New Brexit Business Readiness Events Roadshow gets underway as part
of the ‘Get Ready for Brexit’ campaign Advisors from all relevant
government departments will be at each event to provide practical
advice and support to local businesses Over 30 events spanning the
UK will run for five weeks Government advisors from the Department
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- New Brexit Business Readiness Events Roadshow gets
underway as part of the ‘Get Ready for Brexit’ campaign
- Advisors from all relevant government departments
will be at each event to provide practical advice and
support to local businesses
- Over 30 events spanning the UK will run for five
weeks
Government advisors from the Department for Business,
Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Home Office, HMRC,
the Department for International Trade, the Department
for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and the
Department for Culture, Media and Sport will be on hand
for businesses to ask questions and receive advice on a
range of areas where they may need to make changes to
get ready for Brexit ahead of 31 October. We are
encouraging businesses to make sure they are fully
prepared and advice will include the importing and
exporting of goods, exporting services, employing EU
citizens and businesses that transfer data, and the
extra support available in the local area.
The free events will combine a keynote address from
senior government officials, advice stands and in-depth
sessions to give businesses the information they need
to get ready for Brexit. These will run over the next
five weeks, with the first events taking place in
Northampton on 16 September, Nottingham on 17
September, Swindon on 19 September and London on 20
September.
Business Secretary said:
The UK will be leaving the EU on 31 October and my
number one priority is ensuring businesses have the
help they need to get ready for Brexit and take
advantage of the opportunities beyond.
The whole of government is stepping up a gear and
increasing the pace of our preparations. Businesses
have told us that they also want more face to face
support and we are listening.
These local events will provide the advice they need
from all relevant government teams in one place. I
encourage any business who wants more information
about what they need to do to attend.
Other activity to enable preparations by businesses
includes:
- An additional £2.1bn for Brexit preparations,
doubling funding for this year - HMT total funding
for Brexit is £6.3 billion. This includes £108
million to support businesses to get ready.
- Making £10m available to business groups and
trade associations to help them to help businesses
prepare for Brexit - the ‘Brexit Readiness Fund’.
- Setting up a new Business Finance Council to
ensure small businesses get the working capital and
investment they need. This is made up of senior
representatives from the UK’s leading banks and
alternative lenders, co-chaired by the Business
Secretary and HMT.
- Making £1.3 billion available to lenders in
guarantee schemes through the government-owned
British Business Bank, so they can enable their SME
customers to invest in capital, increase export
capabilities and manage cashflow. The British
Business Bank is already providing over £6.6billion
of finance to almost 90,000 SMEs.
- Removing a key administrative burden for
businesses who trade with the EU by auto-enrolling
nearly 90,000 VAT-registered businesses with an
essential Economic Operators Registration and
Identification (EORI) trading number. We urge non-VAT
registered businesses to register for an EORI on
GOV.UK – the process takes less than 10 minutes.
- Securing agreements which cover £89 billion worth
of trade and provide certainty for businesses trading
with countries around the world. This has moved from
£39 billion since March.
- Advice stands will cover issues ranging from the
importing and exporting of goods, exporting services,
employing EU citizens and businesses that transfer
data, to the support available in the local area.
Government advisors will be on hand from the
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial
Strategy, the Home Office, HMRC, the Department for
International Trade, the Department for Environment,
Food & Rural Affairs and the Department for
Culture, Media and Sport.
Notes to Editors
- Businesses are urged to search “Brexit Business
Readiness Event” to register to attend
- The website also
provides up to date information on locations and
venues for events
- In most locations, sessions will run in the morning
and the afternoon
- This event is part of the largest single
communications and engagement campaign undertaken by
the UK government to get people ready for Brexit. More
details here
Wider support for business
- Business Ministers have also been hosting national
and regional roundtables to engage with businesses on a
regular basis.
- A new Business Finance Council, chaired by the
Business Secretary, will bring together leading lenders
to ensure small businesses get the working capital and
investment they need
- There is £1.3 billion available to lenders in
guarantee schemes through the government-owned British
Business Bank, so they can enable their SME customers
to invest in capital, increase export capabilities and
manage cashflow. And the British Business Bank is
currently supporting over £6.6billion of finance to
almost 90,000 smaller businesses nationwide
- HMRC recently announced it is auto-enrolling 88,000
VAT-registered businesses for EORI numbers so they can
continue to trade with their customers in the EU after
31 October.
- The government has published approximately 750
pieces of communications on No Deal since August 2018,
including over 100 technical notices explaining to
businesses and citizens what they need to do to
prepare.
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