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Join us in September for comprehensive training courses on Customs compliance and international trade.
Our September sessions are tailored to suit your schedule, offering full-day courses and focused, shorter clinics. Whether you're looking to master the basics of import/export or delve into more advanced Customs regulations, we have a wide range of courses to suit your needs.
See below for further details of September courses.
Last Minute Availability
Focus On: Embargoes, Sanctions and End-Use Controls
Wednesday 20th August 2025
This course is ideal for compliance officers, export managers, and business leaders involved in international trade who must understand embargoes, sanctions, and end-use controls. It is particularly beneficial for professionals responsible for ensuring their company's adherence to UK export regulations and managing non-compliance risks.
Navigating HMRC Audits: Inward Processing
Thursday 21st August 2025
The Inward Processing Audit online clinic is not just a presentation but a highly interactive session. It's designed to ensure you understand the essential rules when HMRC audits this customs special procedure, and it's a unique opportunity for you to actively participate and learn.
International Trade Compliance Manager - Running Virtually this August
Tuesday 19th August 2025
This popular 2-day workshop is aimed at anyone involved in international trade and Customs compliance within a business. Whether from a management or administrative point of view, this course will illustrate how to promote a strong "compliance culture" throughout an organisation. It assists in understanding international regulations and how to establish performance metrics (KPIs). It covers Classification, Valuation, Origin, Duty Minimisation Schemes, Licences, AEO, and Audits.
Clinics
Trading with Northern Ireland: The Essentials
2nd September 2025
This popular 2-day workshop is aimed at anyone involved in international trade and Customs compliance within a business. Whether from a management or administrative point of view, this course will illustrate how to promote a strong "compliance culture" throughout an organisation. It assists in understanding international regulations and how to establish performance metrics (KPIs). It covers Classification, Valuation, Origin, Duty Minimisation Schemes, Licences, AEO, and Audits.
Proof of Preferential Origin: The Role of Long-Term Supplier Declarations & Origin Statements
2nd September 2025
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.
Focus On: CDS - A Practical Guide For Businesses
4th September 2025
The Customs Declaration Service (CDS) is an advanced system designed to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of import and export entries. This new platform mandates that businesses provide additional and more detailed data for their transactions. The need for comprehensive information extends to all enterprises involved in international trade, ensuring that Customs processes are streamlined and compliant with current regulations.
Understanding the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM): What does it mean for UK Exporters?
11th September 2025
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.
Clinics
Focus on Food: Tariff Classification
1st September 2025
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.
Payment Methods: Handling Letters of Credit
4th September 2025
This essential training course is designed for all exporters and importers who work with Letters of Credit (LC). Through practical exercises, participants will learn to handle this payment method effectively while reviewing alternative payment terms. The course focuses on managing bank requirements and preparing accurate documentation on time, helping businesses avoid costly delays and errors.
Focus On: CDS - A Practical Guide For Businesses
4th September 2025
The Customs Declaration Service (CDS) is an advanced system designed to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of import and export entries. This new platform mandates that businesses provide additional and more detailed data for their transactions. The need for comprehensive information extends to all enterprises involved in international trade, ensuring that Customs processes are streamlined and compliant with current regulations.
The Importers Workshop: 2 Day Advanced Guide to Import Procedures
9th September 2025
This highly popular two-day workshop, a practical follow-up to Import Essentials, focuses on applying customs procedures in real-world scenarios. Participants are encouraged to bring samples of their own import documentation, allowing hands-on exercises to turn theoretical knowledge into practical skills. Through these interactive sessions, delegates will gain a deeper understanding of customs rules and receive clear, actionable guidance on import regulations.
How to Complete Customs Entries
9th September 2025
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, where to get further information on them, and the import tax payment options.
Focus On: Incoterms® 2020 Rules
11th September 2025
Engaging in global trade can expose companies to increased risks and costs, such as lost goods, unnecessary delays, and disputes. Clearly defining responsibilities within the supply chain can mitigate these issues, which is the purpose of the Incoterms® Rules that have been in place since 1936. However, Incoterms® are often misunderstood and misapplied. Ensure you are utilising them correctly by participating in our full-day interactive course.
Preparing for a Customs Audit
15th September 2025
This course is designed to help traders prepare for HMRC audits, ensuring their understanding and compliance with customs regulations. It will cover essential procedural requirements and key areas of focus in audits, such as valuation, origin preference, VAT, evidence of export, the use of special procedures (IP/OP), and Returned Goods Relief (RGR). Delegates will leave with a practical checklist to support thorough preparation for HMRC’s customs audits.
Focus On: Dual Use Export Compliance - The Dual-Use Exporter
15th September 2025
This full-day session focuses on dual-use regulations, a topic relevant to many industry sectors. With licences required for dual-use items moving between the UK and EU, the need to understand this topic has grown significantly. The controls are based on an item’s inherent capability, type of materials, or technical ability, affecting many industry sectors.
