UK Transition
How we can help
We have a team of expert Business Resilience Account Managers supporting SMEs through the UK Transition. Call us on 0800 032 3488 or email info@gbslepgrowthhub.co.uk and see how our free service can help you ensure your business is prepared for the changes.
We also recommend you visit the Government's UK Transition website for the most up to date guidance for businesses and individuals. Click here for the latest set of checklists by sector to help you prepare.
Grant funding
Grants for businesses that complete customs declarations
Three grants are available under the government's Customs Grant Scheme. You can apply to get funding for:
- training that helps your business to complete customs declarations and processes
- hiring new staff to help your business complete customs declarations
- IT improvements to help your business complete customs declarations more efficiently
Click here to read about these grants, or contact us for advice on what you're eligible for.
Latest UK Transition news
24 November: Business Secretary writes to individual business sectors with industry-specific guidance (see the letters here)
13 November: Trademarking and intellectual property rules are changing
6 November: A message from the Business Secretary: Are you ready to trade in goods with the EU after 31 December 2020?
5 November: The UKNI marking is a new conformity marking for products placed on the market in Northern Ireland which have undergone mandatory third-party conformity assessment by a body based in the UK. Find out if you need to use it
30 October: Urgent message from the Business Secretary: The way you hire from the EU is changing
13 October: There are many actions you can take today to prepare. Find out what you need to do by using the government's checker tool
Sector-specific checklists
The government has produced a set of checklists by sector to help you understand how you need to prepare for the UK Transition. Click here to view them all.
Existing UK trade agreements with non-EU countries
Click here to find out about the trade agreements the UK has already signed and our discussions with countries the EU has a trade agreement with.
Useful webinars
UK Transition Business Webinars: Prepare your business for new rules. The end of the transition period means businesses should take action now to prepare for guaranteed changes and new rules from January 2021. Join a free webinar to understand the actions that your business needs to take before the end of the year. View here
**NEW** Business Travel and investing or establishing in the EU from January 2021 – 11am, Wednesday 25 November, and then on demand, register here. This webinar will provide information on the actions you should take to prepare your business for new rules from January 2021 including:
- owning, managing or directing a business in the EU
- travelling for business
**NEW** HMRC Transition webinars: HMRC have launched multiple editions of this live webinar covering how to complete customs import declarations and explaining how to make import declarations when importing goods between the EU and Great Britain. Find a date and to register, click here.
**NEW** Department for International Trade webinars: DIT are hosting a series of webinars primarily aimed at businesses which are UK based who importing and exporting goods. To register for the next webinar on 3 December at 10:30 am, click here. Further sessions are scheduled to be held on 10 December and 17 December.
**NEW** Smart border webinar: The Direction Générale des Douanes et Droits Indirects (French customs) are hosting a webinar in English on 3 December 2020 at 2:30pm on the smart border, the French Customs IT solution to keep trade flowing between the UK and France despite the establishment of customs clearance at the border. To register, click here.
**NEW** Podcast: Business and the Future of Immigration in 2021
The Home Office has created a podcast episode in partnership with Intelligence Squared to help you prepare for the points-based immigration system.
Listen now to Business and the Future of Immigration in 2021. Also available on Spotify and Apple
Regulations on Manufactured Goods. This webinar will cover changes to the UK regime for goods that currently use the CE marking, the new UKCA marking and what you will need to do to place certain goods on the GB, NI and EU markets from 1 January 2021. View here
Providing services in the EU. Professional qualifications, audit and accounting, and legal services. View here
Chemical regulations – view here
Using personal data from 1 January 2021 – view here
IPO webinar. This webinar will covers changes to registration of EU Trade Marks and Designs, how parallel trade with the EU will change after 1 Jan 2021, changes to copyright licensing and operational changes to office processes for the registration of trade marks, designs and patents after the end of the transition period. View here
DIT webinar for exporters - Prepare your business for January 2021. Click here to view the October recording or to sign up for the next live session.
Ministry of Justice webinars for legal professionals. Find out more and register here.