Ed Banks

Strikes in Southern Europe

October 22, 2020October 28, 2020 by Ed Banks

Spain The stevedores in Bilbao has called for multiple days of strike action during the month of October. Workers in the port cargo handling services are to stop performing their activities between the 9th and 25th October. There are talks of the strikes to be extended further until the 9th of November or even until…

Anti-Dumping Duty & The New UK Global Trade Tariff

June 2, 2020June 3, 2020 by Ed Banks

Following from our message recently regarding the UK Global Trade Tariff that is set to be implemented from 1st January 2021, we want to expand a bit further on ADD (Anti-Dumping Duty) and how the UK Global Trade Tariff impacts this.What is ADD (Anti-Dumping Duty)?ADD is a form of taxation placed on imports that pose…

UK Global Trade Tariff 2021

May 21, 2020June 3, 2020 by Ed Banks

First and foremost, we hope that anyone reading this is keeping healthy and safe amidst everything going on in the world at the moment. The COVID-19 crisis has become all that anyone can think about and it becomes very easy to lose sight of other matters that may affect us on the very near horizon.…

Importing from the EU in a Post-Brexit UK

February 3, 2020March 20, 2020 by Ed Banks

So, here we are, at the end of the “when are we leaving the EU?” saga. Last week, on the 31st January 2020 at 11pm the UK left the EU as a member and ‘Brexit’ was complete. But the conversation does not stop there. What does this mean for importing from the EU? What happens…

Brexit Update – Brexit Delayed

October 28, 2019January 31, 2020 by Ed Banks

In news that is almost impossible to ignore, despite how much we may want to, Brexit has yet again been delayed, moving from 31/10/19 to a possible 31/01/20. The new date stands only as a possibility as, much like the last extension we received, the UK has the option to leave the EU sooner if…