HMRC awards £10m deal to support customs and border services

30 March 2021 – HM Revenue and Customs has awarded a near-£10m deal for a supplier to support its digital services delivered at the border. The department’s Customs, Borders and International (CB&I) unit oversees the operation of more than 100 services. Chief among these is the Customs Declaration Service (CDS), the new IT system for…

How the Brexit deal will affect supply chains

30 December 2020 – Modern manufacturing depends heavily on fast supply chains offering ‘just in time’ delivery of components, often across multiple borders. The Brexit deal agreed on 24 December will have a significant impact on how goods are manufactured in the UK and the EU. While the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (1,245 / 8MB PDF)…