May 2024
Mon 20 May 2024
Virtual Learning Full Day Course
Essential training for all exporters who work with Letters of Credit (LC). With exercises to help you handle this method of payment it will also review alternative payment terms. Documentary credits, LCs, require procedures to manage the bank's requirements carefully and provide accurate paperwork on time to avoid delays and additional costs. Attending this session will help you do that by providing working examples.
Wed 22 May 2024
VL Full-Day Technical Workshop
Export Controls increase the level of compliance for businesses whose exports require a licence. The Export Control Joint Unit is responsible for issuing export licences for strategic Goods, Software and Technology (Military and Dual Use) to countries outside the UK.
Wed 22 May 2024
Virtual Learning Full Day Course
What is the difference between origin and preferential origin? This interactive workshop explains this by using case studies and exercises to help the learner understand when they are important in both export and import scenarios. It examines the documents and statements used to declare origin and preference and how to verify if your goods meet preference rules across different trade agreements. With HMRC audits increasing, you and the business need to be comfortable with this complex area.
Thu 23 May 2024
Virtual Learning Full Day Course
This course brings together in a practical session the key elements of the UK Export Licensing System. Reviewing the UK strategic export control lists along with the implementation and legislation around financial sanctions it will provide delegates a detailed bedrock of knowledge on which it base future learning and understand internal requirements.
Thu 30 May 2024
Virtual Learning Half Day Course
Whether at the start of your learning pathway or as a standalone training session, this course will begin your journey to understand export licensing controls and how they work. Covering essential elements gives delegates an excellent springboard to understand what goods, technology or software could be controlled and review business-relevant areas in more detail.
Thu 30 May 2024
VL Full-Day Technical Workshop
More companies than ever before are now considering a customs warehouse as vital to an efficient supply chain. This workshop explaining how to set up a customs-bonded warehouse facility in the UK will show you how to improve your cash flow, support customs regimes and trade agreements while goods are under customs supervision, and save money by using Simplified Procedures.
Thu 30 May 2024
VL Full-Day Technical Workshop
All goods need to be valued correctly for customs purposes, whether a sales, returns, temporary movements or free of charge. The clear rules laid down in the WTO Valuation Agreement and adopted into UK law, will be explained during this practical workshop session as will the difference between intercompany pricing and customs valuation. It will illustrate how to build a price for import customs purposes and the costs that must be included and those that can be removed.
June 2024
Mon 3 Jun 2024
Focus On Half Day Course
This course has been created to meet the growing demand for specialist training in export processes that apply to food and drink products. It explains the regulatory bodies involved, what they do and what they need from a food/drink exporter. It will help you understand labelling and registration of products and where to obtain further information.
Mon 3 Jun 2024
VL Full-Day Technical Workshop
Trading goods worldwide can expose companies to greater risk & cost in the form of lost goods or unnecessary delays or disputes. The simple allocation of responsibilities in the supply chain can help, which is what Incoterms® Rules have been doing since 1936. Generally, Incoterms® are misunderstood and frequently misused; ensure you are using them correctly by joining us on this full-day interactive course.
Tue 4 Jun 2024
Virtual Learning Half Day Course
A more detailed look at UK customs procedures in full; this course examines the critical areas of customs compliance and gives a detailed overview of the duty relief procedures available to exporters and importers. Following the UK's exit from the EU, greater emphasis is now placed on customs compliance within organisations and their ability to demonstrate an understanding of customs procedures.
Tue 4 Jun 2024
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM (1 hour 30 minutes)
Our upcoming online clinic is not just a presentation but a valuable interactive session dedicated to ensuring your CDS Export Entry is compliant! Join us for a one-hour presentation, followed by a 30-minute Q&A session where your specific questions will be answered. This comprehensive guidance will help you navigate the complexities of export requirements for CDS, making you feel confident and well-prepared.
Wed 5 Jun 2024
Virtual Learning Full Day Course
A popular interactive training course designed for companies involved in the Defence, High Technology and Military environment. The USA have very heavy controls on some of its goods; incorrect end-use of certain US technology leads to potential fines and penalties. Ultimately being denied the right to trade with the USA. This course looks at the controls and regulations affecting goods that are caught under the EAR and ITAR
Thu 6 Jun 2024
Focus On Full Day Course
The aim of interactive session is to demonstrate how supplies of goods and services to overseas customers may or may not be subject to UK VAT and evidence to VAT zero-rate. It illustrates how a UK business should handle VAT obligations when receiving supplies from an overseas business, managing import VAT/PVA, and when import VAT can be reclaimed. It also looks at the circumstances in which a UK business must register for VAT overseas (eg in the EU).
