UK Trader Scheme launched
15th December 2020
The UK Trader Scheme has been launched to support businesses moving goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.
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The UK Trader Scheme has been launched to support businesses moving goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.
From 1 January 2021, exports of excise goods from Great Britain to the EU will be treated the same as exports to the rest of the world. This includes moving excise goods to a place of export in Great Britain.
When you must use the Excise Movement and Control System (EMCS), and how to register and enrol.
Find out which goods qualify for unfettered access when moving from Northern Ireland to the rest of the UK.
Northern Ireland Protocol CDS Tariff Guide (Imports, Exports) supplementing the current version of the UK Trade Tariff.
How food and drink producers, manufacturers, retailers and suppliers must change labels from 1st January 2021.
Guidance for EU businesses has been updated.
The DIT Export Control Joint Unit will be making changes to SPIRE (the electronic strategic export licence database) in preparation for the end of the transition period.
On 10th December, the government published a command paper, setting out the details of an agreement in principle, on the implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol between Great Britain and the EU.
There are new rules for businesses, from 1st January 2021, including rules on GDPR.
Senior executives can temporarily leave quarantine in England if they are undertaking business activities which are likely to be of significant economic benefit to the UK.
On 24th August, the BWA committee held one of their regular meetings with Mike Gilmore, of HMRC.
These meetings have been organised to help provide further information and guidance, to our members, on excise related topics.