As part of an £8 million investment to support training and automation in the customs intermediaries sector, a £5 million grant scheme opened in December 2018. The deadline for applications is Friday 31 May 2019.
The grant is available to support customs intermediaries and traders with training and IT costs ahead of the UK leaving the EU. Increased capacity in this sector will be important whatever the UK’s future relationship is with the EU.
Training grant In particular, the Government is encouraging applications for the training grants. These are available to intermediaries and traders completing customs declarations or intending to complete customs declarations in the future. The training grant could be used to support a business that is extending and taking on new staff, or to help train an existing employee to start completing customs declarations for the company. Training can be delivered by an external provider, or an in-house trainer.
The grant can also be used towards the cost of the new modular customs declarations training course which was launched in March as part of the Government’s wider investment in the sector.
More information on how businesses can apply, and a link to the online application page are available on GOV.UK.
Any interested businesses are encouraged to register on the grant application page no later than Friday 24 May to allow time to complete the application by the deadline of 31 May 2019.
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What do you need to do to prepare for Brexit? 20 May 2019
HM Government hosts a website which is all about the changes that leaving the EU will have on businesses, organisations and individual citizens.
An agreement has now been reached with the EU on an extension until 31 October at the latest, with the option to leave earlier as soon as a deal has been ratified.
Although Parliament has rejected leaving without a deal multiple times, this remains the legal default at the end of the extension period. A no deal exit can only happen at the end of the extension period.
In light of the extension, departmental ministers will make sensible decisions about the timing and pace at which some of its no deal preparations are progressing, but will continue to prepare for all EU Exit scenarios.
You can use the information on the ‘Prepare for EU Exit’ website to find out how leaving the EU may affect you, your business or organisation, and what you can do to prepare and the steps you may need to take.
EU election purdah restrictions are in place across government until 23 May, which limits public facing activity. If there are changes to the ‘Prepare for EU Exit’ information due to the extension to 31 October, the website will be updated accordingly.
Businesses can also sign up for the latest EU Exit news as it happens on GOV.UK by selecting ‘business help and education emails’, then ‘EU Exit’.
If you or your clients/members have already registered for a UK EORI number and for the transitional simplification procedures (TSP) for importers, there is no need to take any action to undo either. Registrations for both are still being accepted.
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