"Hi Andrew
I see that the export of manufacturing allows the supplier contracting the manufacturing to avoid at least some of the environmental controls applied in the UK. It is probably fair to say that there are some controls involving product…"
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samuel wright replied to Andrew Back's discussion 'UK Manufacturing Tax Disincentives' in the group Manufactures
Andrew Back replied to Andrew Back's discussion 'UK Manufacturing Tax Disincentives' in the group Manufactures
"Hello Samuel,
I have no idea as to the rate levied. It might be worth contacting Liz Upton for the specifics:
http://www.raspberrypi.org/contact-us
I had not considered that there may be charges related to manufacturing and the environment. Are you…"
samuel wright replied to Andrew Back's discussion 'UK Manufacturing Tax Disincentives' in the group Manufactures
"Hello Andrew
Do you know what the rate of this import duty is? I have had a look at the HMRC site but it was not clear where this information was held.
Although the rate of the duty is a factor, it seems quite odd for there to be a tax on components…"
Andrew Back replied to Andrew Back's discussion 'UK Manufacturing Tax Disincentives' in the group Manufactures
"Hello Hilda,
This seems to be what the Raspberry Pi Foundation are suggesting, yes. It's caused quite a "Twitter storm" amongst many technical people, and even many outside the UK. I have not contacted HMRC but I believe the…"
Hilda Varley replied to Andrew Back's discussion 'UK Manufacturing Tax Disincentives' in the group Manufactures
"Hello Andrew
Are you saying that parts attract import duty but if the are assembled together and imported the same same parts attract no or less duty ? What has HMRC said about this ?
Hilda"
Andrew Back added a discussion to the group Manufactures
UK Manufacturing Tax Disincentives
The Raspberry Pi project that has been much in the news of late raised a very worrying issue with regards manufacturing in the UK:"Simply put, if we build the Raspberry Pi in Britain, we have to pay a lot more tax. If a British company imports components, it has to pay tax on those (and most components are not made in the UK). If, however, a completed device is made abroad and imported into the UK – with all of those components soldered onto it – it does not attract any import duty at all. This…See More
Andrew Back commented on Jonathan Jewell's group 'Manufactures'
"Hi Julian,
I just tried accessing Huddle Workspaces, got a message about the service being retired in March, clicked through to Huddle and then got the error pasted below. Logging out/in of rsafellowship.com made no difference, and I assume that…"
Andrew Back commented on Jonathan Jewell's group 'Manufactures'
"All,
I'm new to this platform, and realised that a more appropriate place to post would be a new topic in the forum and so I've moved my previous post there. Also clarified that my disappointment with decline of interest in manufacturing…"
Andrew Back added a discussion to the group Manufactures
The Role of Open Source and the Maker Movement
All,I have just caught up on the group discussion and I am excited to see that momentum is gathering. Over the years I have become increasingly concerned at the way that manufacturing—be that in a classical sense or in an area such as software engineering—would appear to have become something that is seen as not high enough up the value chain the UK, and perhaps even the West, and to be done elsewhere where it can be done for less. Or at best as part of our past, a legacy activity and not to be…See More
Andrew Back joined Jonathan Jewell's group
Manufactures
Where have you gone, 'manufactures'?I know there are changes in the way the RSA positions itself through the new vision, but I really was interested when I joined in the manufactures side of the full title of the RSA. Anyone feel the same?See More
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- Co-founder of RSA Catalyst award winner, SolderPad, a place to share, discover and collaborate on electronics -- http://solderpad.com
Advocate of:
- open source hardware and software;
- open data;
- developer communities;
- global design and local manufacture;
- kitchen table industrialism;
- technical emancipation.
Artist in my spare time -- http://andrewback.net.
- Website
- http://solderpad.com
- Twitter ID
- http://twitter.com/9600
Publications
- A. Back, “Open Source Energy-efficient and Renewable Technologies”, eTech, Issue 8, pp. 30-32, October, 2011. (PDF)
- A. Back, “The Birth of the Engineering Renaissance”, eTech, Issue 7, pp. 28-31, July, 2011. (PDF)
- A. Back, “Introduction to Open Source Hardware”, eTech, Issue 6, pp. 16-17, May, 2011. (PDF)
- A. Back, “Software Innovation for fun, profit and the common good”, The Journal of the Institute of Telecommunications Professionals, Vol. 3, Part 4, pp. 48-56, December, 2009. (PDF)
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