESPONSE

The reaction from the industry has started to come into Post&Parcel’s in-box. Please keep your comments coming and we will update this post during the course of the day.

 

Andrew Baxter, Managing Director of Europa Worldwide Group:

“This is a great day for Britain.

“Even though the world does not yet seem to realise, Britain has just taken a step that will ultimately make it economically safer and more secure.

“The EU is on the wrong course. The Euro cannot work without a superstate, and a superstate will not work in practice. It’s time for the EU to rethink its direction.”

 

Kevin Buchanan, managing director of Pall-Ex Group:

“As a business, we’ve always said that Britain is stronger in Europe. We’re saddened that the majority of people didn’t share our view.

“We stand firm in our belief that the UK’s supply chain will be deeply affected by the referendum outcome, as it’s always relied on an efficient international logistics network. Jobs, trade and investment are all likely to be impacted.

“As a country, we now enter a crucial period of negotiation regarding the terms of our exit. The Government has a tricky task ahead and we urge them to listen to the concerns of businesses across the country.

“Like every other company, we must now take stock of what’s happened and ensure that processes are in place to lessen the inevitable impact.

“Our number one priority has always been, and remains, our haulier members and customers. Over the coming months, we’ll be doing all we can to support them and ensure that, as much as possible, it remains business as usual.”

 

David Jinks, ParcelHero’s Head of Consumer Research 

“The international courier ParcelHero has responded to the vote to leave the EU by calling for the Government to negotiate immediately for access to the single market, and not seek to impose tariffs on EU imports into the UK.

“Many of ParcelHero’s SME business customers voted for Brexit and we understand entirely why they have done so. However, we are concerned for our customers about the possibility of increased costs in sending parcels to the EU and also receiving items from the Union.

“ParcelHero regularly ships to those countries that are in Europe but not in the EU, such as Switzerland, Norway and Iceland. Parcels sent to these countries face customs delays, red tape and tariffs of between 5-9% on average.  We hope that the UK will not find itself with similar customs charges and paperwork. It is our hope that negotiations between the UK Government and Brussels will ensure that the EU will not impose new tariffs on British good shipped into the EU; and that similarly the UK Government will not seek to impose tit-for-tat tariffs in return.

“ParcelHero does not foresee any price rises for its popular EU services while the UK’s future relationship is hammered out; and it will seek to protect its customers from any increased costs in the long term. It’s very much business as usual and we trust that Britain will not face new trade tariffs and border delays following these negotiations; which would be very much against the interest of EU countries and businesses; as well as UK SMEs.”

 

UK Mail Group Plc Board

“While the EU Referendum decision is likely to result in a period of uncertainty for UK politics and the economy as a whole, the direct impact on the UK’s Mail and Logistics industry is expected to be limited.

“From UK Mail’s perspective, the vast majority of our Parcels and Mail businesses are UK focused, so our ambition to be one of the leading parcels carriers in the UK remains unchanged by the Referendum result.”

 

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