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You can claim a relief to pay no Customs Duty and VAT if you are importing or presenting a decoration or award in the UK.
A temporary export bar has been placed on a decorated table top once owned by King Louis XIV of France
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Wales Office response to Freedom of Information request ‘Christmas costs’.
Request for amounts spent on Christmas decorations etc. for the last 3 years.
Spend on Christmas decorations, parties and cards since 2012.
Response to an FOI requesting information on departmental spend on Christmas decorations
Response to an FOI request regarding amount spent by department on Christmas decorations, parties and cards
As you start to plan your festivities and you purchase your Christmas food and gifts. There are some simple steps we can take to make Christmas more sustainable
This Christmas, the Environment Agency is sharing 24 simple steps that we can all take to make more sustainable choices.
Culture Minister temporarily blocks export of rare centerpiece
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Culture Minister defers export of a George II medal cabinet, a Chinese porcelain casket and a 16th century table top.
Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on an extremely rare mid-sixteenth century south German marquetry table top
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on the table top so a buyer can be found to keep it in the UK
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Outstanding treasures saved from export for the public to enjoy.
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on a pair of pietre dure table tops.
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