Top 5 mistakes companies make when choosing partner for transformation, innovation and critical change

Posted by Ragnar Agnell on Jun 16, 2022 12:45:00 PM

To succeed with innovation initiatives and transformations, companies often rely on support and partnership with consultancies. This external support normally provides advice, competence and extra capacity to realise the strategic goals, and to do so faster and at lower risk. Choosing the right partner or partner constellations often makes the difference between success and failure and can cost companies millions and millions if not making the right choice. It can also cost decision makers their jobs when strategic goals are not met. So what are the Top 5 mistakes when choosing the right partner?

Tags: Digital_Transformation Hållbarhet Forandringsledning Innovation Brexit Centigo_UK Business_Transformation

Where do your goods really come from?

Posted by Ragnar Agnell on Sep 2, 2021 1:00:32 PM

No tariffs and no quotas - that’s what everyone said when the UK and EU announced the new Trade and Cooperation Agreement in December 2020 – and it is true, up to a point. UK originating goods are tariff free when entering the EU. EU originating goods are tariff fee when entering the UK. But determining the origin of goods is not always straightforward, and no proof is required until 1st January 2022. What unpleasant surprises are waiting to emerge in the New Year?

Tags: Digital_Transformation Digital Value Chain Innovation Brexit Centigo_UK Sustainable Growth Digitization Corona Sourcing Supply_chains COVID-19 Working_Capital Sustainability Transformation

EU food exports to the UK are about to go vegan

Posted by Ragnar Agnell on Aug 2, 2021 1:12:58 PM

On 1st January 2021 the EU introduced a series of controls on imports of animal products from Great Britain. It is no exaggeration to say that this created chaos, and seven months on, UK food exporters are still struggling to recover. The UK, meanwhile, delayed the introduction of similar controls for most animal products arriving from the EU, but this will soon change. On 1st October 2021 all products of animal origin entering Great Britain from the EU will require certification and registration. On 1st January 2022 a further requirement for inspection of arrivals will be introduced. Both of these requirements are likely to dent, or even reverse, the anaemic recovery in food imports from the EU to the UK. What should or can be done to prepare for these critical changes?

Tags: Digital_Transformation Digital Value Chain Innovation Brexit Centigo_UK Sustainable Growth Digitization Corona Sourcing Supply_chains COVID-19 Working_Capital Sustainability Transformation

Been deferring UK import declarations? Don’t sleepwalk over the edge!

Posted by Ragnar Agnell on Jun 3, 2021 11:27:06 PM

On 25th June companies which have opted to defer their UK import declarations will need to start dealing with the consequences. 25th June marks the first of a series of dates when the UK will tighten its border controls. Will there be chaos or barely a ripple? What happens at the end of June could give us a window to the future.

Tags: Digital_Transformation Digital Value Chain Innovation Brexit Centigo_UK Sustainable Growth Digitization Corona Sourcing Supply_chains COVID-19 Working_Capital Sustainability Transformation

Post Brexit - inefficiencies of supply chains

Posted by Ragnar Agnell on May 5, 2021 3:29:45 PM

The most recent figures from the UK Office for National Statistics[1] made grim reading. Imports from the EU to the UK, having fallen by almost 30% in January, showed only an anaemic recovery of 7% in February. At first glance, it appears that exports from the UK to the EU had fared better, with a good proportion of January’s loss returning in February. Looking under the surface, however, shows that most of this recovery was due to two sectors – machinery and transport equipment (incl. cars) and chemicals (incl. vaccine ingredients). This indicates that the impact of Brexit on trade volumes is likely to be persistent.

Tags: Digital_Transformation Digital Value Chain Innovation Brexit Centigo_UK Sustainable Growth Digitization Corona Sourcing Supply_chains COVID-19 Working_Capital Sustainability Transformation

Post COVID-19: Brexit

Posted by Kevin Bell on Oct 7, 2020 12:31:25 PM

Since the 23rd March 2020, when the UK transitioned overnight into a self-enforced national lockdown in an attempt to curtail the transmission of COVID-19, executives have been almost entirely focused on damage limitation to their people, business infrastructure and trading position. As we now emerge from lockdown, in the absence of a viable vaccine and attempt to manage the further spread of the virus by local, less economically damaging measures, we must focus on other important events looming large on the immediate time horizon. If not handled correctly and with knowledge, insight and experience these events will be as equally damaging to many of our UK businesses as the virus itself.

Tags: Brexit Centigo_UK COVID-19

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