DfT seeks to protect transport industry from being hit by any Brexit business exodus

The DfT is seeking to support the industry following the vote to leave the European Union with a new role to bolster international trade in the sector.

The Department is advertising for a deputy director for international trade tasked with "generating concrete actions to support international trade in the transport sector for the benefit of the U.K economy," drawing on the department's "deep and direct understanding of the supply chain". The person appointed would work with the Department for International Trade and "build an astute commercial understanding of the underlying strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in relation to international trade and investment across the transport sectors and their supply chains".

They will oversee a team of two to three staff that they will create, charged with "identifying the ways in which the Government can add value to these sectors and the companies within them," and "identifying a pipeline of opportunities and how Government should act to maximise this value". Applications for the role are open until the 20th October.