The UK left the European Customs Union and Single Market on 1st January 2021. This brought changes for businesses of every size and sector, in the trading of goods. Many businesses are facing difficulties in adapting to these changes.
Commenting on the decision by the European Commission to grant the UK data adequacy, BCC Co-Executive Director Hannah Essex said:
Rules of Origin have been in the news a lot recently. Businesses up and down the country have been struggling to make sense of the new arrangements for exporting inside and outside of the EU.
Commenting on the announcement of the fund, Suren Thiru, Head of Economics at the BCC, said:
Results from the first major business survey for 2021 by the BCC on Brexit found that half (49%) of exporters are facing difficulties in adapting to the changes in the trade of goods following the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement .
Gripple, manufacturer of suspension systems for construction, has come top of the class in the national 2020 Make UK Manufacturing Awards, crowned as Manufacturer of the Year, winning two other categories, and one apprentice receiving a regional award.
The Department for International Trade have confirm that, as of 12 January 2021, preferential tariff rates on UK exports to Chile, as set out in the agreement, are being applied.
At precisely 11.00 pm on the 31st December 2020, the United Kingdom left the European customs union and the single market.
The University of Sheffield is calling for business views and opinions to help shape its Remote Voluntary Internship Programme for international students.