Brexit has hit UK's position as a gateway to Europe for imports, say freight firms

Brexit has damaged the UK's position as a gateway to Europe for imported goods and increased red tape.

That's the claim of air freight companies who say Britain's exit from the European Union has been compounded by the COVID pandemic.

“It was just a perfect storm," Robert Larkin, director of Med Freight Services near London, a company providing air cargo transportation, told Euronews.