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31/1/2020
Today is the day when the UK will leave the EU
Today is the day. Tonight at midnight Central European Time the United Kingdom will leave the European Union. Brexit is a fact. Well, sort of. Not much will have changed for companies doing business with the United Kingdom, after today. The European Union gave its final approval to the Brexit deal …
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12/6/2020
UK Logistics Firms to Change Post-Brexit Customs Procedures [Updated]
This article has been updated with the announcement by Michael Gove on the transition period and the three-phased implementation on border checks. Brexit will make trading more complex. There will be a border with checks and procedures that have not been there before. These additional procedures …
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14/4/2020
Boris Stable but Negotiations Lag
After 3 nights in St Thomas Hospital’s intensive care unit, Prime Minister Johnson recovered enough to be allowed to leave the hospital. He is staying at Chequers, the country retreat that UK prime ministers can use. He needs to get stronger. Currently, the expectation is that he will not return to …
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10/1/2020
UK Parliament Approves Brexit and Negotiations Start
Things are finally moving on the Brexit front. Negotiations have started and the House of Commons has officially voted in favor of the Brexit-deal Boris Johnson closed with the EU. The vote was rather the opposite of what Theresa May had to deal with last year. What’s the Deal With the Deal? …
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5/2/2021
Brexit Update: Impact on UK Businesses and Updates on the Irish Border
When the number of cross-Channel shipments picked up again, the Customs systems in the United Kingdom couldn’t handle the workload and the systems in France were cracking at the seams. The problems with the British NCTS system have since been solved. The Effect of Brexit on Business in the United …
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12/2/2020
Brexit: Draft Negotiation Directives
The European Commission has published its draft negotiating directives that outline the stands it will take in the upcoming negotiations between the United Kingdom and the European Union. Next to a lot of items on which there will be a difference of opinion, there is also the timeline. Boris …
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21/2/2019
Brexit Preparations: Get an EORI Number
March 29 is getting closer. It is still not clear what exactly will happen and if and how the UK will leave the EU. One thing is clear: the chances that the UK will leave the EU are high. For companies importing or exporting to or from the UK a lot will change. This blog post is the first in a …
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23/1/2020
Brexit: Goods Movement & UK Sea Border
As we wrote in the Brexit Update earlier this week, there is still a lot unclear about what businesses will face post-Brexit. What makes it even more difficult is the mixed messages we are getting from representatives of the European Union on one side and representatives of the United Kingdom on …
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30/12/2020
The EU-UK Brexit Deal and Its Implications for Businesses
Just before Christmas, many companies in the European Union and the United Kingdom got the Christmas gift they were hoping for: a trade agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom. Now that the bells have stopped jingling and Santa has parked his sleigh for another year it is time …
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2/6/2020
Brexit Negotiations Are Getting Critical
A new round of negotiations is scheduled for this month. In January, the United Kingdom left the European Union and it was agreed that a transition period would follow, so both parties could agree on a trade agreement between the two. The transition period ends at the end of the year, but the …