Kemi Badenoch MP will continue as the UK trade minister The new prime minister Rishi Sunak has announced his new cabinet. Kemi Badenoch MP will continue in her role as the Secretary...
Fresh strikes at UK's busiest container port, Felixstowe Fresh strikes at the port of Felixstowe started on Tuesday and are scheduled to continue until 5 October. This is in additio...
Port of Liverpool dock workers begin two-week strike over pay Workers at the port of Liverpool have begun a two week strike which is expected to last until 3 October 2022. If you a...
Monday 19th September will be a bank holiday in the UK due to the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. We will be closed on Monday 19th September and our office will be open as usu...
We are saddened to hear of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Our thoughts and condolences are with The Royal Family and everyone around the world mourning her passing. ...
Congratulations to Kemi Badenoch MP the new Secretary of State for International Trade Kemi Badenoch MP has been appointed as the new Secretary of State for International Trade and ...
HMRC is gradually introducing the Customs Declaration Service (CDS), the long-term replacement to the current Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) system. The CDS w...
Congratulations to the city of Bradford - UK city of culture 2025 A United Kingdom (UK) city of culture is picked every four years. Last night Bradford was awarded the UK city of cu...
An autonomous commercial cargo ship, the Suzaka, successfully completed a 40 hour, near-500 mile voyage. The cargo ship completed the journey without human intervention for 99% of t...
New data shows a huge increase in port congestion across China last week. Rising Covid-19 cases in a number of Chinese cities, as outlined in our news article in March, have led to ...
Rising Covid-19 cases in a number of Chinese cities is likely to have an impact on global supply chains and logistics. Sea freight at Shanghai Port Shanghai port, the largest conta...
The Ukraine crisis is likely to have a significant impact on global supply chains and logistics. Both air freight and sea freight will be affected by recent events. Air Freight Gl...
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) released on 11 February 2022, the final trading data for 2021. The ONS data shows the amount of goods being imported and exported to/from Th...
Anyone trading goods between the European Union (EU) and Great Britain (GB) must now be aware of the “rules of origin”. What is origin and why does it matter? In order to complete ...
From 1 January 2022 there are changes to the commodity codes used to classify goods for customs procedures. The commodity codes used worldwide are based upon the World Custom Organi...
On the 1st January 2022 the United Kingdom (UK) government finally started full customs checks in respect of goods being imported into Great Britain (GB) from the European Union (E...
The global supply chain crisis is likely to last until the end of 2022. The Chief Executive of Associated British Ports, has warned that supply chain disruption could persist until ...
The Goods Vehicle Movement Service (GVMS) is a new United Kingdom (UK) Government IT platform used for customs clearances at some UK ports. GVMS was created on the back of Brexit an...