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The implications of Brexit on my small business are that now I have to pay fees to customs agents to verify my imports.
There are not enough of these agents to meet demand.
I have to pay a £75 fee for my goods to take 3-4 weeks longer to arrive whilst they & #39;process& #39; them.
There are not enough of these agents to meet demand.
I have to pay a £75 fee for my goods to take 3-4 weeks longer to arrive whilst they & #39;process& #39; them.
Since Dec I& #39;ve read every available piece of information & acted on it in a timely manner.
Huge amounts of time wasted on following poor/wrong information & bad government advice.
Secretive funding provided to help businesses cope ran out before most of us knew it existed!
Huge amounts of time wasted on following poor/wrong information & bad government advice.
Secretive funding provided to help businesses cope ran out before most of us knew it existed!
What I want to know is why the info about funding is part of this section of the government website but isn& #39;t mentioned anywhere in the section navigation? It& #39;s almost like you only wanted certain people to know about it !!!
Businesses across this country are struggling, having to rely on Dickensian circuitous websites of unbelievable time-sucking non-info, such as referring us to a HUGE list of customs agents, knowing fine well that none of them are taking on any new business.
I have pretty incredible levels of resilience, patience for boring, complicated paperwork & persistence in understanding new things.
Yet at times dealing with this process has made me actually wail in despair. It has sucked the sheer life force out of me on a weekly basis.
Yet at times dealing with this process has made me actually wail in despair. It has sucked the sheer life force out of me on a weekly basis.
I defy anyone to spend more than ten minutes on this section of the government website and not scream with rage. https://www.gov.uk/topic/business-tax/import-export">https://www.gov.uk/topic/bus...
Note that Step 2: Get Someone To Deal with Customs for you, is impossible. There is nobody to do it!
I have no option but to do it myself but there is zero information on how to do that either.
I have no option but to do it myself but there is zero information on how to do that either.
Just tagging this thread #BrexitShambles #BrexitReality #BrexitDisaster because I& #39;ve not even been able to find any info online about other businesses having these issues.
Presumably they& #39;re all terrified of being fined or something, or have given up importing.
Presumably they& #39;re all terrified of being fined or something, or have given up importing.
In summary, implications of #brexit are not just £75 fees, but delays, stress, interruption of business, financial loss, countless wasted hours, extremely unequal & #39;support& #39; as an import/export underclass has been created & funding is 1st Come Basis SECRET FUNDING.
Also, for context, my business mainly deals with imported goods. Before Brexit I was placing orders At least monthly with 7-8 different suppliers. That& #39;s £600 a month minimum. £7200 a year. Just for fees to process them.
