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by David Craik • Beef hauliers have given a cautious welcome to this week's agreement by European Union Agriculture Ministers to lift the UK beef export ban which "knocked the industry on its arse" when it was imposed nearly three years ago.
Mick Moody, owner of Grimsby-based Moody International, says his company's earnings dropped by 35% when the ban was imposed. Moody estimates that the ban has cost him many thousands of pounds—but he is by no means sure that he or his competitors will ever be able to reach the former levels of business again.
Nonetheless, Moody plans to take on new drivers and vehicles if the market bounces back. "The sooner we
start again, the better," he
Caution is also the wc. Baker Group Distributi Crick. A spokeswoman comes the lifting of the ba asks: "What will happen The ban may have gon how long will it take the n to be rebuilt?"
Baker Group has redevc its business since the bat imposed but says it is in a Hon to develop its beef ha operation and will take or workers if the market grovi Graham Gibb of Fraserh based Thomas Gibb Trar sums up the mood: "It is ju early to tell whether the n will get back to what it wa
Shropshire-based live: haulier Cadwallader sa won't go back to hauling b
English, Welsh and Sc exports are expect resume in Feb or March yea