Thank you Mr President. And may I, like others, start by thanking the Chair of the 1591 Committee Ambassador Wroneka for her briefing and our continued efforts as chair, based of course on her considerable personal experience. It’s disappointing that … read more
Financial Secretary to the Treasury Mel Stride today (17 January) signed a Protocol to update our double taxation convention (DTC) with Israel. The Protocol to the UK/Israel DTC will facilitate investment in Israel by UK companies in a number of ways,… read more
I have been following the events in Zimbabwe over the last week with growing concern. I summoned the Zimbabwean Ambassador to the United Kingdom to attend the Foreign Office on 17 January to discuss the situation. Since the weekend there has been wide… read more
The UK’s new independent trade remedies system will protect UK businesses from injury caused by unfair trading practices, such as dumping and subsidies, and unforeseen surges in imports, when we leave the European Union. Claire Bassett, Trade Remedies… read more
It is currently taking longer than normal for confirmation emails to be sent out after a trade mark application is submitted on our website. The following forms are affected: We are working to fix this issue as soon as possible. This delay does not me… read more