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FTA is urging clarity from government on the use of road space for logistics movements, after published guidelines for post-COVID-19 active travel by transport secretary Grant Shapps MP failed to contain recommendations for the sector.

FTA urges the government to adopt its Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) to ease business back to work after the COVID-19 crisis.

With the UK-US trde negotiations set to begin, FSB is calling for small firms to be placed at the centre of any future Free Trade Agreements.

Further to confirmation by the government that the COVID-19 restrictions are to continued and with no clear end in sight, the CEO of the UK Warehousing Association (UKWA) Peter Ward has made a direct appeal to Rishi Sunak MP.

The FTA is reassuring the public that it is working hard to keep the nation trading during the COVID-19 pandemic, and is busy supporting all sectors of the economy, in line with government advice.

Leaders from the world of logistics had various comments about how many of the changes made might impact the logistics sector.

The first rent quarter day of 2020 is on 25 March and the Government announced yesterday evening extra protection for businesses with a ban on evictions for commercial tenants who miss rent payments.