Do you know what the Rules of Origin are? Time to familiarise yourself with them

DFS Brexit prep focusses on six key areas
DFS Brexit prep continues as the furniture manufacturer and retailer announces a rise in profits, but warns of a challenging trading environment ahead. Anna Tobin reports

Hattons Model Railways MD confident business will stay on track through Brexit
Richard Davies, managing director of Cheshire-based Hattons Model Railways, says that trading internationally has prepared him for following WTO rules in the event of a no-deal Brexit

WTO rules impact tariffs, market access, border checks and documentation
The UK Government is cancelling holidays and putting minsters and civil servants on high alert to prepare for a No Deal Brexit on 31 October. As the Financial Times noted today: “The country is now run by people utterly focused on delivering Brexit and resolute in their readiness for that departure to take place without a deal.”

Agricultural industry calls on PM to mitigate no deal risks for farming
The Country Land and Business Association and the Tenant Farmers Association urge the Prime Minister to mitigate the risks to the agricultural sector of a No Deal Brexit. Anna Tobin reports

Prepare now for VAT changes if the UK leaves the EU with No Deal on 31 October
Around a quarter of a million UK businesses, and many more in the EU27, will face major changes in their VAT arrangements if or when the UK leaves the EU without a deal on 31 October.

It’s taking SMB Bearings MD Chris Johnson months to get Trusted Trader status
Chris Johnson, managing director of Oxfordshire-based bearings supplier SMB Bearings, explains the frustrations that beset an SME trying to make a living in the Brexit era

British Boxers’ MD says her EU suppliers are astonished at how the UK is running Brexit
Deborah Price, managing director of Staffordshire-based underwear and loungewear brand British Boxers, is frustrated that Brexit-related issues are diverting her away from growing her business and her suppliers can’t understand why the UK is going down the Brexit route.
