NEW BREXIT CUSTOMS WORKSHOP OPEN TO ALL COUNTY KILKENNY SMALL BUSINESSES

A new Customs Training Workshop to help small businesses with importing and exporting when the UK leave the European Union is being run by Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny.  The course, which is free and is taking place on Thursday 2^nd May in the Ormonde Hotel, Kilkenny, is open to all small businesses and business people in the region who may be directly or indirectly affected by Brexit. 

The workshop, which is an initiative of the Government of Ireland being delivered by Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny, will help businesses understand all elements of dealing with the UK as a “third country” outside of the EU single market.  This includes administration around imports and export, customs formalities at borders, tariffs and the possible knock on effect of these tariffs and import procedures such as Electronic Declaration process and Automated Entry Processing.

Fiona Deegan, Head of Enterprise, Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny, said; “The Local Enterprise Offices have been working closely with their 7,000 client companies ever since Brexit was announced in 2016.  Each one of our companies has been contacted directly in relation to Brexit supports and in 2018 we had over 4,000 attendees at Local Enterprise Office Brexit information events.  These Customs Training Workshops provide practical information to these businesses to ensure when the UK leaves the European Union, there are no shocks for them.  We would say that any small business that has yet to plan for Brexit, it is not too late and the door of your Local Enterprise Office is open to help you plan for this year and beyond.”

The Customs Training Workshops are just one strand of the supports that the Local Enterprise Offices have supplied to their clients on behalf of Government across the country since Brexit was announced in 2016.  This includes scorecards from Enterprise Ireland to evaluate exposure, financial support to trade online, Brexit loans, grants to support exporting into new markets and LEAN programmes to increase company performance, competitiveness and resilience.

The Customs Training Workshops were officially launched in February by Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys T.D., and Minister for Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, Paschal Donohoe T.D., to aid all small businesses deal with customs procedures ahead of the UK leaving the EU single market.  To secure a place on the Customs Training Workshop contact Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny 056-7752662 or email bookings@leo.kilkennycoco.ie Online booking is also available on the website www.localenterprise.ie/kilkenny

For more information on what Brexit supports are available log on to www.LocalEnterprise.ie/Brexit or contact your Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny.