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Jesus lads, 'tis looking like BREXIT!
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<blockquote data-quote="jeepers" data-source="post: 6976434" data-attributes="member: 15917"><p>Just a brief example of how much it has caused red tape for business: The crowd I work for is UK-owned, but fairly global in reach. Our European operations are centred in Engerland, e.g. that's where our IT dept for Europe us. I have a new starter in my team in Dublin, starting next week. We have a decent system in place, so his laptop was ordered before Xmas, I told them what software to put on it and they shipped it on Tuesday. When it arrived, there was a customs charge of a few hundred quid and our receptionist refused to pay it because they've been told not to. It is not a B2B sale so it isn't subject to customs and import tax, but there's a far more involved courier form to fill in and the admin person on the other side didn't know that. Neither did UPS tell her, probably because they think Ireland is part of the UK. It took all of yesterday for one admin person to sort it out, but UPS in Ireland won't be able to sort out until Monday, and it'll probably be Tuesday before it arrives. This means that half of the usual induction stuff won't be done on time and I'm going to be doing my best to babysit him when I should be able to just point him at a few things and let him get on with it. </p><p></p><p>This minor incident alone will probably cost the company close to a grand or two in lost fees, and that is something that you can add a few orders of magnitude to when you add it all up. Fucking madness. As it was observed before, this is the first international negotiation in history where one side wanted to make trade harder.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jeepers, post: 6976434, member: 15917"] Just a brief example of how much it has caused red tape for business: The crowd I work for is UK-owned, but fairly global in reach. Our European operations are centred in Engerland, e.g. that's where our IT dept for Europe us. I have a new starter in my team in Dublin, starting next week. We have a decent system in place, so his laptop was ordered before Xmas, I told them what software to put on it and they shipped it on Tuesday. When it arrived, there was a customs charge of a few hundred quid and our receptionist refused to pay it because they've been told not to. It is not a B2B sale so it isn't subject to customs and import tax, but there's a far more involved courier form to fill in and the admin person on the other side didn't know that. Neither did UPS tell her, probably because they think Ireland is part of the UK. It took all of yesterday for one admin person to sort it out, but UPS in Ireland won't be able to sort out until Monday, and it'll probably be Tuesday before it arrives. This means that half of the usual induction stuff won't be done on time and I'm going to be doing my best to babysit him when I should be able to just point him at a few things and let him get on with it. This minor incident alone will probably cost the company close to a grand or two in lost fees, and that is something that you can add a few orders of magnitude to when you add it all up. Fucking madness. As it was observed before, this is the first international negotiation in history where one side wanted to make trade harder. [/QUOTE]
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