Serbia and the UK have signed a new Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement that will ensure £682 million of trade can continue and develop in the years ahead. The new agreement with Serbia secures continued preferential trade access between the UK and Serbia. These preferential trading terms enable British business […]
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The news that confidence among Britain’s biggest businesses has hit a record high, has been followed up with good news on UK trade with the EU. According to new figures published as parts of the economy reopen from lockdown, optimism is at its highest level for 13 years. A quarterly […]
As Covid-19 kept consumers around the world at home, nearly everything from groceries to gardening supplies was purchased online.
A new training and support package designed specifically to help small and medium-sized firms manage changes to trade rules with the EU has launched.
As the weather improves, many people’s focus is turning to gardening. With Northern Ireland reliant on parts of Great Britain for its supply of plants the UK government has announced unilateral moves to ease the trade rules. On the scale of things, plants may not be a critical import or […]
More than 6.5 million UK jobs are supported by exports, according to research conducted by the Department for International Trade (DIT) and the University of Strathclyde.
The Government has announced that the UK has signed an Economic Partnership Agreement with Cameroon. The post-Brexit trade deal will support jobs and ‘build future prosperity’, the Department for International Trade (DIT) said. The deal provides certainty for businesses in both countries and allows them to continue trading without any […]
The European Commission, in response to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, has decided to postpone its new European VAT rules for business-to-consumer (B2C) transactions until 1 July 2021. These new rules are part of the EU’s new e-commerce package and will look to introduce a VAT One-Stop-Shop (OSS) […]
The European Union VAT Refund system will not be accessible for expenses that occurred before 1 January 2021 after 31 March 2021, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has reminded UK businesses. After this date, UK businesses wishing to claim a VAT refund will have to do so manually through the […]
The Government has set out a path to a potential future free trade agreement with India following a five-day visit by the International Trade Secretary, Liz Truss.