Today UK Government & HM Revenue and Customs released the updated version of the Border Operating Model (BOM).. To read and download the document, click here: UK BOM
We are summer holiday watching the 4th sesson of one of our favourite TV dramas, ’Unforgotten’. With the excellent actress Nicola Walker as DCI Cassie Stuart and another favourite Sanjeev Bhaskar as DI Sunny Khan. I love this British Crime drama. Brilliant TV. And there will be a season 5.
It has been tough 18 months on all of us. Like many others, I have been working hard during the pandemic – and had no vacation last year. It just wasn’t possible. Now it is time for a new professional challenge when I join Maersk starting next month. Before that I will reload my …
A semi-truck that was autonomous drove from Arizona to Oklahoma in about 14 hours, showcasing that trucks could be heading in the direction of being self-sufficient. A tech company called TuSimple successfully tested its semi truck to transport watermelons from one state to another. However, what is perhaps most impressive about the road trip …
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We know how to handle crises, we do. We have just been managing a global pandemic and there are credible sources saying that the investments done by states to handle the covid-19 corona pandemic, are hundreds of times higher than the cost lf fulfilling the Paris agreement, the legally binding international treaty on climate …
Tony Connelly writes today in RTE about the situation on the Northern Ireland Protocol. at the end of thid pist I gove my view on the current situation and the proposal on the table. ’The EU has proposed a Swiss-style sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) legal agreement that would involve the UK aligning with EU …
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Koenigsegg Automobiles is a Swedish manufacturer of high-performance sports cars, based in Ängelholm, Sweden. Not far from where I live. The story of the compamy, today ranked as one of the leading sport cars in the world, is a truly fascinating one. Sweden is a country blessed, and built, with world-class engineering. The country’s …
British importers and exporters are more optimistic about growing their businesses next year than their counterparts who sell only domestically, despite disruption caused by Brexit. This is according to a new survey of 1,000 companies by HSBC. Over half (60%) of the respondents that import or export expect growth in 2022, compared with 46% …
CNBC has a story about how surging consumer demand, bottlenecks at ports and a shortage of containers, makes it a tumultuous time to be an ocean carrier. Maersk, the world’s largest container shipper, announced May 2021 first-quarter revenue of $12.4 billion, a 30% increase from a year earlier. Maersk has a fleet of over …
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UK’s top spycatcher will say foreign agents have made more than 10,000 “disguised approaches” to members of the public. McCallum says the impact of hostile state activities – which include cyber attacks and fake news and have the potential to affect everyone – ranges from “frustration and inconvenience, through loss of livelihood, potentially up …
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This is an article from the Economist about Belgium. I think all of us that have lived in Belgium recognizes some things. Stuff happens in Belgium. From the outside, it is a grey country famous for fries, Magritte, chocolate and as the home of the eu—a project whose entire ethos is making European history …
One of the unique facets of The Beatles during their pomp in the 1960s was their ability to tell sweet and soulful stories in the guise of pop songs. Credited always to Lennon-McCartney, the real write of most of these “story songs” was, in fact, Paul McCartney. Happier to employ a sense of whimsy …
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BBC News writes, that iNcreased cross-border trade in Ireland as a result of the Northern Ireland Protocol is “in many ways a problem”, UK Brexit Minister Lord Frost has said. The protocol makes it harder for businesses in either part of Ireland to import goods from Great Britain. That has contributed to a surge …
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Swedish Customs has more than doubled their seizured amount of cannabis during the first six months of 2021 in comperison with the same time period last year (2020). Also the seizures of cocaine has improved in 2021. In addition the seizures of amphetamins ha also gone up in 2021, so far. The main reason …
The ancient Maya civilization was enshrining its legacy in stone more than a thousand years ago, and the ingenious designs from that time are being utilized in fresh ways today. On a 950-mile (1,525 -kilometer) Mexican railway line, a new station to service the Yucatán town of Tulum is being built using techniques right …
The East African Community (EAC) economic bloc is projected to grow at 3.6 percent this year. The fast growth will likely give the six nation bloc a leeway in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The facility, which became operational in January this year, has a consumer market of 1.3 billion people. This …
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There are many singers throughout the world who would be positively quaking in their boots to take a seat in the BBC Radio 4 studios to be quizzed on their life and music tastes for Desert Island Discs. However, when Bruce Springsteen came to town, we’re pretty sure it was the entire BBC that …
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Singapore kept its position as the world’s top shipping hub on the 2021 Xinhua-Baltic International Shipping Centre Development (ISCD) Index for the eighth consecutive year. Singapore was followed by London, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Dubai. The top five rankings were unchanged from the previous year, despite the pandemic-induced drop on global trade and business …
The world is change and so is the underworld. Over the past few years, the cocaine trade has enjoyed an unprecedented boom, fuelled by soaring production. In 2018, the combined production for Colombia, Bolivia and Peru – the three main producers of cocaine – was more than double that of 2013. While the rate …
Tonight Italy became European Champions after winning the Eur2020/2021 fonal at Wembley against England after a penalty shoot-out (1-1 at full time). Italy has played great and positive football from the first game through the entire tournament. England was a worthy opponent in the final. It was a great game. Football didn’t come home …