Mon 10 Jun 2024
9:30 AM - 4:30 PM (7 hours)
This engaging and informative one-day course will introduce you to the world of exporting and importing and focus on the terms and practices used through interactive exercises and activities. This will give you an insight into how goods are bought and sold worldwide.
Mon 10 Jun 2024
Focus On Full Day Course
Importing food, drink, plant health products, POAO and composite goods into the UK requires an awareness of the phytosanitary and pre-registration requirements. This full-day session will focus on what a trader needs to know to bring goods through customs, port health and meet other government department regulations, e.g., DEFRA. It will also demonstrate the pre-notification process on IPAFFS.
Mon 10 Jun 2024
Focus On Half Day Course
Even intangible transmission of controlled items needs export licences. The licensing regulations cover technology, software, and goods; the main difference is that the former can be sent to another country intangibly, e.g. by email, via a VPN, or downloaded from a website. This session will review the type of licences available, how to use them and maintain a technology log for audit purposes. It also covers the use of technology by employees while working overseas.
Tue 11 Jun 2024
Focus On Full Day Course
Whether your sales teams, engineers and technicians hand-carry goods when going overseas or you send them unaccompanied for demonstrations, exhibition, hire or loan, for testing or to have work done on them each temporary movement will require customs declarations at export and import. This course explains the customs and commercial processes involved to control temporary movements and avoid unnecessary customs costs.
Tue 11 Jun 2024
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM (1 hour 30 minutes)
Our upcoming online clinic is not just a presentation but a valuable interactive session dedicated to ensuring your CDS Import Entry is compliant! Join us for a one-hour presentation, followed by a 30-minute Q&A session where your specific questions will be answered.
Thu 13 Jun 2024
Technical Workshop using Thyme-IT Software
This advanced technical workshop looks at CDS import declaration using live software examples throughout. Each data element group will be explained in detail, together with illustrative examples. The technical advisors have a wealth of experience using multiple software solutions for CDS entries and support many clients using CDS across a variety of platforms. It is not suitable for beginners so we expect delegates to have a good awareness of customs entries or have attended How to Complete Import Customs
Thu 13 Jun 2024
Focus On Half Day Course
Also called drop shipping, cross-border deliveries or 3rd country supplies, instructing suppliers to ship directly to your customers without the goods being delivered to you first is becoming more common and requires careful planning.
Fri 14 Jun 2024
Focus On Full Day Course
This presentation focusses on what the HMRC Authorised Economic Operator Status accreditation is, but more importantly, examines whether being an AEO will benefit your own organisation or if staying outside the AEO system will have a detrimental effect on your business. AEO status was introduced in the EU in 2008 and is now part of UK legislation and will be linked to the new border management system coming into force the Trusted Trader Scheme.
Mon 17 Jun 2024
9:30 AM - 4:30 PM (7 hours)
Following on from the Beginners Guide to Exporting and Importing, this interactive session covers the critical areas of exporting goods. It covers essential details about the Incoterms® rules, export documentation and working with freight forwarders to ensure goods are correctly declared. Ideal for anyone whose job has an export connection, whether in sales, contracts, finance, shipping or for a managerial overview.
Mon 17 Jun 2024
VL Full-Day Technical Workshop
A practical session to explain the information needed to apply for individual licences and how to understand when an open licence is appropriate for a particular movement or transfer of controlled items. This workshop is designed to teach delegates how to use the export licensing system in the UK.
Mon 17 Jun 2024
VL Full-Day Technical Workshop
Designed for anyone involved in classifying food products whether for Imports or Exports. This one-day workshop has been introduced to meet growing demand for specialist training in the Tariff Classification of food products in chapters 1-24 of the Integrated tariff of the UK that apply to importing Food and drink products.
Tue 18 Jun 2024
Virtual Learning Full-Day Course
The course aims to guide you to a higher standard of compliance with import & export legislation. After attending, delegates will leave with greater confidence to update /review existing procedures, talk to logistics providers and explain complicated issues in a simple way to other business areas.
