Special Procedures are schemes available to importers and exporters to waiver, suspend or drawback customs duties. When operating under a Special Procedure goods are still within the control of HMRC even though they have been released from the place of arrival.

Under any authorisation process HMRC checks that the company has relevant written procedures and skilled staff and determines how to use and maintain records for each procedure so it is important to
understand your obligations.

Understanding these procedures can help in identifying which scheme can be used in a given situation, minimise import duty payments and subsequently benefit cash flow within your business.

SEMINAR CONTENT

>Processing: Inward Processing (IP) and Outward Processing (OP) relief

>Specific Use: Temporary Admissions (TA), End Use Relief (EnU) scheme and ATA Carnets.

> Storage: Customs Warehousing (CW)

> Transit: Internal and External transit

> Summary Questions and feedback

To reserve your place please contact Stephanie Warrington on 01254 356473 / s.warrington@chamberelancs.co.uk

Elizabeth Osgood, Business Readiness, EU Exit, Agri-Food Chain Directorate from DEFRA will discuss work focusses and what preparations businesses may need to consider for EU Exit. DEFRA focus specifically on food and drink businesses Joanna will provide an update on the current situation before opening up the floor to questions.

John Griffiths the Regional International Trade Development Liaison Officer for HM Revenue & Customs. John will explain to the audience everything you need to know to survive a Customs audit including preparing for an audit and what information Customs expect to be available at the time the visit.

Edward and Sharon Xuereb at Progrex IT Solutions will discuss how workflow solutions can help manufacturing companies bridge the gap between their UK sites and their international sites, suppliers, or customers. Offering companies their top tips and experiences.

Hayley Goldsbrough, policy official in BEIS Department’s EU Exit Business Intelligence and Readiness Directorate, will provide an overview of what businesses should consider in order to prepare for EU Exit. Hayley will discuss the Government’s information campaign, tools and resources for businesses, the new sector primers and recent announcements.

Future Dates include:-

11th July 2019 – Breakfast Meeting
3rd October 2019 – Breakfast Meeting
6th December 2019 – International Trade Club Gala Luncheon and Awards 2019
20th February 2020 – Breakfast Meeting
14th May 2020 – Breakfast Meeting
9th July 2020 – Breakfast Meeting
17th September 2020 – Breakfast Meeting
3rd December 2020 – International Trade Club Gala Luncheon and Awards 2020
18th February 2021 – Breakfast Meeting
13th May 2021 – Breakfast Meeting
8th July 2021 – Breakfast Meeting
16th September 2021 – Breakfast Meeting
2nd December 2021 – International Trade Club Gala Luncheon and Awards 2021

HMRC seminar for businesses looking to store goods with duty and import VAT suspended.

Will you be buying from the EU after the UK leaves the EU?

To continue to support businesses with buying raw materials and stock from overseas, HMRC can help importers to store goods in the UK with duty and import VAT payments suspended.

This seminar will take a look at Customs Warehousing, a process which allows authorised traders to store goods with duty or import VAT payments suspended, until such time they are sold or the goods are no longer required to be stored.

SEMINAR CONTENT

> What is a Customs Warehouse?
> Benefits, responsibilities, administration and operational requirements
> Authorisation Process
> HMRC compliance and checklist – is it for my business ?

WHO IS THIS SEMINAR FOR

UK traders buying from outside the EU. Important: This may become particularly relevant to companies that currently trade predominantly with the EU, where there are currently no tariffs on UK imports from the EU.

The Sales industry can be a lonely place, full of pressure, targets with little time for self-development. For many sales professionals in East Lancashire, it’s hard to know sometimes where to go to find support and education.

Chamber Sales Professionals Club in partnership with Sales Geek is the new home for sales professionals. We aren’t about PowerPoints or lectures; we want to provide a home within Lancashire where sales professionals from all backgrounds, experience levels and industries can learn from each other and find their own route to sales success.

This is not your standard networking event, so while commercial relationships will naturally evolve, please don’t come armed to sell to the room. We want attendees to be able to create business allies, meet peers, learn from each other’s experiences and create long lasting relationships.

About the Hosts
We will have on hand two sales geeks, with over 35 years’ combined experience in sales strategy, direct sales, sales training, sales recruitment, B2B Sales, B2C Sales and business planning to assist you on your journey, as well as special guests on a regular basis.

Members £5 plus vat, non-members £10 plus vat.

This year’s Sales Club is sponsored by Cloud Sauce and Production Print Direct.

Andy McLaughlin, President of East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce, invites you to join us on Friday 07 June for The Great British Ball where we will be celebrating all things British!

The President’s Summer Ball is our annual black tie event so it’s the perfect excuse to go all out and dress up to the nines! Join us at the Mercure Dunkenhalgh Hotel from 7.00pm for prosecco and canapes, followed by an evening of inspirational speakers, live entertainment and dancing until 1am.

During the evening we will be entertained by Master of Ceremonies Paul Guard and the brilliant international opera singer Seán Ruane. We will also hear from John Pearce and Mark Woodward from Made in Britain before raffling off some fantastic prizes to raise money for this year’s nominated charity.

For general bookings of 9 or less, please register online. Diamond Ambassador members are entitled to 2 free places at this event – please book early to avoid disappointment. Discounted tables are available for groups of 10: Diamond Ambassadors £472 plus vat, Members £550 plus vat, Non-Members £695 plus vat. Please contact Debbi Dawson or Darren Grantham on 01254 356400 to book these directly.

Overnight accommodation is available at the Dunkenhalgh with the following preferential rates:
Double/Twin rooms @ £82.00 per room per night, Bed & Breakfast
Single rooms £73.50 per room per night, Bed & Breakfast

Executive upgrade @ £20.00 per room per night
Privilege rooms @ £30.00 per room per night upgrade

We do hope you can join us for what’s set to be a night to remember!

In 2017 the Chamber launched a new network for Manufacturing businesses entitled ‘Making it in Lancashire’, designed to provide Lancashire manufacturers with access to information, opportunities and best practice insights as well as providing a forum to meet with your peers.

These highly successful breakfast meetings are hosted by local manufacturers and usually include a factory or showroom tour, which have proven to be really popular. Our previous hosts include BAE Systems, Heritage Envelopes, Whatmore UK and LC Automation.

The network is designed to provide Lancashire manufacturers with access to information, opportunities and best practice insights as well as providing a forum to meet with your peers. Unlike many networks, Making it in Lancashire is a closed group and focuses on the needs of Manufacturing businesses only.

This free event is limited to 50 delegates so places will be allocated strictly on a first come, first served basis.

The Curry Club is an East Lancashire Institution. Since 2006 local businesses have regularly gathered together to network and share a fine curry lunch in a relaxed informal setting. Each event features a guest speaker to inspire or motivate. This year’s Curry Club sponsor is KeyFleet Vehicle Leasing and Fleet Management.

East Lancs Chamber and KeyFleet are working on an exciting line-up of guest speakers for this event, including Loraine Jones from The Mall Blackburn.

After lunch Curry Club sponsor KeyFleet MD Marc McLoughlin will introduce our next guest speaker Jon Wilkinson, chairman and founder of Haydock Finance. Established in 1980, Haydock is one of the largest independent finance companies in the UK, offering hire purchase and finance lease funding to business customers across the UK from its Blackburn HQ with over £125m in receivables. Jon has been at the helm for almost 4 decades and is now leading the business in a new chapter following the sale of a majority stake holding to USA based alternative investment business Apollo Global Management.

Book online now at https://www.chamberelancs.co.uk/latest-events/. Alternatively, contact Debbi Dawson on 01254 356439 / 07989 978 287 or email d.dawson@chamberelancs.co.uk for more information.

Members £25 plus vat, non-members £35 plus vat.

The Sales industry can be a lonely place, full of pressure, targets with little time for self-development. For many sales professionals in East Lancashire, it’s hard to know sometimes where to go to find support and education.

Chamber Sales Professionals Club in partnership with Sales Geek is the new home for sales professionals. We aren’t about PowerPoints or lectures; we want to provide a home within Lancashire where sales professionals from all backgrounds, experience levels and industries can learn from each other and find their own route to sales success.

This is not your standard networking event, so while commercial relationships will naturally evolve, please don’t come armed to sell to the room. We want attendees to be able to create business allies, meet peers, learn from each other’s experiences and create long lasting relationships.

About the Hosts
We will have on hand two sales geeks, with over 35 years’ combined experience in sales strategy, direct sales, sales training, sales recruitment, B2B Sales, B2C Sales and business planning to assist you on your journey, as well as special guests on a regular basis.

Members £5 plus vat, non-members £10 plus vat.

This year’s Sales Club is sponsored by Cloud Sauce and Production Print Direct.

Logistics Group is a brand new network for 2019 aimed at the Logistics sector, including HGV warehousing distribution.

This group will provide Lancashire businesses with access to information, opportunities and best practice insights as well as providing a forum to meet with their peers. These meetings will be hosted by local companies from within the sector and may include a factory or showroom tour. Unlike many networks, this is a closed group and focuses on the needs of Logistics businesses only.

This event is free to attend, however places are limited and will be allocated strictly on a first come, first served basis.

East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce is committed to ensuring that the needs of business are at the forefront of decision makers’ and Ministers’ considerations as they formulate policy.

The British Chambers of Commerce and the accredited Chamber Network run Britain’s most influential private business survey – the BCC Quarterly Economic Survey which is Britain’s biggest private business survey, providing consistent data since 1989 and regularly receiving thousands of business responses.

It is widely regarded as the most informative and influential input to the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee and the Treasury. It provides the unequalled combination of proven report on the trends in the national economy, while being significant enough at each local level to provide the nuances and variations that have to be understood for monetary policy to be universally effective.

At the national level, it’s a leading indicator – often picking up big changes in the economy long before other surveys or official statistics. At a local level it allows us to better understand the East

Lancashire economy and provide high quality information that supports local investment.
QES is the largest and longest-running business survey in the UK and is a powerful tool for representing the voice of business to Government. To retain its reputation as a reliable economic indicator and a powerful tool for lobbying, it is vital as many businesses as possible respond to it.

HAVE YOUR SAY!!
Ever felt like telling the Government what it’s REALLY like being in business in 2019? Well, here’s your chance. The BCC’s Quarterly Economic Survey is a highly respected snapshot of economic conditions for business. It is taken seriously by Central Government, is one of only three national surveys regularly used by the Bank of England when setting monetary policy and is reported widely in the media.

To receive your personal invitation to have your say, subscribe to our mailing list at http://eepurl.com/dTkhH

More information to follow

Future Dates include:-

3rd October 2019 – Breakfast Meeting
6th December 2019 – International Trade Club Gala Luncheon and Awards 2019
20th February 2020 – Breakfast Meeting
14th May 2020 – Breakfast Meeting
9th July 2020 – Breakfast Meeting
17th September 2020 – Breakfast Meeting
3rd December 2020 – International Trade Club Gala Luncheon and Awards 2020
18th February 2021 – Breakfast Meeting
13th May 2021 – Breakfast Meeting
8th July 2021 – Breakfast Meeting
16th September 2021 – Breakfast Meeting
2nd December 2021 – International Trade Club Gala Luncheon and Awards 2021

The Sales industry can be a lonely place, full of pressure, targets with little time for self-development. For many sales professionals in East Lancashire, it’s hard to know sometimes where to go to find support and education.

Chamber Sales Professionals Club in partnership with Sales Geek is the new home for sales professionals. We aren’t about PowerPoints or lectures; we want to provide a home within Lancashire where sales professionals from all backgrounds, experience levels and industries can learn from each other and find their own route to sales success.

