Please show us the predictions you have in mind.
Brexit is going swimmingly
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Please show us the predictions you have in mind.
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First real sign of brexit.
A dark blue/black passport without any EU boll@x printed on it.
We're back!
A dark blue/black passport without any EU boll@x printed on it.
We're back!
first world problems...
kids are starving in the UK and Africa, and this t wat pops up moaning that she had to pay an extra £80 for a £200 coat. FFS!! is this really worthy of bbc news, this sort of poor journalism is usually kept for the local rags
kids are starving in the UK and Africa, and this t wat pops up moaning that she had to pay an extra £80 for a £200 coat. FFS!! is this really worthy of bbc news, this sort of poor journalism is usually kept for the local rags
It's small on its own, but bigger than bendy bananas or rules about posting fish or a dozen other stories about Brexit.
And it is news, at least to me, I hadn't thought the VAT import rules through, even though I've hated buying from non EU countries in the past because of the VAT irritation.
But I do agree, Rashford has bigger things on his plate.
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on the plus side the engine parts i buy for work havnt gone up in price, and no delays in customs.... paid a bit more in shipping, but that was more than offset by an extra discount from the supplier.
previously i used to import items from japan and such like and tbh i've never had an issue and didnt find it an inconvenience paying the additional VAT, the savings were still enough to justify the additional cost. I still do the same on a regular basis from the states now.
it does however depend on the item, and there are other ways to reduce the incoming costs from the HS codes you ask the supplier to put on the invoice. but this wholly depends on the person/business you are dealing with.
i'm not saying the new brexit rules aren't annoying, but also its not like this wasn't expected, once things have had time to settle down and become the new "norm" or the government negotiate better terms on the never ending deal.
i'm still hoping a US trade deal wont be too far off into the future.
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Printed in Poland
lol, yes i see that the other day, it is a bit laughable
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The US trade deal even a favourable one will add about 0.16% to UK GDP - these are the Governments own figures. The hope placed in a US Trade deal was just a convenient promise that so many people accepted. They thought you could simply swap one trade deal with another. I suspect many thought moving away from the EU to the US was like changing your grocery shopping from Asda to Sainsburys.
What matters in trade negotiations is who can set the regulations and standards and overtime the EU has become the defacto standards setters because the US though it is a massive market their standards and regulations can change on the whim of a new adminstration wherease the EU is far more predictable.
Unless they have printing and shipping from poland at their fingertip, it would be difficult to get it 24 hours after they received the documents.
It's printed in UK.
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Is it? DeLaRue didn't get the contract.
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The company that got the contract is French-Dutch and the printing is done in Poland.
You don't think each passport is individually printed do you?
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1...and-theresa-may-boris-johnson-priti-patel-spt
I'm not fussed how much it adds to the economy, I was speaking from a selfish point of view as I deal heavily with America.
However a deal looks unlikely seeing as the democrats don't like the Brits.
EU rules at the time forced us to put the printing contract out to tender across the EU.
It would have been illegal to place the contract directly to a UK based company.
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