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Kent County Council s Trading with the EU: Last chance Q&A webinar
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A panel of experts will be fielding questions over new legal requirements once the Brexit transition period ends on a special webinar this week.
Taking place on Wednesday, December 23, via Zoom, the Trading with the EU: Last Chance Q&A event will feature representatives from Kent County Council Trading Standards, the Department for International Trade, the Invicta Chamber of Commerce and the Kent & Medway Growth Hub.
Those signing-up will be able to ask last-minute questions to help pave the way for businesses to clarify any outstanding issues ahead of the new regulations which will come into force from January 1.
Ashford Brexit lorry park impact still secret as government rejects Freedom of Information request
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Updated: 11:44, 10 December 2020
Government officials are continuing to block the release of information about the impact of post-Brexit lorry park holding sites, saying it is not in the public interest.
Work on what are described as Inland Border Facilities began in the summer at two sites in Ashford â the 66-acre MOJO plot at Sevington and another back-up site at the nearby Waterbrook Park.
The Sevington Brexit lorry park from above, pictured in late November
The Department of Transport is using powers to construct the developments, which will be used for customs checks and for holding lorries in the event of disruption at the Channel ports, without going through the usual planning process.