Seen a lot of small/independent businesses saying they can no longer post to NI because of this new safety law as the costs are astronomical for them and I’ve seen absolutely no mention of it in any NI news? Surely this is a huge loss to trade here. Sounds a bit daft but it means people won’t even be able to order personalised gifts through any small business outside of NI?

So I guess you’re planning on doing any Etsy shopping you might want to get a move on…

by pepsicancolours

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  2. So like does this affect businesses in NI or is GB small business being affected more?

  3. This is what the breixt heads wanted. On the plus side no problems getting stuff from the EU 💞

  4. Mu understanding of GSPR is that good from outside the EU simply have to a certificate that states they meet EU safety regulations. It’s upon the business owner to certify it and they don’t need any additional work other than including a piece of paper stating it meets EU regulations (similar to that of signals emissions from electronic wireless devices).

    So this person is just being lazy.

  5. I wonder if it will be cheaper to buy things from Belgium/Netherlands/Germany now vs UK?

  6. It sucks but it isn’t anything new, even years ago you’d have companies that didn’t deliver to NI especially if the product contained any batteries or flammable materials.

  7. Was in Poland last week, went to get the da in law 200 smokes, queued up in the UK line with 200 lambert, got to the till and was told cant sell you them they are only for the UK. Had to get different ones, and pay more in the EU queue.

  8. Oh well, they can blame the good people of England for voting for Brexit.

  10. This is why the Protocol and illegal sea border must be scrapped now.

  11. Sounds to me like an opportunity for NI Etsy shops to start thriving.

  12. What’s this? Negative impacts of the Northern Ireland protocol/Windsor Framework? Never could have seen this coming.

  13. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgk1klrz3nzo

    It’s been in the NI News, but it needed to be in the main UK news – the people that have to do something about it aren’t in NI, we just have to live with the fallout. As usual.

    Affects all GB sellers into EU so you would have thought they’d be doing something about losing their market a little bit earlier than the week before it happens.

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