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Angela Barnes

Road freight: The silent drivers of trade face high fuel prices and an ageing workforce

When there’s shortages of products on the supermarket shelves, we all begin to panic. But have you ever really considered how they get there, except when a major geopolitical disruption has brought it to our attention?

Road transport carries around 80% of Europe’s inland freight and contributes approximately 3.75% to the EU27’s total GDP. But, according to the founder and CEO of the Transport Exchange Group (TEG), Lyall Cresswell, it’s still “probably the largest industry that you don't really know that much about.”

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