Tue 18 Jun 2024
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (1 hour 30 minutes)
Join us for an enlightening session on the significant role of Incoterms® in International Trade. Our one-hour presentation, led by an ICC Registered Incoterms® Trainer, will be followed by a 30-minute Q&A session to address your queries, focusing on compliance with one of the most widely used Incoterms® ExWorks.
Wed 19 Jun 2024
Focus On Full Day Course
With the UK developing new independent trade arrangements both to encourage the export and import of goods and services from affiliated markets, this session is a must. Some knowledge of customs regulations is recommended or attendance on courses introducing this topic. This course looks at the structure of new and old UK international trade agreements, the key rules of origin and how to understand the whole agreement coverings goods, services and other trade issues.
Wed 19 Jun 2024
VL Full-Day Technical Workshop
This course is a general overview of the information required to complete customs entries into the UK Customs Declaration Service (CDS). Learners will understand what Data Elements are and how these fields work together to create a customs declaration. It will illustrate the different entry groupings, the additional codes and where to get further information on these codes as well as the payment options for import taxes.
Thu 20 Jun 2024
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (1 hour 30 minutes)
Incoterms® are significant in International Trade. DDP (Delivered Duty Paid) stands out as it assigns the maximum responsibility to the Seller, often earning it the name "the buyer's friend" due to the recipient's minimal obligations upon goods arrival at the delivery point. Join us for a comprehensive one-hour presentation led by ICC Registered Incoterms® Trainers, followed by a 30-minute Q&A session, as we delve into compliance requirements for selling goods under the Delivered Duty Paid Incoterm®.
Thu 20 Jun 2024
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (1 hour 30 minutes)
Since the 30th of September 2023, the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism has been implemented on imports of certain carbon-intensive products into the EU. Understanding your responsibilities when sending CBAM goods to the EU can seem complicated.
Mon 24 Jun 2024
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM (1 hour 30 minutes)
Our upcoming online clinic will clarify a frequently misunderstood compliance aspect when navigating preferential trade agreements. Whether you're an exporter declaring preference to suppliers or an importer leveraging preference to mitigate import duty payments, understanding LTSDs (Long-Term Supplier Declarations) and various origin statements is essential.
Tue 25 Jun 2024
VL Full-Day Technical Workshop
This workshop explains the rules and regulations for completing UK export entries on CDS. It provides delegates with an understanding of how to build the data entry information, which data elements are essential and how to declare payment methods. Learners will leave the session with sufficient knowledge to be able to complete a basic import customs entry and be able to build on this to submit more complicated entries. Important whether you are an agent or importer.
Wed 26 Jun 2024
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM (3 hours)
IPAFFS (Import of Products, Animals, Food and Feed Systems) is a web-based service for applying for Common Health Entry Documents (CHEDs) for imports into the UK. Applicable to live animals, POAO, HRFNAO and composite goods, understanding how to use this system is vital for many business sectors. Join us in reviewing how to access IPAFFS, complete an IPAFFS notification and process the import.
Wed 26 Jun 2024
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM (1 hour 30 minutes)
Join us for our upcoming online clinic focusing on export control licensing and compliance responsibilities when utilising UK OGELs (Open General Export Licences). During this session, we'll delve into the nuances of OGELs, providing valuable insights to ensure your compliance.
July 2024
Mon 1 Jul 2024
9:30 AM - 4:30 PM (7 hours)
This core S&H training course is an excellent way to learn more about importing into the UK. It covers customs issues and the implications of choosing the correct shipping term, paying duties, and managing the logistics. Whether you work in sourcing, procurement, finance, customer services, shipping or import administration, attendance will increase your confidence and awareness in dealing with overseas suppliers, transport companies, banks and HM Revenue & Customs.
Mon 1 Jul 2024
Focus On Half Day Course
This half-day session examines why companies and employees should be aware of embargoes and sanctions. Using the UK regulations as the primary guide, it will review the growth in sanctions on Russia, as well as current financial sanctions in place managed by OFSI. It concentrates mainly on the export of goods and includes a look at end-use, end-user and transit controls. Violating these controls can result in fines, reputation loss, and criminal charges.