Articles involving: Borders
08 Oct, 2024
Another delay to post-Brexit border controls
Borders, Brexit,
Since the end of the transition period a series of staged border controls on exports and imports has been imposed, the last of which is the…
06 Sep, 2024
Logistics UK estimate new EU Entry System could cost up to £1,100 per truck
Borders,
New research by Logistics UK suggests that delays caused by the new European Entry System (EES) could seriously impact trade passing through Dover. With 3.35 million…
04 Sep, 2024
BMPA Meat Industry Manifesto published
Borders, Exports, Food Security,
The British Meat Processors Association is launching its first Meat Industry Manifesto. The document focuses on a worrying long-term trend of falling livestock numbers which has resulted…
04 Sep, 2024
Welsh border control posts play catch up
Borders,
Several months after the implementation of new import controls on high risk goods coming into the UK from the EU, work has finally started on new…
23 Aug, 2024
Peter Hardwick BBC interview explains the issues with new food import charges
Borders,
Following our press release on the new and (for some importers) unexpectedly large port charges, BMPA’s Trade Policy Advisor was interviewed by BBC Farming Today. It’s a good…
16 Aug, 2024
New import charges on food start to bite
Borders, Imports,
The first invoices for the new Common User Charge for importing meat and plant products through Dover have started to land. While most businesses should be…
16 Aug, 2024
New import charges on food start to bite
Borders,
The first invoices for the new Common User Charge for importing meat and plant products through Dover have started to land. While most businesses should be…
09 Aug, 2024
Latest developments to the new Border Target Operating Model
Borders, Imports,
This week saw two developments in the ongoing implementation of the new BTOM. From 10pm on 5 August invoices for the Common User Charge (CUC) started to be…
01 Aug, 2024
Red tape jeopardising UK food safety and trade, food groups warn
Borders, Food Security,
New post-Brexit border controls are putting Britain’s food security at risk, with retailers and food suppliers expressing deep concern over potential delays and spoilage. In a…
04 Jul, 2024
Chris Elliott sounds wake-up call for new government
Borders,
Leading food scientist Professor Chris Elliott has sounded a series of stark warnings on the state of Britain’s food safety. In an address to the recent…
21 Jun, 2024
Latest Defra help and resources to avoid problems with the BTOM
Borders,
Defra has released the latest in its series of resources to help importers to navigate the new border rules and avoid mistakes, especially ‘no match’ errors…
22 May, 2024
Hidden import charges unfair on UK businesses and shoppers
Borders, Imports,
The full impact of the UK’s Border Target Operating Model (BTOM), which came into force on 30 April 2024, is now hitting home, and it's far…
31 Aug, 2022
Defra announces tougher measures to keep African Swine Fever out of the UK
Borders, Food Safety,
Following recent pressure from BMPA and other industry groups, Defra has announced that there is to be a clamp down at UK borders on small consignments of pork…
11 Jul, 2022
No biosecurity checks make UK borders vulnerable to African Swine Fever
Borders, Food Safety,
According to a recent government report, the African Swine Fever virus is moving closer to the UK after jumping 600km across Germany and being discovered on a…
10 Feb, 2021
We can get astronauts into space, but not pork chops to Paris
Borders, Brexit, Exports,
Talk radio host Ian Collins in a recent interview with Peter Hardwick, BMPA’s Trade Policy Advisor, remarked on the irony of watching astronauts in Elon Musk’s space shuttle “waving…