COVID-19 Recovery & Brexit Key Resources from Technical Partners, BDO

Our Technical Partners, BDO, have put together some key resources for manufacturers, you will find a wealth of advice and practical guidance to help you navigate the new landscape.

Building Resilience
Click on the video above to watch BDO’s TMG Webinar around Building Resilience, hosted by BDO Partner, Mark Sykes

‘Rethink’ Hub
You and your business are operating in a new reality and will be facing new challengers. As you steer your business and your people through all the changes, you may want to rethink every aspect of your business from the business model and strategy down. You will want to review and rebuild resilience and realise any opportunities to grow.

You will find a wealth of advice and practical guidance to help you rethink how you operate on this Rethink hub. You can join webinars, listen to podcasts or read through articles on a range of business issues. You can also get in touch to discuss your specific business challenges.

Visit the Rethink Hub

Rethink Business Lenders Timeline Use this interactive key event timeline to guide the decisions you take. By understanding how each of these events may affect business, appropriate strategies will need to be in place to navigate through any challenges and opportunities that these will present.

Download the timeline here

The Future of the UK Manufacturing Sector
The uncertainty felt by many businesses in the UK caused by the impact of the pandemic is continuing with the loss of output, significant increase in balance sheet liabilities and increased debt burden. The Make UK/BDO Manufacturing Outlook Q3 2020 survey provides first hand evidence that many manufacturers are continuing to struggle and despite clawing back some lost ground compared to what was a cataclysmic Q2 for the sector, several indicators remain in negative territory.

Download the full article here

Manufacturing Outlook Report
Download BDO’s latest report for detailed UK manufacturing, sub-sector and regional insights – Manufacturing Outlook Hub

FREE Customs Training
Members are being urged to take advantage of a day’s training on Customs matters relating to imports/exports which is paid for by the Government. A number of BDO clients have already taken up this offer of training in readiness for when the UK leaves the EU Customs Union, the EU VAT Area at 31 December 2020 and also just for general training of their staff in their finance, logistics, purchasing, sales and commercial departments.

If you are interested all you need to do is register on this website https://www.customsintermediarygrant.co.uk/ and email Cassie Grillo cassieg@in-comm-tmg.co.uk with details of the number of people to be trained (four as a minimum) and your company address, where the training will take place.