Today we celebrates my son for recieving his exame from law school. He has done a journey thst most people can’t even imgaine and now he has left law school with his law degree and highest grades. This is one of the best days of my life. So far. Love you son.
UK leaves the Brexit transition period on 31 December. Yesterday UK Government presented the first version of the post-Brexit Border Operating model for Day One, January 1st 2021. UK-EU negotiations between the two parties will intensify in July to reach a Free Trade Agreement and agreements on fiture relations. A first version of an …
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It is now official. The UK formally confirms’ to EU that it won’t extend the transition period. UK ends its transition period on 31st December 2020, 202 days from now. Michael Gove sent the message to Maros Sefcovic, the EU Commission’s Vice-President for Interinstitutional Relations earlier today. “The moment for an extension has now …
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”Brexit: UK backtracks on full EU border checks amid coronavirus crisis”. BBC and other media reports todsy that the Day One Border Operating Model will have temporary easements during an implementation period to support UK business. It is important to remember that UK can’t treat EU different than other third countries under WTO rules. …
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Today did a high-level webinar for UK Customs Academy members on ’AEO in a post-Corona and Post-Brexit World’ earlier today. Many participants and we also had a great Q&A session afterwards.
The artwork has been recovered after police stormed a farmhouse in Abruzzo, eastern Italy. A Banksy mural stolen from the Bataclan concert hall in Paris, where terrorists killed 90 people in 2015, has been found in Italy. The image of a mourning veiled woman was painted on an emergency exit door of the venue …
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The Global Economic Neural Networks (GENN) writes, that if the freeport initiative can be fully realised, this could lead to significant gains for the UK as some of the GENN nodes emerge in its jurisdiction. I have worked with colleagues on these ideas and we have together submitted a paper to the UK Government …
It has been an open wound for all Swedish people. I have lived my entire adult life with this murder mystery. The 34-year mystery of who shot Sweden’s Social Democrat prime minister Olof Palme could be solved later as the man in charge of the investigation presents his conclusion. Mr Palme was shot dead …
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Sky News writes tonight that trade talks are stalling before the 30 June deadline for extending the transition period – but will there yet be a breakthrough? As the crowds waving Union Jack flags massed in Parliament Square on the night of January 31 – and the countdown clock projected onto the façade of …
Penny Mordaunt tells MPs she hopes to have post-Brexit deal agreed by autumn. The Guardian writes today that UK government will tell the EU on Friday it is not going to seek an extension to the Brexit transition period, the paymaster general, Penny Mordaunt, has said. She told the House of Commons in an …
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The Rolling Stone magazine writes about how Bono introduced an all-star cover of U2’s “Beautiful Day” during YouTube’s “Dear Class of 2020” special. In the introduction Bono says: ”As an Irishman, I’ve always believed that America is not just a country, it’s an idea, it’s a dream that belongs to the whole world,” Bono …
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Peter Foster writes in FT today that sIx months before new rules begin there is no clarity on plans to manage cargo traffic. Standing on the white cliffs of Dover looking down on the ancient port’s modern freight terminal, two truths about the management of the UK trade border after Brexit instantly become apparent. …
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The world-famous artist Christo has passed away at the age of 84. I think he was a remarkable and outstanding artist of our time. Christo, who together with his wife Jeanne-Claude, among other things, clad the Parliament House in Berlin and the bridge Pont Neuf in Paris in textiles, died in his home for …
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Today itbis June 6, the national day of my home country – Sweden. The tradition of celebrating this date began 1916 at the Stockholm Olympic Stadium, in honour of the election of King Gustav Vasa in 1523, as this was considered the foundation of modern Sweden.
The biggest port operator in China joined forces the e-commerce giant Alibaba to strengthen blockchain’s adoption across the port industry. China Merchants Port, which is China’s biggest port operator, reached a deal with the e-commerce giant, Alibaba Group, and its affiliate, Ant Financial. This deal will allow for the development of a blockchain-based platform, …
UK chief negotiator David Frost agrees “progress remains limited” ahead of a 1 July deadline for extending the transition period. There have been “no significant areas of progress” in the UK’s negotiations with the EU over a post-Brexit trade deal, the bloc’s chief negotiator has said. Michel Barnier spoke in Brussels following the conclusion …
BBC News today writes ghat business groups in Northern Ireland say they “desperately need” more detail on how the new Irish Sea trade border will work. It is due to begin operating in January when the Brexit transition period ends. It will involve new checks and controls on goods entering NI from GB, but …
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Thousands of people queued for hours outside IKEA stores as they reopened in England and Northern Ireland following COVID-19 lockdown restrictions being eased. As a Swede having grown up with IKEA I am not surprised. IKEA bosses had previously warned that social distancing measures would be in place as stores reopened, with limits on …
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The government has called into question the road haulage industry’s estimate that 50,000 new customs agents will be needed post-Brexit. The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has estimated that, under a Canada-style trade deal between the EU and UK, which would eliminate most tariffs but still involve customs declarations, an extra 200m forms could be …
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The Welsh Government is providing up to £1,500 for recently made redundant workers to take training courses that will assist them in gaining employment post-COVID19! This covers the courses provided by the UK CustomsAcademy! You gind the academy at www.ukcustomsacademy.co.uk More about the grant here: Welsh government provides training funds for redundant workers – …