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Import Control Delay And Additional Post-Brexit Support Measures Announced For UK SMEs

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The UK Government has announced a revised timetable for the introduction of border control processes, amid calls for clarity from businesses.

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Ian Burrell
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The UK Government has announced a revised timetable for the introduction of border control processes, amid calls for clarity from businesses.

Kwasi Kwarteng, the Secretary of State for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy, and his department have been holding roundtable discussions with businesses to understand the challenges they are facing trading in the post-Brexit world.

Those trading with the EU are eager to understand what government support will be available as the economy emerges from Covid-19 restrictions, as well as how to access guidance regarding the new trading rules.

The government's immediate response, detailed in a recent press release, has been to delay the implementation of full border control processes by six months. Unilateral action in breach of the agreement reached with the EU has once again raised the spectre of a no-deal Brexit.

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