Supporting International Businesses

Essential import and export support for today’s global marketplace.

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Accredited Learning Pathways

Drive Compliance with Confidence

Today’s learning. Tomorrow’s capability.


Strong & Herd’s accredited Learning Pathways are designed for professionals who want more than just theory. Our focus is on practical application, helping you build knowledge you can actually use, and that’s where we make a difference.

Strong & Herd™ LLP work to support and upskill businesses in the areas of export, import and customs procedures. As well as providing practical training we are an outsource helpline function to numerous companies who need support with customs compliance requirements and to import or export goods.

We help produce key import and export guides and magazines as well as running a practical helpline with regular updates to clients. To achieve this we have access to numerous websites and first-hand updates from the regulators including HMRC.

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by Gail Leeson 4 March 2026
HMRC have advised of planned downtime for the New Computerised Transit System (NCTS), scheduled for Tuesday, 10 th March 2026.
by Gail Leeson 4 March 2026
The Department for Business and Trade has issued Notice to Exporters 2026/04, published 27th February 2026, confirming communication issues between the two export licencing systems, LITE and SPIRE, with the Customs Declaration Service (CDS) database . Published 27 th February 2026. The communication issue has resulted in export licence information being missing from the CDS.
by Gail Leeson 27 February 2026
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office have published a list of 300 additional Russian-sanctioned targets . The list was published on 24 th February, and the UK Sanctions List has been duly updated.