Brexit News
The latest Brexit news for Northern Ireland manufacturers.
Statement from the Northern Ireland Business Brexit Working Group commenting on the UK Northern Ireland Protocol Bill and the EU’s response
“NIBBWG, a collaboration of 14 industry bodies, take note of the recent publications from the U.K. and the EU on the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol. “The Protocol has impacted us all in different...
EUs response to govt proposals on NIP
You may have seen the press coverage around changes to the NI Protocol over the past few days. On Tuesday 12 October, Lord Frost spoke about how we must fix the issues with the Northern Ireland...
TSS Webinar Recording- Customs Special Procedures
Stephen Kelly from Manufacturing NI was joined by Shenali Jashani and Shanker Singham from TSS to go over the latest developments with regards to TSS. The slides from the webinar are here: Special...
Trader Support Services- Inward Processing Relief and Latest Updates
Watch our more recent webinar with Trader Support Services here: To access the slides, click here: TSS IPR 2021 V8
Latest Apportionment Guidance
As you are aware, HMRC has developed an apportionment approach that allows businesses authorised under the UKTS to declare goods not at risk based on the expected outcome for the goods, where the...
1 July 2021 – Right To Work Check Changes
From 1 July 2021, the process for employers completing right to work checks on EU, EEA, and Swiss citizens will change. The deadline for applications to the EU Settlement Scheme [EUSS] by EU, EEA,...
DAERA’s Top Tips To Help Ensure Consignment Compliance
DAERA has published a “Top Tips” document to help traders with consignment compliance when moving goods from Great Britain (GB) to Northern Ireland (NI), which you can share with your members and...
EU Exit Event- Webinar | EU Settlement Scheme and Immigration Advice
The next event in Invest NI's EU Exit series will focus on the EU settlement scheme and immigration advice for business. Following the presentations, you will have the opportunity to ask questions....
EU Exit | Declare your goods not ‘at risk’ with the UK Trader Scheme
REGISTER HERE EU Exit Event: Wednesday 28 April 2021 10.00 – 11:30 Webinar | Declare your goods not ‘at risk’ with the UK Trader Scheme 11:30 – 16.00 1:2:1 Advice Consultations This...
Economy Minister welcomes new legislation to protect Northern Ireland workers
Economy Minister Diane Dodds has welcomed new employment legislation which will benefit workers across Northern Ireland. The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (Protection from...
EU Exit Business Advice Event
Wednesday 14th April- 10:11:30am REGISTER HERE This first event in our new EU Exit series will focus on customs special procedures and customs transit procedures. Following the presentations, you...
SME Brexit Support Fund: Grants to help businesses new to importing or exporting
The SME Brexit Support Fund could give you up to £2,000 to help with training or professional advice if your business has up to 500 employees and no more than £100 million annual turnover....
Operational Use of Transit within N.Ireland
Since 1 January 2021, HMRC has operated a temporary easement allowing traders to start and end Transit movements in Northern Ireland remotely from their own premises by emailing Border Force rather...
100 days to go until the deadline for applications to be made to the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
March 23rd marks 100 days until the deadline to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS). This milestone is a great opportunity for us to work together to bring the fast- approaching deadline to the...
Making a declaration for goods you bring into Northern Ireland from Great Britain based on expected outcomes
If you cannot make a declaration based on knowledge of the specific destination of all the goods in a consignment (for example, a large quantity of screws), you may still be able to declare based on...
Update to Guidance: Temporary use of CHIEF for Imports to NI
Due to the current temporary use of CHIEF for imports to NI, the pages below have been updated with the guidance on how to use manual override functionality in CHIEF to declare the EU tariff for...
Upcoming Chemical Stakeholder Events
Do you know how the Biocidal Product Regulation (BPR) regimes in NI and GB now operate? Do you use or place biocidal products on the market? Or do you know how the Classification, Labelling and...
NIBBWG Survey on the Protocol – LIVE
We appreciate that you are extremely busy and these are difficult conditions for business at the moment. However, we would encourage you to complete this survey that is being conducted on behalf of...
Apply today for £2k grant for trading with the EU
Please note a new article that may be of interest to your audience has been published on GOV.UK to announce that SMEs can from today apply for the £2k grant to help them with the new rules when...
VIES & Supplementary Declarations
XI VAT Numbers The Department of the Economy have recently become aware of a VAT issue with NI businesses operating under the NI Protocol and trading with the EU. The issue concerns a business’s...
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