Firms Face Weeks of Bugs After Launch of Brexit Border App
- Government sets out timetable for key border web service
- Trucks will need special permits to travel to Dover in January
Trucks are held after entry at the Port of Dover Ltd. in Dover, on Sept. 14.
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Businesses handling billions of pounds of exports risk having to grapple with bugs in the U.K.’s key border IT system for weeks after it launches at the end of this year.
The government expects it will have to fix technical problems with the system, which will allow truckers to check if they have the correct papers to cross the border, until the end of January, according to an official document seen by Bloomberg News. It anticipates making essential updates to the system as late as March.