Online event
Unlocking frictionless trade to the EU: How to use trade tech and VAT solutions to build a ‘Brexit bypass’
Thursday 02 July at 11:00AM
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Learn how to use TradeTech and VAT solutions together to simplify EU sales post‑Brexit, restoring customer access and sharply improving efficiency.
What you’ll learn
- The Fundamentals of Digital Trade: How to transition from paper-heavy workflows to secure, legally enforceable digital transactions that comply with the Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023.
- Trade Efficiency & Scalability: Methods to achieve measurable operational impact, including an up to 80% faster processing rate per shipment and significantly reduced manual data re-entry errors.
- EU VAT Mitigation: How to utilise specific EU VAT solutions to remove cross-border friction and ensure smoother delivery to EU customers. This includes Brexit Bypass like frameworks that combine digitised documentation with automated VAT returns to trade with the EU as if your manufacturing base were located within the single market.
Description
Since Brexit, UK manufacturers selling into the EU have lost customers, absorbed delays, encountered VAT complexity, and dealt with broken supply chains. Some have stopped exporting altogether.
This webinar shows how two practical tools, used together, can rebuild that route. TradeTech platforms move documents and signatures off email and into a single shared record, with legal weight under the Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023. Specialist VAT solutions let EU customers buy from UK suppliers without absorbing the cost of paying and reclaiming VAT themselves.
Used together, they create what we call a Brexit Bypass: a UK to EU sale that, from the customer's side, behaves like a domestic purchase.
You'll see results from SMEs already using this approach, including a 60% reduction in document preparation time and 80% faster shipment processing. You'll leave with a clear view of what's involved, what it costs, and whether it fits your business.
Suitable for UK exporters and trade advisors working with EU markets
Speakers
Haider Mawji
CFO, CFO Centre
A board-level finance executive who brings more than 20 years of leadership experience helping businesses strengthen cash flow, secure funding and build the financial foundations for sustainable growth. He works with SMEs and mid-market companies to improve profitability, release working capital and create the resilience needed to expand internationally. With experience spanning start-ups, scale-ups and PLC environments, he has led financial transformation across the UK and international markets, combining strategic insight with hands-on delivery. His approach is commercially focused and pragmatic, helping management teams navigate complexity and build stronger banking and supplier relationships.
Darren Aldrich
MD, Fiscal Solutions
Darren is the Managing Director of Fiscal Solutions and a VAT Partner at Buzzacott, with 28 years of experience representing organisations on VAT and duty matters. Based in central London, he leads a specialist team providing fiscal representation across the EU and beyond through a single access point. His expertise includes VAT consultancy, strategic and compliance reviews, international VAT structures, appeals and investigations, and customs, excise, and other cross-border issues.