Speaking to a variety of sources, including the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Fire Industry Association (FIA), British Security Industry Association (BSIA) and the European Fire and Security Group (EFSG), Hunter Seymour assesses the impact of the new UKCA marking scheme – replacing CE marking in the UK following Brexit – on the fire and security sectors.

The timetable for the major new controls that have already been imposed and those that have been delayed

As the Brexit transition period comes to an end, leading compliance authority Bureau Veritas is encouraging manufacturers to get ready to make the switch from CE marking to UKCA in order to continue to sell products in the British market.

Construction Products Association moots extension to transition period on CE markings.

Minister is warned Britain does not have enough testing capacity for the scale of the problem.

Former NBS boss says time involved to swap CE marking for UK version has not been thought through.

Former NBS boss says ‘not achievable’ to swap CE markings for UK version by end of year.

Current CE mark system due to be replaced at beginning of next year.

All products with a CE mark – including structural steel, insulation, glass and cladding – need retesting to meet new UK standard.

The end of the transition period was merely a staging post within a process that will be long with us, says Chris Grey.

January deadline is scuppering UK supply chains as they reel from the pandemic.

UKCA mark deadline pushed back to 1 January 2023.

Government to allow businesses to continue using European CE certification for another year.

Shortages of cardboard and timber have created extra pressures on the sector.

Suppliers said to be unwilling to stock up because of confusion over safety labelling and extra paperwork.

Government told that lack of capacity to test products will hit supplies and disrupt building projects.

The future of the UK drone industry, one of Britain’s prime opportunities for growth, and many other UK-based manufacturing exporters, will be severely threatened once the UK’s eligibility for the EU’s CE accreditation regime expires at the end of December 2022.

The switch from the old European CE mark to the new UKCA conformity mark on construction products and machinery is not working out, government has been told.

To mark the first anniversary of the trade deal between the UK and the EU, Downing Street issued a press release about how prime minister Boris Johnson plans to "maximise the benefits of Brexit".

Jacob Rees-Mogg raises business hopes by saying there is ‘no point’ to tests – but is slapped down by No 10

Ministers have met this week with the construction industry to hold talks over controversial post-Brexit safety testing rules that the sector argues could delay the construction of 150,000 new homes next year, E&T can reveal.

Government hoped to sell new guidance as ‘Brexit benefit’. / The government expects zero economic benefit from the reintroduction of crown symbols on pint glasses, ministers have admitted.

No updates on key issues facing the industry following summer of political turmoil, CPA boss says.

With the exception of the very lowest risk devices, manufacturers must apply to a UK approved body. Only after they have UKCA certification can their products be placed on the market in England, Wales and Scotland.

An interesting story in the weekend press, one that highlights the negative impact of Brexit on innovation and product development here in the UK.