Update from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Automotive Unit

1. ‘Get Ready for Brexit’ campaign – Upcoming roadshows

As part of the ‘Get Ready for Brexit’ campaign, the government will be delivering 30 events across the UK, talking face-to-face with up to 100 businesses at each event, with the aim of making sure as many businesses are preparing for Brexit as possible. 

To enable businesses to sign up to these roadshows we are launching a website for the roadshows which lists dates and times, venues, and sign-up instructions. 

The first week’s roadshows are:

• 16 September – Northampton
• 17 September – Nottingham
• 18 September – West Midlands (venue TBC)
• 19 September – Swindon
• 20 September – London

In most locations we will run sessions in both the morning and afternoon.  Dates and locations for some of the later roadshows are still being finalised, and we will provide further details of these events in subsequent editions of this bulletin. 

The BEIS Automotive team will also be attending roadshows where there is a strong automotive presence, and further details of this will also follow.  At this stage we can confirm we will be at the London roadshow.

In addition, the government has prepared key messages that will help promote these events on your own channels, including social, newsletters, web stories and direct emails. All relevant information on how to support the campaign can be found on the Frontify website. 

There has been an update to the advice on what you need to do to comply with regulations on manufactured goods you place on the UK market if there’s a no-deal Brexit. 

Imports from Switzerland are now included in scope of the UK’s transitional importer labeling requirements. This means that if you are bringing goods from the EU, EEA or Switzerland, you will need to confirm whether you or your supplier will become an importer once the UK leaves the EU. 

Trade agreements that the UK is part of as an EU member state will no longer apply if there’s a no-deal Brexit.  However, the UK government is working on new agreements to replace EU trade agreements after Brexit.  The latest update on these agreements can be found here. 

BEIS Automotive Unit 13 September 2019

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