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Brexit, News
Back to work: Yesterday’s UK Supreme Court ruling
Yesterday, the UK’s Supreme Court ruled that Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend, or prorogue, parliament for five weeks was unlawful. As a result, MPs have...
Brexit, Customs, News
Delivered Duty Paid: Your Responsibilities as an Exporter
After Brexit Day, Irish exporters using DDP (Delivered Duty Paid) Incoterms will find themselves responsible for customs compliance on any shipments moving into the UK. ...
Brexit, Customs, News, Transport
Operation Yellowhammer: what do we need to know?
It has been another interesting week at Westminster. Moments before Boris Johnson shut down Parliament for five weeks, the UK’s House of Commons managed to...
News, On the Road, Transport
ProfiDrive® – MAN’s Sustainable Driving Programme
At Baku GLS, we train all our drivers in sustainable driving techniques. Using the MAN ProfiDrive® programme as our foundation, we give all of our...
Brexit, Customs, News
Clear Customs Initiative: Getting Ireland Brexit Ready
Have you registered for the Clear Customs Initiative yet? Launched earlier this month, Clear Customs is a support programme designed to give Irish exporters, customs...
Brexit, News, On the Road, Transport
Transporting chemicals by road: a guide to ADR
If you need to transport chemicals by road (or any other goods that could be harmful to people, property or the environment), then you’ll need...
News, On the Road, Transport
15 Brand New Curtainsiders Have Arrived!
The Baku GLS fleet has expanded again! In response to rising demand from our Engineering & General Cargo customers, we’ve taken delivery of another 15...
News, On the Road, Transport
Trailer Types: a client’s guide
Do you know your step decks from your flatbeds? Not all HGV trailers are created equal! At Baku, we keep a fleet of more than...
Industry, News
Export Industry Awards 2019
Remember Remember the 8th November! On the evening of Friday 8th November 2019, our industry will descend on Dublin’s Convention Centre for the 2019 Export...
Brexit, Industry, News, Transport, Warehousing
This Year’s Logistics & Supply Chain Confidence Index
There are plenty of reasons to be optimistic in this year’s CBRE AIB Logistics & Supply Chain Confidence Index. Overall confidence in the market has...
News, Technology, Transport, Warehousing
Pharma Transport: Risk Management and GDP
As GDP Passport holders, we’re all too aware of the importance of good supply chain risk management when transporting medicines. This week’s article takes a...
Industry, News, On the Road, Transport
Branching out: the IRHA’s new roads campaign
The Irish Road Haulage Association have launched a new video campaign to highlight the dangers of poor verge management on Ireland’s regional roads. In a...
Brexit, News
Mrs May’s New Brexit Deal: What Happens Now?
It has been a tough week for Theresa May. Following a collapse in cross-party Brexit talks, on Tuesday Mrs May made a last ditch-attempt to...
Brexit, News, Transport
4th Time Lucky: the UK’s next Brexit Vote
On Tuesday 4th June, MPs in Westminster will vote again on the Withdrawal Agreement Bill – the same bill that has already been rejected three...
Brexit, Customs, News
Customs after Brexit: Tariff Rates on UK Imports
When the UK leaves the EU, what new customs duties will be payable, how much will these duties be, and who will end up bearing...
Brexit, Customs, News, Technology
Customs after Brexit: CHIEF and CDS
Hundreds of thousands of businesses in the UK and EU will need to make customs declarations for the first time in the weeks following Brexit....
Brexit, Customs, News
Breaking the Brexit Deadlock: What Happens Next?
The risk of a no-deal Brexit on 1st June fell this week as the UK began to prepare for European Parliamentary elections. By going ahead...
Brexit, Industry, News, Transport
Flextension: the new Brexit timelines
The Brexit calendar shifted again this week when the EU27 agreed a flexible extension, pushing Brexit Day back for a third time to 31 October...
Brexit, Customs, News
Preparing for No-Deal: Customs Procedures at UK Ports
There’s just one week left until 12 April, and the UK parliament are still no closer to a workable withdrawal agreement. With one week to...
Brexit, News, On the Road, Technology
Galileo, Let Me Go: Sat Nav in the UK after Brexit
After Brexit, the UK will have no rights to use the EU’s Galileo satellite system. What is Galileo, should we expect sat nav problems when...
Brexit, Customs, Industry, News
Incoterms after Brexit: a handy new guide
If you trade entirely within the EU, it’s possible that you haven’t come across Incoterms yet …but you’ll soon know all about them. When the...
Brexit, Customs, News
TSP: the UK’s new Brexit customs framework
A short guide to TSP: the UK’s new Brexit customs framework Last month the UK tax authorities announced simplified importing procedures for UK businesses importing...
Brexit, Customs, Industry, News
Authorised Economic Operator: what it means for Brexit
The 29th March is just weeks away, yet we still can’t say with 100% certainty what will be required to move goods in and out...
Brexit, News, On the Road, Transport
IDPs, CPCs & ECMTs: Compliance for UK Drivers
If the UK leaves the EU without a deal on 29 March, there’s a risk that professional drivers with UK-issued licences may need to apply...