January 14, 2021

What the UK-EU Trade and Co-operation Agreement means for Northern Ireland

What the UK-EU Trade and Co-operation Agreement means for Northern Ireland

Basically nothing. The agreement means Northern Ireland, like Great Britain has left the EU and the majority of the new trading arrangements […]

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January 10, 2021

Exploring the UK-EU Trade and Co-Operation Agreement

Exploring the UK-EU Trade and Co-Operation Agreement

On Christmas Eve, the UK and EU reached an agreement over their future relationship after nearly a year of tough negotiations. Whilst […]

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January 6, 2021

The Border Operating Model. V3.

The Border Operating Model. V3.

What the Deal means for the UK border: The UK has left the EU and the transition period has officially come to […]

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January 5, 2021

UK-EU Agreement on Aviation Safety

UK-EU Agreement on Aviation Safety

We got there After a tense and nervy 11 months of negotiations, the UK and EU finalised and published a Trade and […]

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December 21, 2020

Managing Brexit – Transition Checklist

Managing Brexit – Transition Checklist

As talks continue on all aspects of the UK’s future relationship with the EU, businesses are urged to get ready for the […]

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December 18, 2020

UK Border Strategy 2025  

UK Border Strategy 2025  

With just 14 days to go until the end of the transition period, much attention is currently focused on the new rules […]

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November 26, 2020

Preparing for Brexit: Logistics and Freight

Preparing for Brexit: Logistics and Freight

Your general reminder to get ready With just 37 days to go until the end of the transition period, government and businesses […]

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November 11, 2020

Trade Support Service: Action Required

Trade Support Service: Action Required

With the end of the Transition period just 51 days away we are making every effort to ensure our members and the […]

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November 10, 2020

A National Audit Office report on The UK border: preparedness for the end of transition

A National Audit Office report on The UK border: preparedness for the end of transition

Last week the National Audit Office (NAO) treated us to another report on the levels of preparedness at the UK border ahead […]

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October 27, 2020

Joint Committee and Internal Market Bill update – October update

Joint Committee and Internal Market Bill update – October update

As part of our Brexit blog series this week, we are taking a look at some of the main developments over the […]

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October 9, 2020

Negotiators must bring aviation agreement to a safe landing

Negotiators must bring aviation agreement to a safe landing

Today, ADS Chief Executive Paul Everitt writes for King’s College London’s UK in a Changing Europe to set out the importance of […]

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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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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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