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UKCS Director talks Brexit with International Trade Committee
If you have the stomach for watching an hour of parliamentary business, you might be interested in seeing this footage of a recent International Trade Committee meeting. UK Customs Solutions very own director Bryn Ward was asked to appear as [...]
Trusted Trader and AEO – a Brexit solution?
A recent article in the BBC (see below for link) has picked up on the governments reference to 'trusted trader' schemes in it's strategy to help traders prepare for Brexit. Those of us already involved in international trade should be [...]
UK Government publishes ‘no deal’ Brexit advice
The government has just published it's first set of advice on preparing for a 'no deal' Brexit scenario. The move comes amid increasing concern that time is running out to come to a long term agreement on trade and other [...]
Happy Birthday UKCS!
This month UKCS hit another milestone with the four year anniversary of the founding of the business. Managing Director Bryn Ward led the celebrations by treating the office to a selection of cakes and pastries from Patisserie Valerie. Such generosity [...]
Government Customs Bill gets Commons approval
A chaotic couple of weeks After weeks of slow news regarding Brexit, the previous two have been hard to keep up with. Whilst there appeared to be agreement between the Prime Minister and cabinet members on future EU relationships, things began to unravel. First [...]
Switching from CHIEF to CDS – is your business ready?
This week members of the team at UKCS met with providers of our customs software to discuss preparations for the switch from CHIEF to the new Customs Declaration Service (CDS). HMRC aims to go live and begin the migration of [...]
UK Presents ‘Backstop’ customs plan
The UK government has proposed a 'backstop' solution for the possibility that there is no long term agreement in place when the UK leaves the EU. The need for a fallback stems from the challenge of Northern Ireland. The UK [...]
Expansion of port links at UKCS
We are excited to announce that UK Customs Solutions is now set up with a Destin8 badge code for the Port of Tilbury. Also achieved recently was authorisation for Glasgow and Prestwick ports. We can now offer customs clearance at [...]
Brexit difficulties intensify
Recent events have highlighted the challenges that the UK and EU both still face when it comes to Brexit. These challenges are both political and practical (and, arguably, predictable). Chaos at EU ports? The Independent has published details of challenges [...]
Brexit transition terms agreed; Irish solution still pending
At a press conference earlier today, EU negotiator Michel Barnier and UK Brexit minister David Davis announced that the legal text on a 21 month transition period has now been agreed. This moment marks a significant step in ensuring an [...]
EU extends UCC transition to 2025
Anyone working in this industry knows that technological changes - particularly in regards to new IT systems - can be difficult to implement. Given this truth we are not surprised that last week the European Union published an amendment to [...]
Preparations begin for switch from CHIEF to CDS
Significant changes are ahead for all involved in customs procedures - and not just because of Brexit. 2018 is the year that HMRC plans to migrate from CHIEF (Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight) to a new system known [...]
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