Hello! Just a heads up we may look to do a panel on this for UKNOF47, having had a submitted talk for a european org taking dc space in the uk and the fun and games around that - we're keen to see the other side (UK->EU) and openly discuss.
Would anyone be interested in talking / being on said panel ? Happy to take pings off-list Thanks Chris On Sun, Jan 31, 2021 at 10:23 PM Nick Hilliard <[email protected]> wrote: > John P Bourke wrote on 31/01/2021 21:21: > > What happens now hen you want to send kit or spares to your > > installations in the EU ? > > > > There is paperwork. Do you have to pay VAT ? > > > > What if you bring it back for repair ? > > > > I guess you just buy in the EU ? > > Moving equipment across customs barriers is a thundering headache and > can be surprisingly expensive. If this is something you need to do on > anything other than a very occasional basis, you should think about > getting professional advice from a shipping agent about what to expect. > I don't know enough about the exact details of the UK/EU trade deal to > know what exact pitfalls are there, but every one of the EU <-> not-EU > shipments that have passed my desk over the last 5 years have caused > inordinate headwreck of one form or another - delays, expense, paperwork > - and in most cases, all three. > > There are various options for purchasing kit: > > 0. buy in UK, ship to EU and handle the awful, awful pain yourself > 1. use a VAR in UK who can fulfil orders in EU from UK > 1.1. use a VAR in UK who has an EU operating company and can fulfil > orders in EU from EU > 2. use a VAR in EU, and pay from UK > 3. set up a local operating company in EU and handle everything from there > > If you have reasonable volume requirements and a tangible EU business > ops split, option 3 has a good deal of merit associated with it, but it > requires business changes and buy-in from higher-ups. In other words, > it's a business strategy change rather than an operational change in > procurement practice. If you have not-insubstantial business operations > in the EU, it's likely that this would be the best long term option. > > Probably you need to bin the idea of return-to-uk for repair, unless > you're ok with the idea of regularly applying power drills to your > cranium and stabbing out your eyes with rusty forks. Not judging, btw > - some people do this for a living. > > Nick > >
