HMRC puts in £8m to boost customs declaration training

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The UK government today unveiled £8m in funds to help freight forwarders and other customs intermediaries to support training and IT investment.

Based on talks with the industry, HM Treasury and HMRC today announced the one-off investment “to support broker training and increased automation, which will help increase capacity of the sector ahead of March 2019”.

“Following extensive engagement with the customs intermediaries sector, we have listened to their concerns about how they will satisfy the extra demand for customs broker services,” ...