Take your customs declarations to a whole new level
Metro provide customs clearance services at all UK airports and ports of arrival and departure, including inland border points, with import and export entry processes completed within two hours.
Simply provide us with your commercial invoice, packing list and any other supporting documents and...
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Post-Brexit food checks deferred for 5th time
The Financial Times has reported that Brexit checks on food and food products coming to the UK from the EU, that were due to start at the end of October have been delayed by the government for the fifth time, due to fears over inflation.
The decision to suspend plans to enforce the controls, w...
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HMRC chasing forwarders for outstanding duty and VAT
Our trade body, the British International Freight Association (BIFA) has advised members, including Metro, to be cautious while acting as ‘indirect representatives’, as HMRC have been taking action against UK intermediaries in relation to valuation issues, under-paid duties and VAT since 2021...
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Metro is SMEs resource to deal with post-Brexit paperwork
Time-poor SMEs are being forced to outsource their post-Brexit paperwork, which is adding cost and time pressures, but Metro’s digital CuDoS platform offers an easy solution.
The Federation of Small Business (FSB) Customs Clearance report found SMEs are often forced into using high-cos...
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European division continues expansion
Five months ago European Director, Richard Gibbs, outlined his vision for Metro’s road freight and short sea services, in developing the business’ capability across the EU. Today, he updates us on his progress and next priorities.
“Since the start of the year we have been working very cl...
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FDF member update: UK border changes impact for food industry
The UK Government is finally planning to introduce new checks on food imports coming into the UK from this October, with new checks under its Border Target Operating Model (TOM) set to be phased in over the following year.
In April 2022, the UK government opted to delay the final phase of its ...
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Customs failures inhibit cross border eCommerce
A Reuters report has revealed that nearly two thirds of manufacturers and retailers are currently conducting cross-border eCommerce, or planning to within the next year, with over 90% of them experiencing delays due to incorrect documentation, that are negatively impacting customer experience.
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Delayed post-Brexit import checks to launch
Despite being part of its post-Brexit trade agreement the UK government has delayed checks on EU goods four times. It has announced that risk-based checks for EU and non-EU imports will finally be introduced in three parts from October.
The draft Border Target Operating Model (TOM) sets out pr...
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Export declarations start CDS migration
HMRC data showed that more than a quarter of businesses had not signed up to their new Customs Declaration Service (CDS) at the start of the year and with the migration already started thousands of businesses could potentially find themselves cut adrift and unable to export.
CDS has been in...
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Award recognition for CuDoS customs platform
We are delighted to win Gold at the ‘Stevie' Sales and Customer Service Awards 2023, with our key technology partner, WNS, for their ground-breaking contribution to our CuDoS customs platform, in digitising customs declarations, enhancing customer experience and ensuring a smooth transitio...
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Important notice for exporters; Change to Certificate of Origin
The Certificate of Origin (CoO) is an important international trade document which certifies that goods are wholly obtained, produced, manufactured or processed in a particular country. The current UK Certificates of Origin will be changing from 1st April.
The CoO declare the ‘nationali...
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Critical export customs changes draw near
HMRC will be writing to traders to raise awareness that all export declarations currently made through CHIEF, must be made through the Customs Declaration Service (CDS) by 30th November 2023 and that they must register for the service.
The customs handling of import and export freight system (...
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