Supporting International Businesses

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

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Training

Enhance export & import performance & customs compliance levels of businesses.

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Business Support

Our business support packages are suitable if you are selling or buying globally, have customs or export control issues to address or need temporary assistance with your existing international trade projects. 

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Consultancy

Consultancy services are tailored to give our clients the widest possible options of tapping into our professional team of advisors.

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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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Customs Declaration Service (CDS) Downtime Scheduled for 4–5 July 2026

by Gail Leeson • 4 July 2026
HMRC has advised that the Customs Declaration Service (CDS) will be unavailable from Saturday 4 July to Sunday 5 July 2026 due to scheduled maintenance.

CDS Downtime 4th – 5th July 2026: Impact on NCTS

by Gail Leeson • 4 July 2026
HMRC have advised that the Customs Declaration Service (CDS) will be out of service from the evening of Saturday 4 th July, running into the early hours of Sunday 5 th July 2026. There has been further confirmation that this CDS downtime will impact the New Computerised Transit System (NCTS) declarations.

UK-India Free Trade Agreement to Enter into Force on 15 July 2026

by Niamh O'Connor • 17 June 2026
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has announced that the long-awaited Free Trade Agreement between the UK and India will enter into force on 15 July 2026.

Public Training Courses

Strong & Herd LLP has practical and relevant export training and import training which aims to enhance the export and import performance and customs compliance levels of businesses.

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Online Training Courses

S&H e-learning solutions means you can learn at your own pace via our on-line training platform. ONline training can link to  Virtual Learning or Face-to-Face Sessions.

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In House Training

Each in-house course is specially tailored to suit the individual companies needs, it can be held at your own premises or at S&H’s training room by arrangement and is cost effective.

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OneCall Help Line

OneCall is a business support service created to assist importers and exporters and  to help keep you up-to-date with  trade and customs issues.

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Bespoke Solutions

We provide a number of consultancy and business support services aimed at all levels of businesses from the SME to the multinational. 

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Shipping Office Services

We have the experience to ensure your company remains compliant with the laws relating to international trade.

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