Hassle-free customs clearance service to help businesses

Freight Techniques Categorical Wales (FSEW) launches a hassle-free customs clearance service to assist companies navigate the post-Brexit import and export panorama

Quick-growing agency eyes additional growth with bespoke customs clearance service

Worldwide freight forwarders, Freight Techniques Categorical Wales (FSEW), has launched a full customs clearance service to assist companies fighting post-Brexit import and export guidelines. FSEW is a logistics and worldwide freight forwarding firm primarily based in Cardiff, Wales. At the moment using over 70 folks, the corporate gives transport providers to purchasers throughout the UK, Europe, and worldwide.

Analysis by the British Chambers of Commerce discovered that 60% of exporters face difficulties adapting to the modifications to items commerce following the ratification of the UK-EU Commerce and Cooperation Settlement (TCA) in January 2021. When requested concerning the particular difficulties companies confronted, generally cited issues included elevated administration, prices, delays, and confusion about what guidelines to comply with.

In response, FSEW has launched a complete in-house clearance service to simplify the customs journey for companies importing to and from the UK. The brand new service is being spearheaded by customs brokerage specialist Basak Ocal, who has virtually 20 years’ expertise in worldwide customs. Supported by customs clearance specialist Vivian Tapenska, the group now provides a completely managed customs service to all purchasers, eradicating the stress and delays related to further paperwork required below Brexit guidelines.

Ms Ocal defined: “Customs clearance will be daunting, particularly within the ever-changing import and export panorama of a post-Brexit UK. Our new customs clearance providers supply straightforward, automated customs clearance, backed by private service from actual individuals who take care of the submitting of customs declarations. Our digital customs clearance is dealt with by knowledgeable, devoted and dependable group who can supply a personalised deal with every shopper’s particular enterprise wants.

“Our hassle-free customs clearance service means we full all of the essential export and import paperwork and all different crucial customs info. Shopper merely want to supply us with their paperwork, and we then collate all the mandatory particulars for a customs clearance declaration submission. Shoppers profit from working with one level of contact, and the peace of thoughts that their items shall be delivered on time, wherever they’re coming from or must go on the planet.”

FSEW, which counts Tesco, Hoover Sweet and Ford amongst its prospects, noticed gross sales improve by 10% to £15.5m in 2021 and forecasts an extra 14% progress throughout 2022. A earlier winner of the Wales Quick Development 50 and Tesco Collaborative Haulier of the 12 months awards, the agency additionally has bold plans to develop the primary eFreight hub in Europe, which can assist drive low carbon transition throughout the industrial freight trade.

FSEW Managing Director, Geoff Tomlinson, mentioned: “As a number one privately-owned freight forwarding firm, we’re eager to assist our prospects in navigating the complicated post-Brexit customs panorama.

“Companies huge and small are coping with the identical Brexit customs challenges. Our new service will profit everybody from huge corporations with day by day customs dealing with must SMEs new to import and export. The thought is to take the stress away and make the customs journey a lot simpler, so enterprise leaders can deal with extra essential issues, equivalent to the expansion of their enterprise. We’re already seeing an enormous curiosity on this service, and we predict it can turn into a major and rising a part of our income over the subsequent 12 months.”

FSEW has been assisted by the Enterprise Wales Accelerated Development Programme (AGP), which gives focused assist for bold rising corporations. The programme is part-funded by the European Regional Growth Fund by the Welsh Authorities.