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Welcome to the place where we share our thoughts on the freight industry
Our experienced team will be posting important information, comment on the present and future as well as tips on how to get the best from your freight partner.
Thanks for reading – The Espace Team
COVID-19 – Predicting The Effects on The European Road Freight Market
European road freight market could face 21% drop for the big 5 due to COVID-19 If lock down measures were to continue in the UK, Italy, Spain, France and Germany for most of 2020, we could experience a drop of over 20% in freight levels for the big 5 European...
Coronavirus COVID-19 Service Update
Update18/03/20 European Freight Movements An escalation of the spread of Coronavirus in mainland Europe is now starting to impact European freight movements. As of today, and as far as we know, freight vehicles are still being allowed to cross European borders. There...
Shipping Insurance – What You Need To Know
We’re frequently adding to our knowledge centre to share with you the answers to the questions you want to know. This month we added a wealth of information about cargo insurance. Here’s a snippet of what you might have missed: Can I claim Consequential Loss? If a...
Brexit confusion
We have received a few calls from customers asking about the 31st January 2020 Brexit deadline. As long as the Brexit deal is ratified by UK Parliament, we are due to officially leave the EU on 31st January. We will then enter a transition period until 31st December...
12 Point Brexit Logistics Planning Checklist
Extension, Election, Revocation, Referendum, Resignation, Deal, No Deal. The list goes on. Who knows where we will be with Brexit tomorrow? As you'll have seen, the Government No Deal awareness campaign is in full swing but still lacks clarity and concise...
Tony Shally – Busy Bee
Our MD, Tony, has been a busy bee over the last few months. Here’s some of what he’s been up to: Tony talks Brexit Tony was on Channel 4 news discussing Brexit and how It will affect freight going in an out of the UK. As an expert on the subject tony was asked to...
How To Move An Abnormal Load
Do you have an abnormal load that needs moving? Here at Espace we have experience organising the movement of all sorts of things from the urgent to the downright strange. Here are some of our favourite weird shipments! Ferrari car shipment It wasn’t...
European Truck Driver Shortage Update
Best estimates put a figure of 20% of tractor units standing empty all over Europe. Why? We simply haven’t got enough European HGV drivers. In the U.K and Germany alone, a shortage of 300,000 HGV drivers is predicted by 2020. With e-commerce having an increasing share...
In The Papers – Espace Creates Jobs Through Growth
Due to our rapid growth over the last 12 months, Espace have been making waves in the press. Read this extract from an article in the Express and Star: Freight forwarding company Espace Europe has taken on 10 people over the previous 18 months – as well as an...
Brexit Update – Postponed VAT Accounting for imports
Postponed VAT In the event of a no deal Brexit the UK government have announced they will introduce Postponed VAT Accounting (PVA) for both EU and non-EU imports by UK registered businesses. This will enable VAT registered businesses to declare and recover import VAT...