Costly import red tape means UK food prices will rise, expert warns
UK food importers are clashing with the government over a threat of inflationary increases to ...
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By Alex Lennane
The UK HMRC’s online Customs Academy is urging the government to widen its financial backing for the agent training scheme to individuals, and to extend the funding beyond its current expiry date of January 2021.
Marco Forgione, director general of the Institute of Export – one of the organisations behind the government-founded academy – said the time was ripe for individuals who have been furloughed or made redundant to apply for Customs agent training.
However, the £34m of government funds available can only ...
Comment on this article
Robbie Hoban
May 15, 2020 at 2:27 pmI think the fence should not be pinning in Ireland
John Fitzgerald
May 18, 2020 at 11:56 pmThe photo image with this article is seriously misleading. Ireland remains part of the EU & Northern Ireland remains part of the Single market under the Withdrawal Agreement. Kindly correct this or delete the misleading image,
Alex Lennane
May 19, 2020 at 9:19 amMany apologies for that image. I hope this one is better.