October 9, 2020

The Border Operating Model. V2.

The Border Operating Model. V2.

Yesterday the UK Government published version two of its proposed Border Operating Model (BOM). This follows on from an earlier version in […]

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September 30, 2020

EU Customs Action Plan 2020

EU Customs Action Plan 2020

This week the European Commission published its new Customs Union Action Plan. The plan sets out a series of measures that will […]

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Brexit transition
September 29, 2020

Brexit: Trader Support Service goes live!

Brexit: Trader Support Service goes live!

The background Back in August, the Government published guidance on moving goods under the Northern Ireland Protocol. Within this guidance, it introduced […]

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September 23, 2020

Brexit: Government update on reasonable worst-case scenario

Brexit: Government update on reasonable worst-case scenario

Gove writes to businesses As has been widely reported, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Michael Gove MP, has written to […]

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September 10, 2020

UK Internal Market Bill introduced this week

UK Internal Market Bill introduced this week

Touted by the Business Secretary as a bill introduced to protect jobs and trade across the whole of the United Kingdom, the […]

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August 13, 2020

An Operation Brock Blog – 2.0  

An Operation Brock Blog – 2.0  

As part of the UK Government’s planning for the end of the transition period, they have made a number of proposals for changes […]

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August 11, 2020

Operation Brock is back!

Operation Brock is back!

End of transition planning As part of the earlier Brexit preparations, contingency plans were made for lorries heading to Kent in a […]

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August 10, 2020

Transition Period – Michael Gove writes to businesses

Transition Period – Michael Gove writes to businesses

Brexit rumbles on As we continue to navigate through the coronavirus crisis, the issue of the UK’s future relationship with the EU […]

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July 17, 2020

ONS releases output and unemployment figures

ONS releases output and unemployment figures

Index of Production data May 2020 and the significance of three months This week the ONS have released data on the health […]

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July 16, 2020

Customs and Border update July 2020

Customs and Border update July 2020

This week the UK Government launched their Border Operating Model which lays out the intention for how the United Kingdom will operate […]

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June 25, 2020

April UK lockdown impacting production

April UK lockdown impacting production

In our regular analysis updates we usually focus on the detail of production output figures on a quarterly basis, when they are […]

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May 20, 2020

UK goods and services tariff schedules at the WTO

UK goods and services tariff schedules at the WTO

This week the Government announced the UK’s new Most Favoured Nation (MFN) tariff regime, the UK Global Tariff (UKGT). This will replace […]

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April 14, 2020

OBR coronavirus reference scenario – April 2020

OBR coronavirus reference scenario – April 2020

The OBR has today released a scenario on the potential impacts of the coronavirus on the UK economy. The measures announced by […]

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February 12, 2020

At first look: UK GDP flat in Q4 2019

At first look: UK GDP flat in Q4 2019

UK GDP flat in Q4 2019 Figures released yesterday by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that first estimates of UK […]

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January 23, 2020

ADS President Tony Wood’s Speech to the 2020 ADS Annual Dinner

ADS President Tony Wood’s Speech to the 2020 ADS Annual Dinner

The 2020 ADS Annual Dinner was held on Wednesday 22nd January, addressed by newly appointed ADS President Tony Wood and by Rolls […]

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