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From 7 May 2024, the North East Growth Hub is a project of the North East Combined Authority. We may still refer to "the North East Local Enterprise Partnership" (or "the North East LEP") in some of our older articles. 

Five key actions to take now: moving goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland

The UK has left the EU and the Northern Ireland Protocol came into force on 1 January 2021, meaning that the way businesses move goods between Great Britain to Northern Ireland has changed.

If your business moves goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland it’s important you act now to comply with the new rules. Five key actions you can take now are:

You can find more information here, and you can view a short video on the new rules here.