Billingham business leader to help champion UK exports
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UK EdTech company Scanning Pens Ltd has been recognised for their outstanding successes in the field of international trade
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Scanning pen in use WESTBURY-based accessibility tech company Scanning Pens Ltd has been honoured for its outstanding year of international trade by one of the nation’s highest awards for enterprise, the Queen’s Award for International Trade. Created in 2003 by Oxford Brookes graduates Jack Churchill (CEO) and Toby Sutton (COO), Scanning Pens is a dedicated global EdTech business providing reading support to students with reading difficulties. The company, whose head office is at Heywood House, also has a facility at Telford in the West Midlands, where it collaborates with the University of Wolverhampton. Chief executive officer Jack Churchill said: “To be recognised by the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise is the highest honour in business.
Thursday 25 February 2021 9:00 am Trading forward: How businesses adapted and are now making progress under the new relationship with the EU
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The zero tariff, zero quota trade agreement we have agreed with the EU will see UK firms able to keep doing business with Europe while enabling them to seize new opportunities as we strike trade deals with the world’s fastest growing markets. However, now that we are outside the EU customs union, there are new processes and rules which businesses need to follow.
There are new rules on exports, imports, tariffs, qualifications, hiring and travel, and businesses need to prepare and adjust to the new relationship with the EU.