This is not your standard networking event, so while commercial relationships will naturally evolve, please don’t come armed to sell to the room. We want attendees to be able to create business allies, meet peers, learn from each other’s experiences and create long lasting relationships.

About the Hosts
We will have on hand two sales geeks, with over 35 years’ combined experience in sales strategy, direct sales, sales training, sales recruitment, B2B Sales, B2C Sales and business planning to assist you on your journey, as well as special guests on a regular basis.

Members £5 plus vat, non-members £10 plus vat.

This year’s Sales Club is sponsored by Cloud Sauce and Production Print Direct.

The Sales industry can be a lonely place, full of pressure, targets with little time for self-development. For many sales professionals in East Lancashire, it’s hard to know sometimes where to go to find support and education.

Chamber Sales Professionals Club in partnership with Sales Geek is the new home for sales professionals. We aren’t about PowerPoints or lectures; we want to provide a home within Lancashire where sales professionals from all backgrounds, experience levels and industries can learn from each other and find their own route to sales success.

This is not your standard networking event, so while commercial relationships will naturally evolve, please don’t come armed to sell to the room. We want attendees to be able to create business allies, meet peers, learn from each other’s experiences and create long lasting relationships.

About the Hosts
We will have on hand two sales geeks, with over 35 years’ combined experience in sales strategy, direct sales, sales training, sales recruitment, B2B Sales, B2C Sales and business planning to assist you on your journey, as well as special guests on a regular basis.

Members £5 plus vat, non-members £10 plus vat.

This year’s Sales Club is sponsored by Cloud Sauce and Production Print Direct.

Logistics Group is a brand new network for 2019 aimed at the Logistics sector, including HGV warehousing distribution.

This group will provide Lancashire businesses with access to information, opportunities and best practice insights as well as providing a forum to meet with their peers. These meetings will be hosted by local companies from within the sector and may include a factory or showroom tour. Unlike many networks, this is a closed group and focuses on the needs of Logistics businesses only.

This event is free to attend, however places are limited and will be allocated strictly on a first come, first served basis.

The Curry Club is an East Lancashire Institution. Since 2006 local businesses have regularly gathered together to network and share a fine curry lunch in a relaxed informal setting. Each event features a guest speaker to inspire or motivate. This year’s Curry Club sponsor is KeyFleet Vehicle Leasing and Fleet Management.

East Lancs Chamber and KeyFleet are working on an exciting line-up of guest speakers for this event – to be announced soon!

Book online now at https://www.mychamber.co.uk/eastlancs/event/view/id/2436

Alternatively, contact Debbi Dawson on 01254 356439 / 07989 978 287 or email d.dawson@chamberelancs.co.uk for more information.

Members £25 plus vat, non-members £35 plus vat.

The Sales industry can be a lonely place, full of pressure, targets with little time for self-development. For many sales professionals in East Lancashire, it’s hard to know sometimes where to go to find support and education.

Chamber Sales Professionals Club in partnership with Sales Geek is the new home for sales professionals. We aren’t about PowerPoints or lectures; we want to provide a home within Lancashire where sales professionals from all backgrounds, experience levels and industries can learn from each other and find their own route to sales success.

This is not your standard networking event, so while commercial relationships will naturally evolve, please don’t come armed to sell to the room. We want attendees to be able to create business allies, meet peers, learn from each other’s experiences and create long lasting relationships.

About the Hosts
We will have on hand two sales geeks, with over 35 years’ combined experience in sales strategy, direct sales, sales training, sales recruitment, B2B Sales, B2C Sales and business planning to assist you on your journey, as well as special guests on a regular basis.

Members £5 plus vat, non-members £10 plus vat.

This year’s Sales Club is sponsored by Cloud Sauce and Production Print Direct.

In 2017 the Chamber launched a new network for Manufacturing businesses entitled ‘Making it in Lancashire’, designed to provide Lancashire manufacturers with access to information, opportunities and best practice insights as well as providing a forum to meet with your peers.

