DAERA invites businesses to take part in a new January EU Exit awareness event
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The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is encouraging agri-food businesses and traders to take part in the Department’s next online EU Exit event aimed at providing information and guidance to help businesses navigate the changes following the UK’s exit from the EU.
The fourth in a series of webinars will take place on Thursday 07 January at 2.00pm and will focus on providing the most up-to-date information on what the EU/UK trade deal means for Sanitary & Phytosanitary (SPS) checks and other trading procedures. There will also be two more in-depth sessions on the NI Trader journey (1) for retail goods and (2) for non-retail goods. Agri-food business owners and traders must pre-register to attend.
Register here for the webinar being held on 07 January 2021.
Announcing the forthcoming event, a DAERA spokesperson said: “With the transition period ending at 11pm tonight on 31 December 2020, we are very aware of the need to maintain engagement with our stakeholders and provide the most up-to-date information to help businesses deal with the changes starting from tomorrow 01 January 2021.
“Feedback received from the first three events in November and December has informed topics for this upcoming event. The event will give participants the chance to ask questions about the issues most relevant to their particular sector and we encourage all agri-food businesses and traders to register and take part.”
Following the approval of last week’s trade agreement between the UK and EU, the DAERA spokesperson added: “We will continue our engagement with businesses in the coming weeks as the new arrangements come into operation, to help to keep businesses updated on the current position.”
Notes to editors:
- The first three online events took place in November and December 2020 and were very well attended, attracting almost 1,500 participants with key sectors represented, including potato merchants, nurseries, meat and dairy food business operators, distribution companies, egg producers, bakeries and fish processors. Download the recording and presentation slides from the previous online events at www.daera-ni.gov.uk/eu-exit-webinar-events
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