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 – Enrol for September

Accredited Learning to Strengthen Your Role - Turning Theoretical Knowledge into Practical, Compliant Working Procedures. Join our free webinar to explore the five accredited Learning Pathways across Customs Declarations, Customs Regulations, Export Licensing Controls, Food in International Trade, and Import and Export.

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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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Remember, remember the 5th of November! - Gunpowder, Guy Fawkes, and Government Controls.

by Niamh O'Connor • 5 November 2025
While November 5th is known for fireworks and the foiling of the Gunpowder Plot, it's a story that goes beyond mere historical events. It's a tale of smuggling, licensing violations, and the evasion of government controls. Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators, often portrayed as terrorists, were more than that. They were

Release of CDS 4.9.1 – Update to Import Declarations

by Gail Leeson • 5 November 2025
CDS Update 4.9.1 will be released on the 5th November 2025. This will deliver live fixes for error messages received in the Customs Declaration Service.

The Haunted HS Code

by Sandra Strong • 29 October 2025
Halloween wasn’t just a marketing opportunity for this company, for Jasper & Veil Ltd.; it was peak season. Their custom ghoulish gift boxes were packed with ghost-shaped biscuits, spooky mugs, novelty sweets, and glow-in-the-dark clothing, and flew off the shelves faster than you could say “trick or treat.”

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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