These highly successful breakfast meetings are hosted by local manufacturers and usually include a factory or showroom tour, which have proven to be really popular. Our previous hosts include BAE Systems, Heritage Envelopes, Whatmore UK and LC Automation.

The network is designed to provide Lancashire manufacturers with access to information, opportunities and best practice insights as well as providing a forum to meet with your peers. Unlike many networks, Making it in Lancashire is a closed group and focuses on the needs of Manufacturing businesses only.

This free event is limited to 50 delegates so places will be allocated strictly on a first come, first served basis.

East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce is committed to ensuring that the needs of business are at the forefront of decision makers’ and Ministers’ considerations as they formulate policy.

The British Chambers of Commerce and the accredited Chamber Network run Britain’s most influential private business survey – the BCC Quarterly Economic Survey which is Britain’s biggest private business survey, providing consistent data since 1989 and regularly receiving thousands of business responses.

It is widely regarded as the most informative and influential input to the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee and the Treasury. It provides the unequalled combination of proven report on the trends in the national economy, while being significant enough at each local level to provide the nuances and variations that have to be understood for monetary policy to be universally effective.

At the national level, it’s a leading indicator – often picking up big changes in the economy long before other surveys or official statistics. At a local level it allows us to better understand the East

Lancashire economy and provide high quality information that supports local investment.
QES is the largest and longest-running business survey in the UK and is a powerful tool for representing the voice of business to Government. To retain its reputation as a reliable economic indicator and a powerful tool for lobbying, it is vital as many businesses as possible respond to it.

HAVE YOUR SAY!!
Ever felt like telling the Government what it’s REALLY like being in business in 2019? Well, here’s your chance. The BCC’s Quarterly Economic Survey is a highly respected snapshot of economic conditions for business. It is taken seriously by Central Government, is one of only three national surveys regularly used by the Bank of England when setting monetary policy and is reported widely in the media.

To receive your personal invitation to have your say, subscribe to our mailing list at http://eepurl.com/dTkhH

The Sales industry can be a lonely place, full of pressure, targets with little time for self-development. For many sales professionals in East Lancashire, it’s hard to know sometimes where to go to find support and education.

Chamber Sales Professionals Club in partnership with Sales Geek is the new home for sales professionals. We aren’t about PowerPoints or lectures; we want to provide a home within Lancashire where sales professionals from all backgrounds, experience levels and industries can learn from each other and find their own route to sales success.

This is not your standard networking event, so while commercial relationships will naturally evolve, please don’t come armed to sell to the room. We want attendees to be able to create business allies, meet peers, learn from each other’s experiences and create long lasting relationships.

About the Hosts
We will have on hand two sales geeks, with over 35 years’ combined experience in sales strategy, direct sales, sales training, sales recruitment, B2B Sales, B2C Sales and business planning to assist you on your journey, as well as special guests on a regular basis.

Members £5 plus vat, non-members £10 plus vat.

This year’s Sales Club is sponsored by Cloud Sauce and Production Print Direct.

The Sales industry can be a lonely place, full of pressure, targets with little time for self-development. For many sales professionals in East Lancashire, it’s hard to know sometimes where to go to find support and education.

Chamber Sales Professionals Club in partnership with Sales Geek is the new home for sales professionals. We aren’t about PowerPoints or lectures; we want to provide a home within Lancashire where sales professionals from all backgrounds, experience levels and industries can learn from each other and find their own route to sales success.

This is not your standard networking event, so while commercial relationships will naturally evolve, please don’t come armed to sell to the room. We want attendees to be able to create business allies, meet peers, learn from each other’s experiences and create long lasting relationships.

About the Hosts
We will have on hand two sales geeks, with over 35 years’ combined experience in sales strategy, direct sales, sales training, sales recruitment, B2B Sales, B2C Sales and business planning to assist you on your journey, as well as special guests on a regular basis.

Members £5 plus vat, non-members £10 plus vat.

This year’s Sales Club is sponsored by Cloud Sauce and Production Print Direct.

Logistics Group is a brand new network for 2019 aimed at the Logistics sector, including HGV warehousing distribution.

