Following the recent cabinet reshuffle, the Prime Minister has appointed three new ministers to BEIS:

• Greg Hands, Minister for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change, with responsibility for carbon budgets, energy markets and green finance;
• George Freeman, Minister for Science, Research and Innovation, with responsibility for life sciences, R&D, the Innovation Strategy, technology strategy and security, and
• Lee Rowley, Minister for Industry, with responsibility for levelling up, BEIS sectors and relations with the Devolved Administrations.

The full ministerial portfolios are on the BEIS website on GOV.UK.

There has recently been widespread media coverage of wholesale gas prices, and the effect this could have on household energy bills. The impact on certain areas of industry, and its ability to continue production, has also attracted attention. The new Energy Minister Greg Hands explains the situation in this video.

There is now new information in the Manufacture's section of the member's area regarding the new Plastic Packaging Tax.

Members can log in to the members area here. 

There is now new information and guidance on Right to work checks in the members area.

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Please find below recordings and videos that outline in more technical detail the new rules for moving goods to and from the EU.

There is now new information from BEIS in the Members Area regarding Customs and VAT. 

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The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), together with Cabinet Office, DCMS and Home Office, has recently launched the latest phase of its Cyber Aware campaign.

More information on this can be found in our member's area. Click here to login. 

Updated links to guidance provided by BEIS are available in the Member Login area for CFA members on a range of topics such as European Commission guidance, Agreements reached between the UK and Northern Ireland and the EU, and The Agenda of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee.

Updated links to guidance provided by BEIS are available in the Member Login area for CFA members on a range of topics such as the Japan Free Trade Agreement, ECMT and GVMS, and RoW Trade.

Source - Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

Statement on further UK-EU negotiations: 21 October 2020 A statement on further UK-EU negotiation first published at 5 pm today

Borders

Check an HGV is Ready to Cross the Border - A New GOV.UK Web Service

As part of plans to help hauliers and HGV drivers understand if they are carrying the right documentation, the UK Government is developing a new web service, known as “Check an HGV is Ready to Cross the Border” (the Service) for the Roll on Roll off (RoRo) Freight Industry. For the end of the transition period, the Service will be introduced for RoRo freight leaving GB for the EU and will help ensure that only vehicles carrying the correct customs and import/export documentation for the EU’s import controls travel to the ports.

Following a public consultation, the UK Government intends to make the use of the web service a legal requirement for HGVs over 7.5 tonnes that are intending to travel outbound from GB via the Port of Dover or Eurotunnel. This means that the service will issue a Kent Access Permit digitally for every HGV for which the required information has been successfully provided.

This demo (https://check-an-hgv-is-ready-to-cross-the-border-demo.fbplatform.co.uk) is to let freight industry users see how the service will look, what questions it will ask, and what information it will provide. Please note that permits generated from the preview site will not be valid for use when travelling to Port of Dover or Eurotunnel. While the demo closely resembles the service that will go live on gov.uk, the questions for determining an HGV’s border readiness are not exhaustive and are meant only to support an assessment of readiness for EU import controls.