Author: Robert Hardy

Author: Robert Hardy

Route 4: ROI To GB

Round 4 in the series. Republic of Ireland to GB. We’ll keep this one simple for now and have a direct routing (say Dublin to Holyhead), next week we’ll do the same route but via Northern Ireland… ROUTE

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Route 3: GB To IT

Welcome to the third in the series of route guides. Today we are looking at GB to IT. This example assumes shipment from say Dover to Calais or via Eurotunnel. We have selected IT (Italy) but in reality

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Did You Know…?

It’s been a big couple of weeks what with the Border Operating Model and the NI Protocol approach. We’ve read them all. We’ve read them again. We’ve read them slowly in case anything is hidden. There are a

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Route 2: GB To FR

Welcome to the second in the series of route guides. Today we are looking at GB to FR. This example assumes shipment from say Dover to Calais or via Eurotunnel. The point being that the Member State of

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Route 1: GB To ROI

You may be familiar with our Brexit updates and we hope you have found them useful and informative. We have decided to try something a little different. Each week we will pick a routing and outline what processes

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No Data – No Movement

“Trade isn’t about goods, it’s about DATA. Goods sit in the warehouse until DATA moves them!” C J Cherryh We have been collecting master data for the last 6 weeks and have already built 1,500 trader relationship files

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BREXIT Update No. 15

Things are changing quickly around here. We’ll ramp up the frequency of these updates between now and the end of the year as more and more detail becomes available… “UK BUSINESSES BANNED FROM EXPORTING TO EU” What a

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Brexit Update No.14

Busy week in Brexitland…Some of the new processes mentioned below are literally only a few days old. We have given our assessment and will forward more detail as and when received (and deciphered). TRANSITION EXTENSION Whilst the deadline

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Northern Ireland Protocol

Involved in Northern Ireland trade? As the Brexit deadline approaches and negotiations push on, the role of the Joint Committee (JC) becomes ever more important. It is the role of that committee to define and agree how the

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BREXIT Update June

Vital deadline approaching: the transition period can be extended (once) for up to two years, providing that request is lodged by 30th June (i.e. 3 weeks’ time!). It needs to be negotiated (financial package etc.) and agreed by

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BRUNCH No. 2

“EXCELLENT”, “INFORMATIVE”, “GREAT”, “GOOD USE OF MY LUNCH BREAK!” Just some of the lovely comments we got from the first BRUNCH event held on Thursday 28th May. It was a nerve wracking first attempt at this format but

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UK MFN Tariff Launched

UK have (today) released their MFN import tariff. 2000 duty lines have been removed and many have been reduced or simplified. Measuring codes have been removed and € rates have been converted to £ as appropriate. The UK

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BREXIT Update No: 13

Brexit is raising its head again, so probably time we raised ours! Covid-19 has rightly shifted focus and, for a period at least, has knocked Brexit off the top spot of things to contend with. We are not

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Covid-19 And Brexit

2020 has certainly been an eventful year so far. Brexit got done; the transition period got going; hurricane-esque storms brought travel chaos and now we can’t travel at all. Covid-19 is threatening the very existence of some businesses

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BREXIT Update No: 12

Well that’s it then, we have left the EU! Now our attention diverts to the trade talks. Our message is ‘keep calm and carry on’…preparing. Expect Customs formalities from 1st January 2021 and prepare as such. EVERYTHING CHANGES,

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