Supporting International Businesses

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

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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.

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 Steve Berry 6 October 2025
Today, the Export Control Joint Unit have issued NTE 2025/26 in relation to an update on the Open General Export Licence (AUKUS Nations). AUKUS is a trilateral defence partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, announced in September 2021.
by Niamh O'Connor 3 October 2025
HMRC have announced their long-term intention to remove the XX document status code on a CDS declaration, leaving XW as the only available document status code.  
by Steve Berry 2 October 2025
As a result of the UK Government's 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review, the ECJU, Export Control Joint Unit, began operating on Monday, 18th July 2016, to bring together policy and operational skills from government departments, including the Export Control Organisation and the Ministry of Defence. The ECJU’s role is to promote global security through strategic export controls.