Happy Holidays to all LinkedIn friends, colleagues, partners & clients! Enjoy the holiday!
We are close now. Time to look for coordinated white smoke from Westminister and Brussels. Santa has a deal to deliver this year.
Boris Johnson and the EU’s Ursula von der Leyen are in “close contact” as the two leaders try to seal a trade deal before talks break up for Christmas.Fishing access and fair competition rules remain key sticking points. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick told the BBC an agreement was possible before the end of 2020 …
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France Football ranks the ten most beautiful football goals 2000-2020. Zlatan Ibrahimovic the only player with two goals on the list.
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of digital technologies and services, which have kept international trade flowing even as the movement of people has been restricted. From IoT to digital payments, technologies are rapidly changing the trade ecosystem, yet few have studied the opportunities and challenges that come with these changes. Today, the …
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Last 2021 planning meeting with my core team today. Great to work with excellent people. Wonderful team. Despite the Covid-19 Corona crises and a 50% drop during Q2 and through sunner, we are preeenting all-time-high with our best results ever. Fantastic result Q4 saves the year. Thanks to our amazing consultants and customs/border experts.
The UK Border Strategy for 2025. This is an interesting innovative vision, possible to reach. It would, if implemented, take UK to the leading frontline globally. It is a very interesting document that have all the componets to shape a best practice border of the future. You can find the document here: UK Border …
A highlight of the holiday season is to get the Xmas letter from our godson Joseph in Ghana. He is growing fast. He is a little big man now. It is great to learn more about his latest progress in school, how his latest football game went, how he is playing with his friends …
Hauliers that move goods through a port in the UK that uses the Goods Vehicle Movement Service will need to register for the service to get goods through customs. Now HMRC is opeling up the GBMS registration process. Click here: Register for the Goods Vehicle Movement Service
Today we had our last corporate Management Team meeting. Naturally online. We are ready for Brexit. Our teams have done extra ordinary work to help allmour clients preparing for the end-of-the-Brexit-transition-period. We also agreed to send our seasons greeting to all colleagues, paertners and most important – our clients, by supporting our partner st …
Details of the agreement in principle reached by the Co-Chairs of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee regarding the implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol. Now the Border Operating Model is fully published. Click here: NIP Command Paper
Information from HMG/HMRC about the new UK Trader Scheme and not ’At-Risk’ criteria for goods going to Northern Ireland under the WA Northern Ireland Protocol (NIP). This is very important since traders not registered on the UK Trader Scheme or sending goods not qualifying as not ’At-Risk’ will have to pay potential customs duties …
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A post-Brexit trade and security deal could be sealed as early as this week after Boris Johnson made a key concession at the weekend but the pathway to agreement remained “very narrow”, Michel Barnier told ambassadors and MEPs in Brussels. Sitting on a panel next to the French president, Emmanuel Macron, in Paris, the …
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Brexit trade talks: UK and EU to ‘go the extra mile’ in effort to agree deal. I told you so. Just before Xmas we will get the deal. You can read the article here: Brexit trade talks: UK and EU to ‘go the extra mile’ in effort to agree deal Source: BBcNews
BBC writes that ”Post-Brexit trade talks have entered their final day with negotiations continuing into the night in a last-ditch effort to make a breakthrough”. Yes, we all want that breakthrough, we need it. Even though some people don’t seem to realize that the changes with the introduction of customs and border formalities, will …
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Today we on Sweden celebrate Lucia, Lucia on 13 December is a major Swedish tradition. Girls and boys in white gowns sing to celebrate the mythical Saint Lucia, If visiting Sweden in time to catch a Lucia celebration, you’ll be able to experience these at various places, such as churches, town halls and even …
The best band that ever played on Earth, The E Street Band. Bruce Springsteens legendary family and Hall of Fame band is known to be as much Springsteen as he is. I have heard them play live in person twentyfour times and I can agree to the fantastic words about the performance of this …
Singapore is currently trialling digital documentation with two ports in China – Qinzhou and Tianjin – to facilitate trade by reducing the amount of paperwork involved in cross-border trade, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat said on Tuesday (Dec 8). The trials come as part of Singapore’s move to build its Networked Trade Platform, …
Don’t miss the ICC BASCAP virtual report launch event and webinar on Free Trade Zones tomorrow, Thursday 10 December. I will be on the panel. You can register here: ICC BASCAP Freezone Report Launch
Today Swedish EU Commissioner Ylva Johansson presents a new EU plan to combat terrorism. Following the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, Nice, Dresden and Vienna, the focus on the security and terrorist issue has returned to the agenda in Brussels. learn from the recent and previous attacks and suggest a way forward in the …