Advanced CDS Technical Workshop: Imports
16th September 2025
This advanced workshop will not only teach you how to create an import declaration on the Customs Declaration Service (CDS), but also provide you with the confidence to do so effectively. Each data element group will be thoroughly explained, with illustrative examples provided. Our technical advisors, with their extensive experience in multiple software solutions for CDS entries, will equip you with the practical knowledge to complete Customs import declarations.
Beginners Guide to Customs Procedures
16th September 2025
This course focuses on the practical aspects of UK Customs procedures. It covers the crucial areas of Customs compliance and provides a comprehensive overview of the Customs Special Procedures that exporters and importers can utilise to save import duties and taxes. In the post-Brexit era, organisations are under increased pressure to demonstrate their understanding of Customs procedures to HMRC, and this course equips you with the knowledge and skills to do just that.
Beginners Guide to Exporting & Importing
18th September 2025
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.
Focus on Food: Export Procedures
18th September 2025
This newly launched course is designed to meet the rising demand for specialised training in the export processes specific to food and drink products. It offers comprehensive guidance on navigating the complex regulatory landscape, including an in-depth look at the key regulatory bodies involved in the export process, their functions, and the specific requirements they impose on exporters in the food and drink sector.
Focus on Food: Import Procedures
22nd September 2025
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 and port health and meet other government department regulations, e.g., DEFRA. It will also demonstrate the pre-notification process on IPAFFS.
Customs Warehousing Explained - Technical Workshop
22nd September 2025
With the changes brought about by the UK's exit from the EU, more companies are turning to customs warehouses as a crucial tool for maintaining an efficient supply chain. This workshop provides a comprehensive guide to setting up a customs-bonded warehouse facility in the UK. You will learn how to improve cash flow, navigate new customs regimes and trade agreements, and save money using Simplified Procedures, all while ensuring compliance with post-Brexit customs requirements.
Inward Processing Relief - IP Workshop
23rd September 2025
This course provides a comprehensive overview of Inward Processing (IP) and Outward Processing (OP), essential customs procedures that allow businesses to bring goods into the UK for processing, repair, or service without incurring unnecessary duties or VAT, especially when the ownership of goods being returned for repair, service or calibration are not yours. By using these special procedures correctly, businesses can significantly reduce costs and improve efficiency.
Advanced CDS Technical Workshop: Exports
23rd September 2025
This advanced workshop will not only teach you how to create an export declaration on the Customs Declaration Service (CDS), but also provide you with the confidence to do so effectively. Each data element group will be thoroughly explained, with illustrative examples provided. Our technical advisors, with their extensive experience in multiple software solutions for CDS entries, will equip you with the practical knowledge to complete Customs export declarations.
Tariff Classification Explained - Technical Workshop
24th September 2025
In this workshop, participants will learn why the tariff is essential for accurate commodity code classification and its connections to other vital trade measures. The course explores the structure of the Harmonised System (HS) and includes interactive sessions to help you master the classification of your goods. You’ll gain an understanding of section and chapter notes, as well as when and how to apply the General Interpretative Rules (GIRs), ensuring confidence and accuracy in tariff classification.
Understanding Origin & Preference
25th September 2025
This interactive workshop clarifies the difference between origin and preferential origin, emphasising their role in trade compliance. Through case studies and exercises, participants will learn about essential documentation, declarations, and compliance verification for preferential rules in trade agreements. With the increase in HMRC audits, this session equips businesses with the skills to confidently manage origin determination and ensure compliance in both import and export activities.
Import Essentials: Focus on Importing
25th September 2025
This core S&H training course is an excellent way to learn about importing. It is designed to provide participants with a practical understanding of essential topics, such as Customs procedures and the UK Trade Tariff, as well as implications for choosing the correct shipping term, paying duties and managing the logistics. The aim is to provide participants with the knowledge and skills to streamline import operations and work effectively with internal departments and freight forwarders.
Focus On: Controlling Technology & Intangible Transfers
30th September 2025
This session covers the export licensing regulations for intangible transmissions of controlled items, including technology, software, and goods. It reviews the types of licences available and their usage and maintains a technology log for audits. Additionally, it addresses the use of technology by employees working overseas.
Valuing Goods for Customs Purposes - Technical Workshop
25th September 2025
This hands-on course covers essential customs valuation principles, focusing on the WTO Valuation Agreement and its application under UK law. Participants will learn the differences between intercompany pricing and customs valuation and how to calculate import values, including required cost additions and exclusions. Through practical exercises, attendees gain insights to ensure compliance and accuracy in valuing goods for customs, whether for sales, returns, temporary movements, or free-of-charge items.
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