New laws and regulations at the state and federal levels in the U.S. are anticipated to create mandatory requirements for thousands of companies to provide climate-related reporting, in areas including value chain emissions and climate-related risks, even in the potential absence of climate reporting rules from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to a new report by Fitch Group’s…
Ben KempJuly 16, 2024
Members of the working party may be interested in the UK-China Intellectual Property Newsletter, which is released monthly by the FCO. The newsletter covers recent intellectual property (IP) developments in China. You can find the newsletter here.
Ben KempSeptember 15, 2023
Members are invited to attend this webinar about Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (MDR) and Regulation 2017/746/EU (IVDR), which introduce the unique device identification (UDI) system as a new concept currently being implemented in Europe. It will take place on Monday 11 September at 2pm to 4pm CEST (Brussels time). MedTech Europe offers this training opportunity on the basic concepts and general…
Ben KempAugust 11, 2023
International Trade Week 2022 saw more than 10,000 business sign ups across 116 events, with hundreds of businesses and organisations also posting on social media using #TradeWeek to share their expertise on trade, exporting and investment. Here is a roundup of events and opportunities from DIT: International Trade Week, 31st October – 4th November: Launch of the Made in the…
Natalie CreaneyNovember 11, 2022
When to submit a safety and security declaration for imports into Great Britain has changed. No new import controls will be introduced in 2022. A new target operating model of border controls will be published in Autumn 2022, with an aim to introduce the new rules by the end of 2023. The full guidance document can be accessed here.
Ben KempSeptember 2, 2022
DxPx is a new organisation trying to get investors and business exchanges running in the IVD sector. They had a side conference at AACC last week and they will be running this at the Messe alongside Medica. There are a limited number of tickets reserved for our Super-Early bird Special for the European DxPx Investor & Industry Conference on November…
Ben KempAugust 5, 2022
Please see the below updated information and guidance from HMRC on import/export of goods. Guidance on making a delayed supplementary import declaration using CHIEF has been updated, please find more information here. Guidance on making a delayed supplementary import declaration using the Customs Declaration Service has been updated, please find more information here. Guidance on safety and security requirements on…
Natalie CreaneyJuly 8, 2022
The Department for International Trade has this week announced that the launch of negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), made up of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar. Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Equivalent to the UK’s seventh largest export market, the GCC bloc’s demand for international products and services is expected to grow rapidly…
Natalie CreaneyJune 24, 2022
HMRC has reached out to businesses this week alerting them of the need to utilise the new Customs Declaration Service in advance of 30 September 2022. The new streamlined customs IT platform must be used from this date onwards, and it will replace the previous Customs Handling Import and Export Freight (CHIEF), representing a significant upgrade by providing businesses with…
Natalie CreaneyJune 24, 2022