BHETA Lobbying

BHETA is leading a campaign to secure exemptions from age verification requirements in the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 for non-dangerous items, as the Home Office prepares to update the Crime & Policing Bill in Spring 2025. Since 2021, the organization has actively lobbied on this issue, including a productive meeting with Home Office civil servants in 2022.

BHETA is spearheading a campaign to reverse proposed changes to Business Property Relief (BPR) announced in the UK Autumn Budget 2024, which would alter the current inheritance tax exemptions for eligible business property and potentially threaten family businesses. Following Family Business UK's (FBUK) lead, BHETA is mobilizing its members to advocate for policy reversal.

BHETA is leading a campaign to address the inequity between heavily regulated UK producers and overseas sellers who often bypass controls by shipping products in small parcels directly to consumers. With a significant increase in small D2C imports that largely evade Border Force checks, the situation has led to consumer safety risks, substantial tax revenue losses, and unfair competition for UK producers.