Category: Brexit

The SME Brexit Support Fund could give you up to £2,000 to help with training or professional advice, if your business has up to 500 employees and no more than £100 million annual turnover.  Traders can apply for up to £2,000 in total through two types of grants:  Grant for Training: The grants can be used… Continue reading SME Brexit Support Fund Open for Applications

If your business moves goods between the UK and countries in the EU, you’ll need to follow new customs and tax rules. Your business will be affected by the new rules if they: buy goods from an EU seller and bring them into the UK send goods you’ve sold to a buyer in an EU… Continue reading Transition Guidance Available from HMRC

The £20 million SME Brexit Support Fund will help small businesses with changes to trade rules with the EU. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster announces £20 million SME Brexit Support Fund to help small businesses with changes to trade rules with the EU; Traders will be able to apply for a grant of up… Continue reading Government announces SME Brexit Support Fund

New rules for businesses moving goods to the EU You must declare any goods you send to the EU, providing details about what you’re sending and what it’s worth, using a customs declaration form. You can get a customs intermediary to help you do this. If you’re sending goods using a fast parcel operator or express… Continue reading Moving Goods to the EU

New rules for businesses that trade with Europe are here. Now that the Brexit transition period has ended, all businesses that move goods between Great Britain and countries in the EU, or under the Northern Ireland Protocol, must follow new customs and tax rules since 1‌‌‌ ‌January 2021. HMRC have provided answers to some of… Continue reading HMRC answer Frequently Asked Questions on New Trade rules

One of the important changes is Rules of Origin. Rules of Origin concerns where a product was manufactured and determines the ‘economic nationality’ of a good for international trade. Businesses need to know about them because the Trade and Cooperation Agreement means they can trade with the EU without paying tariffs – but only if… Continue reading Rules of Origin: New Rules for Trading with the EU

New customs and tax rules for trading with the EU started on 1 January 2021. To continue trading with countries in the EU, there are actions you must take, to make sure you’re compliant and minimise costs and delays. Before you attempt to move your goods, you’ll need to: Get ready to make customs declarations,… Continue reading New Customs Rules; Moving Goods

New rules for businesses that trade with Europe have arrived. This means that since 1 January 2021, all businesses that move goods between Great Britain and countries in the EU, or under the Northern Ireland Protocol, need to follow new customs and tax rules. What is an EORI number, and why do I need one?… Continue reading What Is an EORI Number, Why Do I Need One

Act now to keep your business moving in 2021 Business Minister, Paul Scully MP, has urged businesses who have not yet taken steps to prepare for the UK’s new start since we left the EU’s Customs Union and single Market, to take action now. In his message to business, the Minister highlights six key actions that many firms need to take. They are:  Goods – if you import or export goods… Continue reading Are You Prepared for Changes in How You Do Business With the EU?