UK Government has announced an extension of the use of CE mark for businesses. As expected.

”The Government is tackling red tape, cutting burdens for business, and creating certainty for firms – we have listened to industry, and we are taking action to deliver”

”By extending CE marking use across the UK, firms can focus their time and money on creating jobs and growing the economy”

Business Minister Kevin Hollinrake

Read more here.

Source:UKGOV

Electronic Trade Documents Act has received Royal Assent. In a significant step towards embracing the digital era, the Electronic Trade Documents Bill is set to revolutionize the landscape of international trade in the UK and beyond.

Proposed by the Law Commission of England and Wales, this bill aims to grant electronic trade documents the same legal treatment, effects, and functionality as their traditional paper counterparts. With this progressive legislation, the UK is on the path to unlocking the full potential of electronic trade documents and ushering in a new era of efficiency and security.

Read UK Governments impact assessment here: HMG Impact Assessment

Sources: HMG, AmeliaJones

One of the best comedians of all time is Groucho Marx. He was an American comedian, actor, writer, singer, stage, film, radio, television star and performer. Sometimes I just sit down and watch old films with the Marx brothers. These films with Chico, Harpo and Groucho Marx are hillarious.

He is generally considered to have been a master of quick wit and one of America’s greatest comedians.

And example on his irrepressible wit is that in resigning from the Friars club Mr. Marx, incapable of passing up an opportunity for a gag-line, wrote: “I don’t want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member.” This is one of my favourite letters weotten by Groucho and printed in the book, ’Letters to and from…’

Groucho Marx suffered from severe insomnia.
When he couldn’t sleep, Groucho would call his Beverly Hills neighbor, Alice Cooper, and ask him to come over and join him.


Alice would bring over a six-pack of beer and Groucho and he would drink beer and watch old movies on TV until Groucho nodded off.

Groucho passed away in 1977.