BCE: SA’s Leading
Automotive Service Provider
BCE Consulting (Pty) Ltd is a customs and incentive service provider to the automotive and electronic industry.
The company has focused on providing expert advice and incentive assistance to all importers, vehicle
manufacturers and component suppliers since 2006.
B
CE Consulting’s skills base
consists of industry experts
as well as revenue authority
specialists. The main focus of the
company is extracting cash benefits
for clients from available refund and
incentive opportunities.
BCE Consulting has to
date successfully applied
and claimed AIS incentives
on investments made by the
This is where we take hands with the
DTI and our clients,” explains Verwey.
“The purpose of the Industrial
Development Incentive Administration
Division (IDIAD) is mainly to stimulate
and facilitate the development of
sustainable, competitive enterprises,
through the efficient provision of effective
and accessible incentive measures
that support national priorities,” says
Francois Truter, chief director: Incentive
Development Administration Division
(IDAD) of the DTI.
automotive industry to the
value of R4,6 billion,
says Brian Verwey,
“Our goal is to facilitate transformation
of the economy, to promote
industrial development, investment,
competitiveness and employment
creation,” adds Truter.
IDAD work closely with companies
with the likes of BCE Consulting
since it is critical for manufacturers
to follow the right procedures when
applying for incentives.
BCE Consulting has offices in
all the major automotive hubs
to deliver a personal value add
service. BCE Consulting supports
government’s goal to produce
1,2 million vehicles by 2020.
CEO of BCE Consulting.
“We are focused on extracting cash
benefits for our clients from available
grant and incentive opportunities,
offered by the Department of Trade
and Industry (DTI).
The difficulty that most
manufacturing companies face,
is the lengthy administration
process, and to follow the correct
procedures.
The DTI offers manufacturing incentives
to promote additional investment,
including, amongst other programmes,
the Automotive Production and
Development Programme (APDP) and
the Manufacturing Competitiveness
Enhancement Programme (MCEP).
➲ BCE Consulting’s CEO Brian Verwey
and General Manager Craig Verwey
It has been a challenging change
over from the Motor Industry
Development Programme (MIDP)
to the Automotive Production
Development Programme (APDP),
with most automotive companies
starting with preparations well before the
1 January 2013 start date for APDP.