New trade deals, the possibility of higher tariffs and changing quotas, how are you preparing your business for Brexit?

Added by Love Business East Midlands | 2 September 2016

UPDATED: 2 September 2016

New trade deals, the possibility of higher tariffs and changing quotas, how are you preparing your business for Brexit?

Mike Wallis, an expert on global trade and import/export logistics explains the most likely consequences and what you can do to take advantage.

Mike will be speaking at Free half-day breakfast seminar 'Evolving Your Sales Strategy for a 'Post Brexit’ Economy' on Thursday, 15 September from 07:30 AM to 11:30 AM (BST) at Riverside Chambers, Derby

Britain will have to reach a new trade agreement with the EU following when Article 50 is triggered. The task of negotiating and separating will be complex and carried out under the pressure of a two-year deadline. Here are some of the key issues and Mike will explain how you can prepare so you can take advantage of the opportunities which will arise.

 

7 key issues that will impact on your businesses if you import or export

 

1) Will a post-Brexit UK need a new trade deal with the European Union?

2) Will tariffs be imposed on UK goods and services under a new EU trade deal?

3) Will the negotiations take place on a country-by-country basis?

4) Does the government have the skills to negotiate an EU trade deal?

6) How will it affect trade with the rest of the World?

7) What can you do to prepare?

 

The impact of Brexit on UK export and import patterns is fast becoming one of the central economic issues in the preparation for the triggering of Article 50. 

About Mike Wallis Mike is Executive Chairman of Spatial Global, a main Board Director of parent company The Keswick Enterprises Group, and Director of Romania-based logistics service provider Tibbett Logistics, employing over 1000 people. His experience in the management import and export supply chain and the ‘real world’ of businesses who depend upon overseas trade will provide an insight into how the industry is gearing up for the impact of the UK outside the EU. He will highlight the opportunities to businesses in the East Midlands. A hands-on manager, Mike has a degree in Law and immense experience in the worlds of freight and logistics. His clients have included some of the world's most interesting companies, including Walmart, Marks and Spencer, Sainsbury's, Unilever, Woolworth's South Africa, Coles Myers Australia, B&Q and Whitbread.

With Board-level responsibility for Spatial Global since its acquisition in 2006, Mike stepped in as Executive Chairman in 2015. At Tibbett Logistics, which employs around 1000 people in Romania, Mike's responsibilities include the transfer of best practice and the personal coaching of local management. At Graphene Partners he leads some of the transformation projects that the business handles in Central and Eastern Europe. He is also retained as strategic advisor to three European companies – a retailer in Poland, a logistics service provider in Serbia and another retailer in Serbia. 

 

Mike will be speaking at Free half-day breakfast seminar 'Evolving Your Sales Strategy for a 'Post Brexit' Economy'

 

Thursday, 15 September from 07:30 AM to 11:30 AM (BST)

Riverside Chambers, Derby

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