Category: Brexit

In a concerning parallel with post-Brexit customs systems, in 2005 the Australian government pushed through the implementation of an integrated customs system - without industry participation - crippling the country’s supply chains. In 2005, the Australian government chose to ignore industry... Read more

Brexit trade talks restarted last week in London, after both sides promised concessions and are today moving to Brussels, with observers hoping that both sides are edging closer to a deal.  EU trade negotiators returned to London last Thursday to restart Brexit trade talks, after both sides p... Read more

After the bluffs, bravado and deadline dilution, the Brexit trade deal discussions are back on, after Michel Barnier made a statement in the European Parliament on Wednesday that both sides must be willing to compromise. Talks had stalled last week, with Downing Street insisting there was no p... Read more

On the 8th October 2020, the UK Government released a comprehensive update to its Border Operating Model that will be effective from 22:59 GMT 31st December 2020.  On 31st December 2020 the UK will leave the EU’s Single Market and Customs Union, resulting in new customs declarations, re... Read more

Despite the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) holding ‘emergency’ talks with industry leaders 20 months ago, the UK still doesn’t have enough of the right pallets to continue exporting goods to the European Union after the 31st December.  EU regulations on thir... Read more

As a member of the European Union, UK goods move freely between and through other member states without any formalities. As of 23:00 GMT on the 31st December 2020 freedom of movement will no longer apply and formalities will be necessary at the interface between the UK and the EU and across inter... Read more

As the legal battle lines are being drawn by the EU for their day in court, the divorce talks continue to run in parallel. Following the conclusion of last week's round of Brexit talks, Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen held a call on 3rd October to disc... Read more

The EU has launched legal action against the UK after Boris Johnson failed to respond to Brussels’ demand that he should drop legislation that would overwrite the withdrawal agreement and break international law and any trade deal just keeps slipping away. Ursula Von Der Leyen, the European ... Read more

Customs declarations will rocket from the current 50m a year to 250m after Brexit, overwhelming the country’s customs brokerage capacity and HMRC’s capability to manage physical processes, which is why we have developed digital Brexit solutions. The government’s Border Operating Model, r... Read more

The British Chambers of Commerce has gone on the record to state their concern that only half of UK firms have considered the impact of Brexit on their operations, with just 52% carrying out any form of risk assessment. Mr Gove told Parliament that it was up to firms to get ready for the end o... Read more

The UK government plans to break international law, while launching the Trader Support System, to keep them compliant! In a truly extraordinary admission to the House on Tuesday, Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis said the government will break the law in a ‘very limited and specific w... Read more

The effects and uncertainty of COVID is creating a parallel issue for UK businesses, who are already trying to navigate the shifting landscape of a post-Brexit trading environment. On Monday we learned that the coronavirus alert level should move to 4, transmission is ‘high or rising exponen... Read more