This group will provide Lancashire businesses with access to information, opportunities and best practice insights as well as providing a forum to meet with their peers. These meetings will be hosted by local companies from within the sector and may include a factory or showroom tour. Unlike many networks, this is a closed group and focuses on the needs of Logistics businesses only.

This event is free to attend, however places are limited and will be allocated strictly on a first come, first served basis.

The Curry Club is an East Lancashire Institution. Since 2006 local businesses have regularly gathered together to network and share a fine curry lunch in a relaxed informal setting. Each event features a guest speaker to inspire or motivate. This year’s Curry Club sponsor is KeyFleet Vehicle Leasing and Fleet Management.

East Lancs Chamber and KeyFleet are working on an exciting line-up of guest speakers for this event, including Founder of M+ILK PLUS, Camilla Ainsworth.

Fresh from finishing runner up on this year’s BBC The Apprentice, Blackburn born Camilla quickly got to work agreeing a deal with Holland and Barrett to sell her nut milk product M+LK Plus. Like all great products Camilla’s nut milk idea was born of necessity after becoming frustrated with the lack of choice available for those that don’t drink cow’s milk. Camilla has had one heck of an amazing year and will be sharing her story with us all!

Book online now at https://www.chamberelancs.co.uk/latest-events/.

Alternatively, contact Debbi Dawson on 01254 356439 / 07989 978 287 or email d.dawson@chamberelancs.co.uk for more information.

Members £25 plus vat, non-members £35 plus vat.

The Sales industry can be a lonely place, full of pressure, targets with little time for self-development. For many sales professionals in East Lancashire, it’s hard to know sometimes where to go to find support and education.

Chamber Sales Professionals Club in partnership with Sales Geek is the new home for sales professionals. We aren’t about PowerPoints or lectures; we want to provide a home within Lancashire where sales professionals from all backgrounds, experience levels and industries can learn from each other and find their own route to sales success.

This is not your standard networking event, so while commercial relationships will naturally evolve, please don’t come armed to sell to the room. We want attendees to be able to create business allies, meet peers, learn from each other’s experiences and create long lasting relationships.

About the Hosts
We will have on hand two sales geeks, with over 35 years’ combined experience in sales strategy, direct sales, sales training, sales recruitment, B2B Sales, B2C Sales and business planning to assist you on your journey, as well as special guests on a regular basis.

Members £5 plus vat, non-members £10 plus vat.

This year’s Sales Club is sponsored by Cloud Sauce and Production Print Direct.

East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce is committed to ensuring that the needs of business are at the forefront of decision makers’ and Ministers’ considerations as they formulate policy.

The British Chambers of Commerce and the accredited Chamber Network run Britain’s most influential private business survey – the BCC Quarterly Economic Survey which is Britain’s biggest private business survey, providing consistent data since 1989 and regularly receiving thousands of business responses.

It is widely regarded as the most informative and influential input to the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee and the Treasury. It provides the unequalled combination of proven report on the trends in the national economy, while being significant enough at each local level to provide the nuances and variations that have to be understood for monetary policy to be universally effective.

At the national level, it’s a leading indicator – often picking up big changes in the economy long before other surveys or official statistics. At a local level it allows us to better understand the East

Lancashire economy and provide high quality information that supports local investment.
QES is the largest and longest-running business survey in the UK and is a powerful tool for representing the voice of business to Government. To retain its reputation as a reliable economic indicator and a powerful tool for lobbying, it is vital as many businesses as possible respond to it.

HAVE YOUR SAY!!
Ever felt like telling the Government what it’s REALLY like being in business in 2019? Well, here’s your chance. The BCC’s Quarterly Economic Survey is a highly respected snapshot of economic conditions for business. It is taken seriously by Central Government, is one of only three national surveys regularly used by the Bank of England when setting monetary policy and is reported widely in the media.

To receive your personal invitation to have your say, subscribe to our mailing list at http://eepurl.com/dTkhH