Hospitality Sector Fearful As Omicron Looms
As with the first surge in the coronavirus, it looks as though the hospitality sector maybe the industry with the most to lose this festive season. As fears over the Omicron variant rise, party-goers and those attending meals have flocked to cancel their Christmas...
New Amazon VAT Service Update Alert!
Amazon have updated their VAT service for 2022. Previously, sellers could sign up for the service and not be charged for the first 6 months. However, sellers who sign up for the service from the 1st of January 2022 will now have to pay fees from the first month of...
Ecommerce for Christmas Soars As Black Friday Dips
You may be surprised to know that Black Friday sales actually saw a decrease from 2020 by about 14%. This was likely to do with supply chain issues and the inevitable drop in ecommerce from peak pandemic levels. However, this drop off is not indicative of the festive...
Panic As EU VAT Gap Widens After Pandemic
Before the pandemic, the EU VAT gap was beginning to shrink as member states improved their collection processes. New reporting techniques such as e-invoicing meant that member states were on the right track to reducing the tax gap. However, the pandemic saw...
20% Of UK Consumers Will Use Buy-Now-Pay-Later This Xmas
As we have stated many times in our articles, buy-now-pay-later is becoming an increasingly popular payment option for consumers. The ability to spread payments across months without having to pay the interest rates of credit cards has been an extremely popular option...
Which Couriers Are Struggling To Deliver Results?
You know how it is; you hear a knocking at the door, you put down your brew and rush to the door, only to find a ‘we missed you’ note on the floor and then have to go and pick up your parcel that you’ve been so excited for from the post office the next day. Whilst...
Amazon Will No Longer Accept Visa Credit Cards
Amazon sellers and consumers should be aware that as of January 19th 2022, Amazon will no longer accept Visa credit cards issued in Britain as a viable payment method. It has been announced that this is due to the high fees charged by Visa credit cards for...
Support For Amazon Sellers This Festive Season
As all ecommerce sellers know, the global supply chain issues are going to make fulfilling orders this Christmas very difficult. Amazon have recognized the strain that their sellers are under, and in order to alleviate this they are introducing new measures to support...
European Ecommerce Wants EU To Revisit Reforms
As you will remember, the EU implemented the EU Ecommerce VAT Package earlier this year. The package represented the biggest reform of Ecommerce VAT rules in a generation. However, many European ecommerce businesses believe that the rules need to be tweaked,...
Facebook To Launch New Delivery Service
Many ecommerce sellers are still reluctant to try and sell their wares on social media, despite the obvious advantages of access to a wide audience and quick click-through links. For the most part, vendors tend to prefer to sell through Amazon, with FBA contributing...
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