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The UK’s Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (pEPR) scheme is shifting the cost of packaging waste management to producers. If your business has a £1M+ turnover and handles 25+ tonnes of packaging annually, reporting and compliance is essential. Get expert insights on UK packaging recyclability and learn how to substantiate recyclability claims. Topics: 🔹pEPR Policy Updates 🔹Understand and interprete the Recyclability Assessment Methodology 🔹Meeting the October'25 reporting deadline

Presented by: Natasha McDonough, CEO, MMC Research

Whether you operate as a B2B or B2C company, finding out why your customers buy from you means that you can sharpen your marketing to get more customers. If you find out their future spending plans, you can shape your business better.

But knowing how to get started with research, and being brave enough to ask customers what they think, are the typical challenges that put many business owners off conducting research.

By joining this interactive online workshop you'll get to understand:

• The most effective research methods for your customer and business type.
• What to ask customers to get the results that will instigate positive change and growth.
• What to consider when designing a survey for maximum participation.
• How to brief an agency and the ballpark figures involved in a project.
• Your ideal response rate % .
• What type of analysis to consider and how to take the insights forward to get better business results.

In this 1-hour webinar, you will hear about real life examples of projects that have increased business success through conducting research.

This course is designed for sales teams, administrators and managers planning international growth through Agents and Distributors overseas. The course covers the differences between Agents and Distributors, advantages and disadvantages of each, what to consider when appointing them, and an introduction to the legal implications.

The course will also look at the importance of harmonising all sales channels so if you are already selling through these third parties, there is valuable information to learn about doing this effectively.

Course Contents

• Routes to overseas markets
• Roles of Agents and Distributors
• Legal implications
• Advantages and disadvantages of Agents and Distributors
• Harmonising your sales channels
• Sources of help and advice

The UK-EU reset deal in May has brought essential changes to the way businesses manage their cross-border trade. This webinar will provide you with an overview of these updates, their implications for your operations, and the steps you need to take to remain compliant.

If your business ships goods between the UK and EU, join our webinar to understand what to do next and how this will impact how you operate.

What you’ll learn about:

• The Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement - A simple breakdown of the implications for UK/EU trade and how it affects your products.
• Keep goods moving without disruption - What the proposed changes mean for customs, checks, and documentation.
• Next steps for your business - Ensure that you’re offering your clients the best buying solution and giving them the easiest way to say yes to doing business with you.

We are delighted that Ian Ainslie, International Trade Specialist, Unsworth, will be delivering this session. Unsworth are a technology-based freight forwarder, specialising in ocean, air and ground freight services, with advanced, digital supply chain solutions. There will also be the opportunity to have your questions answered.

This is a webinar for HR Managers, HR Directors and Business owners who are considering / unfortunately in having to make staff redundant. All the research suggests that members of staff who are being made redundant and are offered careers and outplacement services are more likely to make a successful transition to their next job. This webinar will give you some top tips on supporting departing employees. It will be led by Alistair Stirling a Careers Adviser of Stirling Careers Consultancy.

This introduction course is aimed at those involved in the administration of international trade to ensure an understanding of rules of origin, product classification and item valuation to meet the demands of international trade in both exporting and importing. Understanding origin, tariffs and valuation is essential for correct calculation of taxation and duties, and mistakes leading to non-payment or underpayment are considered a serious matter by HMRC. They also lead to duty reliefs, so getting this right could save you money.

• Preference and Non-Preference Origin
• The rules determining preference rules of origin
• Understanding tariff codes
• Correctly classifying goods with examples
• Import Valuation
• Sources of help and advice

The SME London Business Awards, now in its third year, will highlight and recognise businesses that show outstanding initiative, innovation and positive impact in enterprise.

The awards are a credible opportunity to support and share in our vision to raise the profile of industrious, hardworking and enterprising SME’s in the region. Business awards are a sought after accolade of achievement, a veritable endorsement of success in business which offers exceptional marketing and PR opportunities as well as increasing your credibility and standing in the eyes of your peers and your customers.

There are 21 awards up for grabs including Best New Business, Business Person of the Year, International Business of the Year and Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism Business of the Year. There’s also recognition for Innovation, High Growth, Corporate Social Responsibility, Service Excellence and Sustainability.

WHY ATTEND AN AWARDS MASTERCLASS?

If you’re thinking of entering some of the award categories (you can enter up to 3), but are not sure where to start, then join our online Awards Masterclass where we’ll cover:

• explaining the award process
• top tips on submitting an award winning entry
• the benefits of entering a business awards

If you agree that patient data security is non-negotiable, this is for you. As a health professional, you understand how important it is to protect your patient’s data and keep your IT systems secure while also making it easy for your team to do their job effectively. So how can you earn and keep your patients’ trust, avoid legal repercussions and confidently answer the unspoken question every patient is thinking: Can I trust you with my medical records?

Widely known as “passport for goods”, ATA Carnets are international customs documents that permit the duty and tax-free temporary importation of non-perishable goods for up to 12 months into countries subscribed to the ATA Carnet scheme.

This online course is ideal for companies and sole traders who are looking to ease their temporary export/import procedures of non-perishable commercial goods taken overseas on a temporary basis to be used at events of a commercial nature, such as sports events, exhibitions, trade fairs, or to be used as commercial samples or professional equipment.

Delegates will learn all there is to know about ATA Carnets, as the course covers the Carnet journey from beginning to end, sharing with delegates best practices to apply and use the document effectively and make the best of its multiple benefits.

• Introduction to ATA Carnets: Uses, benefits and restrictions.
• ATA Carnet application process
• Application best practices
• Carnet Security
• How to use an ATA Carnet
• Discharge and disputes: What to do when something goes wrong
• ATA Carnet best practices

If you transport goods into and out of the UK for maintenance or other processing, this course explains the HMRC regimes that will enable you to save costs. The course helps you understand the advantages of claiming IPR and OPR, how commodity codes help, the documentation required, and whether AEO may also be helpful for your organisation.

• Explanation of Inward and Outward Processing
• Advantages of IPR/OPR
• Commodity Codes
• Documentation required for IPR/OPR
• Benefits of AEO
• Sources of help and advice