With two years negotiation period since the 2016 Referendum and two further years expected with the transition period, there have been many helpful tools and supports developed to aid businesses navigate the Brexit quagmire. Many of these helpful tools and supports are available free-of-charge, more are highly subsidised or grant-aided while some paid solutions exist also.
As a starting point, Arvo have a range of Brexit specific tools, templates, reports and insights available online here. If you have any queries on these Arvo Tools, feel free to email [email protected] for a prompt response.
While Arvo are aware of many third-party tools and solutions also to support your Brexit risk management, with a selection outlined as follows
| Brexit Helpful Tool | Description | Website |
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| Brexit SM Scorecard (Enterprise Ireland) | A Starting Point to help businesses to begin preparing a strategy and ready their teams in terms of planning and shinning a spotlight on some of the key operational areas that may be exposed. | https://prepareforbrexit.virtual-adviser.com/ |
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| Online Assessment Tool | Invest Northern Ireland’s assessment tool covers Business strategy, Operations, Innovation, Sales and Marketing, Finance, People and Management, Legal and regulatory. | https://www.investni.com/get-ready-for-brexit/brexit-assessment-tool.html |
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| Tariff Checker | Intertradeireland provide a quick guide to the potential WTO Tariffs that may be applied post-Brexit. | https://intertradeireland.com/brexit/tariff-checker |
| HMRC Trade Tariff: look up commodity codes, duty and VAT rates | https://www.gov.uk/trade-tariff | |
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| Brexit Online Toolkit / “Brexit: a guide for your business” | IBEC offers an Online Toolkit to help business preparation online. A Guide for your Business. | https://www.accenture.com/ie-en/insight-brexit-guide-your-business |
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| No Deal Brexit Plans / Brexlist Brexit Checklist / Brexsure Brexit / Supply Chain Audit / Brexit Directory | The Ready for Brexit platform is independent and objective. It aims to help businesses and organisations manage the challenges and opportunities that Brexit brings. | https://readyforbrexit.co.uk PS: Use ARVO190213 as a Discount Code |
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In addition to the above tools/systems, there is a plethora of information available online with downloadable Templates, Documents and Files from many organisations such as those listed below. Many of these organisations also provide Brexit financial supports, experts, grants and initiatives available to assist most businesses through this unprecedented economic event e.g.
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| Enterprise Ireland | Enterprise Ireland has a wide range of supports, including free Online Courses and Webinars, and fully-funded and partly-funded Consultancy engagements, to enable Irish businesses to take critical action and address their exposure to Brexit | https://prepareforbrexit.com |
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| Intertradeireland | IntertradeIreland offers 2 Vouchers to provide financial support to help understanding Brexit, Online Courses to help SMEs to prepare for Brexit and beyond, also Tariff Checkers and Events that offer information and Topics about Brexit, advises and outcomes. | https://intertradeireland.com/brexit/ |
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| Invest Northern Ireland | Invest Northern Ireland offers an Online assessment tool, Regional Workshops a financial assistance in form of a Preparation Grant and a one-stop resource of best practice guides, information advice and support to help in preparing for Brexit on their Brexit website. | https://www.investni.com/features/invest-northern-ireland-launches-get-ready-for-brexit-campaign.html |
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| Bord Bia | Bord Bia offer a Supply Chain Mentoring Program, to identify key challenges with clients supply chain and export markets. Regional Customs Training, which aims to provide practical training on the basic principle and requirements of customs, tariffs and non-EU trade. A Dublin Custom Training trains Clients in all aspects of customs and tariffs management. A Currency Risk Training prepares for buyer negotiations and new business arising from non-Eurozone market opportunities. Supply Chai Workshops are offered too. | |
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| Revenue | Revenue offers helpful links and Videos on how to deal with the upcoming trade with non-EU Countries, Planning Details and Seminars that prepare and help with Brexit related issues. | https://www.revenue.ie/en/customs-traders-and-agents/brexit/index.aspx |
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| HMRC – Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | HMRC offers 2 grants to help with business to complete customs declaration in preparing for the Brexit. Training Grant and IT improvements are covered in those grants. | https://www.gov.uk/guidance/grants-for-businesses-that-complete-customs-declarations |
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| NSAI – National Standards Authority of Ireland | NSAI offers several factsheets with useful information, downloads from previous Brexit Workshops. | https://www.nsai.ie/brexit/ |
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| HSA – Health and Safety Authority | HSA offers useful information and downloads for informational Sheets and publications about Brexit. | https://www.hsa.ie/eng/Topics/Brexit/ |
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| SBCI – Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland | SBCI in partnership with the Department of Business Enterprise and Innovation (DBEI) offers a Brexit Loan Scheme. The Loan can be used for future working capital requirements, or to fund innovation, change or adaption of the business to mitigate the impact of Brexit. | https://sbci.gov.ie/schemes/brexit-loan-scheme |
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| IBEC – Irish Business and Employers Confederation | IBEC offers several very informative Guides on the topic of Brexit, Future of Ireland and the EU and the Technology of Ireland and the EU. Several Reports on Brexit and its Future. | http://www.ibec.ie/brexit |
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| Local Enterprise Office | Local Enterprise Office offers a Currency Risk Management Booklet, a Customs Insight Course, the InterTradeIreland Start to Plan Voucher Scheme, the Brexit SME Scorecard Online Tool, A Brexit Loan Scheme, a Brexit Mentor Programme, the Enterprise Europe Network, Trading Online Voucher Schemes, Training and Management Development Courses, Microfinance Loan, Micro Lean, Co-Innovate Programme, Technical Assistance for Micro-Exporters. | https://www.localenterprise.ie/Discover-Business-Supports/Brexit-Information |
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| EU Commission Information on Brexit | All Information regarding the Brexit on the Website of the European Union Commission. | https://ec.europa.eu/info/brexit_en |
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| EU Commission Brexit Preparedness | The European Union Commission and its Brexit Preparedness Information Site. All Information regarding Brexit and regarding the EU Commission. | https://ec.europa.eu/info/brexit/brexit-preparedness_en |
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Contact Us ([email protected]) or the agencies above to get support for your Strategic Sourcing Brexit risk
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