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This information below represents a slight adaptation of a message sent by Mark Dodgson to BADA members on 23 December 2020.

 

BREXIT END OF UK-EU TRANSITION PERIOD ISSUES:

Below are the answers to pre-submitted questions that were discussed at the Members' Forum. The below is not a transcript of the meeting, but contains all the key points that were made during the course of the discussion.

What is the total BADA marketing budget? And how is it allocated?

For 2020-21 a total of £42,500 was initially put into the budget to cover Advertising, Marketing & Promotion and the Website. Now this total has been projected as totalling £46,050, comprising:

The Government has launched a preparedness survey to help them determine the level of awareness amongst stakeholders of the requirements for importing or exporting CITES specimens from 1 January 2021. This will enable them to check the additional work they may need to do as the end of the transition period approaches.

Following a consultation with membership, members were notified in 2020 about a revised BADA logo incorporating the bust of Benvenuto Cellini. This has now been reworked to form part of a new suite of related BADA emblems. The resultant BADA Member logos are available for use by members on their stationery, adverts and websites.

Members are encouraged to use the emblem wherever possible, to help reinforce our brand with the public.

Usually only available to those working in the Museums sector, following discussions with the Museums Association we are delighted to announce that BADA Members are now also eligible to join as individual members of the MA.

This carries two key benefits:

- Free entry and discounts at over 900 museums throughout the UK, including free entry to many major exhibitions at the V&A, Tate and National Gallery - see full list here

- Access to the Museums Journal online

The new BADA Member Plaques have arrived!

They are priced at £90 including VAT and postage - or delivery if you're in Central London...

The plaques are made of high-finish acrylic, measuring 210mm high x 210mm wide x 20mm deep and weighing just under 2kgs.

They have been designed to be displayed either free-standing e.g. in your shop window or hanging on a wall in your premises or in a fair stand; there are two recessed holes on the back.

Sculptor, artist and, arguably, the greatest carver in British history, Grinling Gibbons has left an indelible mark that defines the cultural identity of the nation. Rising to become the country’s most celebrated master-carver, Gibbons had the ability to transform unyielding and solid media into ‘loose and airy lightness’. His masterpieces adorn palaces, country houses, churches and museums around Britain; his example has inspired craftsmanship and carving from his contemporaries to the modern-day.

7th December 2020 update

“Professional and beautifully organised”, “unbelievably wonderful”, “another insightful lecture on a fascinating topic”, “these Zoom talks are just perfect”, “What an excellent speaker… I could have listened for another hour”.

These are just a few of the positive comments that the BADA Friends has received regarding the Zoom lecture series that has been run this autumn and I am delighted that they have been such a great success and many thanks must go to Nicholas Merchant for being such an informative and entertaining speaker.

Because members are ever more frequently receiving suspicious inquiries or potentially fraudulent approaches by email, we will now be listing details of these on a dedicated page on our website. You do not need to log in to see the page, so it can be bookmarked and referenced by others you work with who may not receive this newsletter.

Rather than emailing you all every time there is a suspected case of fraud or a reported criminal incident, you will now find listed below the most recent cases. If you would like to report a new case, please email [email protected]

No CITES permits needed for some Dalbergia rosewoods weighing 10 kg or less

I am pleased to report that CITES rules have be partially relaxed for all the Dalbergia species except Dalbergia nigra, because the CITES annotation, #15, has been changed.  “Finished products to a maximum weight of wood of the listed species of up to 10 kg per shipment” do not now require a CITES re-export or import permit.

The official notice says the following about the 10kg shipment limit:

We are approaching the time of year when the membership has the opportunity to elect members of the Council.

We’re keen to ensure that the Council reflects all aspects of BADA’s membership.  The key responsibilities of a Council member are to advise and help guide the association in its role as the body representing dealers who maintain the highest standards of dealing in antiques, art and design.