…and another task for the next 10 years

The Economist has circulated its updated league table for 2020 of how countries perform in managing equal rights for women in the workplace. Unfortunately, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom do not shine, with 24th and 23rd place respectively, even…

CADS Christmas message

With kind permission of the Ambassador Group, I am reprinting here the Christmas message sent by Peter and Richard this morning. It deserves a wide readership Dr Peter Collecott CMG, Co-Chairman of the Ambassador Partnership, was the British Ambassador to…

For UK citizens planning travel to Europe!

Firstly, and most importantly The Netherlands. Our UK ambassador reinforced the new rules via a posting on the Embassy Facebook site on the 11th December. From 1st January, in order to be allowed into The Netherlands on a UK…

Oh Dear, Boris. Even Your Own Ambassador…

Colin Munro CMG is a former ambassador and a member of the Ambassador conflict resolution group. Inthe latest edition they have published his balanced and considered review of both Brexit, and of BoJo…. it’s not pretty! Read it at http://www.ambassadorllp.com/ap-insight-110—2020.html

Investment Outlook For 2021

One of the interesting publications to reflect on during Advent. The ING economic forecast for next year. Especially following the savaging of various sectors in 2020, accompanied by the stellar performance of ‘new industry’ stocks such as Amazon, Google and…

New Data Rules Between EU and UK

Important webinars, organised by our friends at the NBCC, for all those exporting or importing services and associated data between the UK and EU.The situation now is very unclear, and there are only a few weeks left to resolve it…

New Border Operating Model

Courtesy of our partners at the NBCC, we have been supplied with an updated Border Operating Model published by the UK government. This is the latest version, but as yet there is little guidance on rules of origin, and the…

British government to cease tax collection in Europe

Following on from the decisions of the UK banks to close all sterling accounts held by UK citizens resident in Europe, the UK government issued the following press release this morning: “Following the failure of the European Union to agree…

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