New regulations for cut Rosa flowers from 26 April 2025
In 2024, the GB Plant Health Service introduced legislation (see here) to enhance biosecurity by updating the existing measures within Annex 7 of the Phytosanit...
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Simplified access to the Customs Declaration Service (CDS) through your Business Tax Account (BTA)
HMRC are introducing a change to add a new CDS section to the BTA homepage. The new section will enable you to directly access CDS digital services whilst logge...
CDS Release 4.6.3.1 Details attached - 9th April
On 9th April Release 4.6.3.1 will be delivered for CDS. This release will not require any system downtime and will deliver new Goods Location Codes and some min...
Jenney Warns: UK's Post-Brexit Border 'Most Expensive and Least Efficient
The UK's ambition to develop the "world’s most effective border by 2025" has been sharply criticised as industry experts exposed severe inefficiencies, high cos...
Implementation of the Obligatory Logistics Envelope (ELO) at the Smart Border between France and the United Kingdom
The reform of the EU Customs Code is leading to adjustments to the Smart Border process between France and the UK, for both imports and exports. French Customs ...
Webinar on Windsor Framework using the Trader Support Service - 19 March 2025 - 3pm
The Trader Support Service (TSS) is hosting a webinar on Windsor Framework using the TSS, which will take place at 3pm GMT on Wednesday 19 March.The purpose ...
Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging: Four Nations Policy Statement
Defra, the Scottish Government, Welsh Government, and DAERA in Northern Ireland published a Joint Policy Statement on Extended Producer Responsibility for pac...
Reminder for legal obligation for workplaces to segregate waste for 31 March 25
A reminder that from 31 March, many workplaces - including businesses and non-domestic premises - will have a legal obligation to separate recycling and food ...
HRFNAO Consultation - Response required 9 April 2025
This is a consultation on proposed amendments to the lists within assimilated Commission Implementing Regulation 2019/1793 which applies a temporary increase of...
Newcastle Uni Event 20th March – PRISM: improved decision making for food safety in fresh produce
Join Newcastle University at the STFC Hartree Centre in Warrington to contribute to the PRISM (Production RIsk Systems-based Microsimulation) modelling system. ...
Looking for an AI PhD student to help solve a sustainability problem?
There is a current collaboration between University of Lincoln, University of Aberdeen, Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Strathclyde that forms ...
Food Law Code of Practice and Practice Guidance Consultation - England, Wales, NI
Food Law Code of Practice and Practice Guidance Consultation – England Read more: https://www.food.gov.uk/news-alerts/consultations/food-law-code-of-practice-an...