Useful links  

 
These useful links work to help understand some of the issues we’re all facing importing or exporting, new markets or old here’s some help. 
 
These two areas are very well populated with information and guidance to help you through the coming months – signup to the transition process and make sure you’re in the information loop!
 
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/exporting-and-importing-businesses-prepare-for-1-january-2021
 
https://www.gov.uk/transition
 
Northern Ireland Issues – the Gov.UK website has been brilliant at sharing and explaining what you need to do and how you need to do it – they have also provided a service called Trader Support Service a lot of what they offer is free to the user. 
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/moving-goods-under-the-northern-ireland-protocol/moving-goods-under-the-northern-ireland-protocol-section-one-moving-goods-from-northern-ireland-to-great-britain
 
https://www.gov.uk/goods-sent-from-abroad
 
IPO -Intellectual Property Office – useful information and searches to help you protect your ideas and brands internationally
https://www.gov.uk/intellectual-property-an-overview
 
EU - European Union Access2Market website may not always be available but provides a brilliant resource on all aspects of trading across the EU.
https://trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-markets/en/content/quick-guide-working-rules-origin
 
Usa
https://oec.world/en/profile/country/usa
 
 
Strong & Herd LLP is one of the most respected consultancies in the UK and has a huge resource of training to support customs activity.
https://strongandherd.co.uk/faqs/
 
DIT – Department for International Trade 
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-trade/about-our-services
 
UKEF – UK Export Finance is the government export credit agency that is always supportive of new markets and contracts. It’s always worth looking at the site or talking to one of their advisers.
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-export-finance-quick-links
 
WTO The World Trade Organisation will become increasingly important as we start to sign Free Trade Agreements and we need to understand some of the basic of how World Trade is Governed and how it will change over the coming years. 
 
https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/markacc_e/markacc_e.htm
 
CIA World – The Central Intelligence of America provides up-to-date and useful one pagers on every country of the world
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/attachments/summaries/BB-summary.pdf