by Lucinda O'Reilly | Aug 4, 2023 | News
The government has announced Liverpool as the second of the UK’s Investment Zones, with both national and local authorities saying it will build up the city as a major hub for medical innovation and life sciences. The Department for Levelling Up said in a...
by Lucinda O'Reilly | Jul 5, 2023 | News
A new duty reimbursement scheme has been launched for businesses sending goods from Great Britain into Northern Ireland that do not subsequently move into the EU.The scheme delivers an important element of the Windsor Framework that was agreed to by prime minister...
by Lucinda O'Reilly | Jul 4, 2023 | News
Cabinet Office minister Baroness Neville-Rolfe told a technology summit that ongoing pilots trialling the digitalisation of cross-border trade could save businesses up to £225m a year in reduced administration, if scaled up.Speaking at the ‘Border Strategy 2025:...
by Lucinda O'Reilly | Jun 16, 2023 | News
A new set of tariffs for imports from developing countries into the UK will enter force on Monday (19 June). The Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) replaces the UK Generalised System of Preferences – the continuity system that was put in place following the...
by Lucinda O'Reilly | Jun 14, 2023 | News
The EU has agreed an Anti-Coercion Instrument (ACI) to enable it to respond to economic pressure from third countries.It allows the bloc to implement countermeasures – like import tariffs, trade restrictions, or public procurement measures – against countries that try...
by Lucinda O'Reilly | May 26, 2023 | News
The government’s Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) has published fresh guidance warning traders that additional due diligence is needed to prevent sanctions being evaded in their supply chains. The UK and fellow G7 allies have agreed to impose more sanctions against...
by Lucinda O'Reilly | May 23, 2023 | News
The European Commission (EC) has proposed what it has called “its most ambitious and comprehensive reform of the EU Customs Union since its establishment in 1968”. This includes a plan to introduce a new EU Customs Authority that will oversee an EU Customs Data Hub –...
by Lucinda O'Reilly | May 19, 2023 | News
One of the world’s largest car manufacturing companies has called on the UK government to renegotiate its post-Brexit deal with the EU or risk losing out in the automotive sector. Stellantis – the parent company of Vauxhall, Fiat, Peugeot and other well-known car...
by Lucinda O'Reilly | Nov 29, 2022 | Blog
Latest Information As of November 2022 The UK government has for the third time delayed the requirement for firms to adopt the UK Conformity Assessment (UKCA) mark for their goods to be placed in the UK market. The UKCA mark can already be used for goods traded in the...
by Lucinda O'Reilly | Nov 21, 2022 | Blog
When and Why? There are many reasons that HMRC or Border Force might seize goods that are imported into the UK but in the manufacturing and engineering sector it is most likely to be a disagreement about the HS or Commodity Code that was used. Commodity codes, also...
