October 9, 2020

Negotiators must bring aviation agreement to a safe landing

Negotiators must bring aviation agreement to a safe landing

Today, ADS Chief Executive Paul Everitt writes for King’s College London’s UK in a Changing Europe to set out the importance of […]

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The Border Operating Model. V2.

The Border Operating Model. V2.

Yesterday the UK Government published version two of its proposed Border Operating Model (BOM). This follows on from an earlier version in […]

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September 30, 2020

EU Customs Action Plan 2020

EU Customs Action Plan 2020

This week the European Commission published its new Customs Union Action Plan. The plan sets out a series of measures that will […]

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Brexit transition
September 29, 2020

Brexit: Trader Support Service goes live!

Brexit: Trader Support Service goes live!

The background Back in August, the Government published guidance on moving goods under the Northern Ireland Protocol. Within this guidance, it introduced […]

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September 23, 2020

Brexit: Government update on reasonable worst-case scenario

Brexit: Government update on reasonable worst-case scenario

Gove writes to businesses As has been widely reported, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Michael Gove MP, has written to […]

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August 13, 2020

An Operation Brock Blog – 2.0  

An Operation Brock Blog – 2.0  

As part of the UK Government’s planning for the end of the transition period, they have made a number of proposals for changes […]

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August 11, 2020

Operation Brock is back!

Operation Brock is back!

End of transition planning As part of the earlier Brexit preparations, contingency plans were made for lorries heading to Kent in a […]

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August 10, 2020

Transition Period – Michael Gove writes to businesses

Transition Period – Michael Gove writes to businesses

Brexit rumbles on As we continue to navigate through the coronavirus crisis, the issue of the UK’s future relationship with the EU […]

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July 16, 2020

Customs and Border update July 2020

Customs and Border update July 2020

This week the UK Government launched their Border Operating Model which lays out the intention for how the United Kingdom will operate […]

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May 20, 2020

UK goods and services tariff schedules at the WTO

UK goods and services tariff schedules at the WTO

This week the Government announced the UK’s new Most Favoured Nation (MFN) tariff regime, the UK Global Tariff (UKGT). This will replace […]

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January 23, 2020

ADS President Tony Wood’s Speech to the 2020 ADS Annual Dinner

ADS President Tony Wood’s Speech to the 2020 ADS Annual Dinner

The 2020 ADS Annual Dinner was held on Wednesday 22nd January, addressed by newly appointed ADS President Tony Wood and by Rolls […]

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October 24, 2019

Winging It Podcast – Brexit Deal & Trade

Winging It Podcast – Brexit Deal & Trade

In the eleventh episode of our Winging It podcast, we talk to leading trade experts to examine the new Brexit deal agreed […]

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Brexit transition
August 23, 2019

Brexit preparations – HMRC accelerates efforts

Brexit preparations – HMRC accelerates efforts

This week the Chancellor announced that HMRC will be increasing efforts to support UK businesses for the post-Brexit trading environment. In order […]

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August 15, 2019

Trade tensions – August escalations

Trade tensions – August escalations

Trade tensions between China and the US have been ongoing for more than a year, with them escalating once again . On […]

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July 4, 2019

Road Haulage Association: Action list before Brexit

Road Haulage Association: Action list before Brexit

This week the Road Haulage Association (RHA) published their latest advice to the UK Government on what they believe still needs to […]

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