Reminder: EMCS Service Unavailability

Due to essential maintenance the EMCS service will not be available from 6:00pm on Friday 7th March 2025 to 10:00am on Monday 10th March 2025.

Any submissions to EMCS between the times above will be held internally and a response will not be issued by EMCS until after 10:00am on Monday 10th March 2025.

For any consignments due for dispatch during this planned downtime, please submit the eAD movement details to EMCS in advance where possible. The Fallback Procedures will be available if required, guidance can be found on (Gov.UK) website – Excise Notice 197, Section 3 – If EMCS is not available.

Further information can be found on the EMCS service availability and issues page – Excise movement and control system — service availability and issues – GOV.UK

HMRC apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. 

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Graham Sheen

Graham Sheen is the BWA Secretary, appointed in 2019. Graham has a strong background in logistics and warehousing, and is very well connected within the warehousing and supply chain sectors.

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