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Issue 3 2018 - Freight Business Journal
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CDS show gets on the road
Agency Sector Management (ASM), the British International Freight Association (BIFA), and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have joined forces to run a series of seminars ahead of August’s phased launch of the Customs Declaration System (CDS), the planned replacement for HMRC’s
existing Chief
computer. The roadshow has been in response to
organised
concerns about the readiness of the new system, and to explain what CDS is, why it is being introduced, how it will impact business and when the system will be fully launched. BIFA director general Robert
Keen said: “The move over to CDS marks the biggest change
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to impact the processes by which Customs declarations are managed since the introduction of Chief, which it replaces, and which is needed to enable importers or exporters to comply with the EU’s recently introduced Union Customs Code.” “There are significant
differences between Chief and CDS, and still a lot of unanswered questions about what will be required from our
industry,”
added ASM chairman, Peter MacSwiney. “These seminars are partly in response to questions we receive from our users when I attend government meetings regarding Brexit and CDS.” He said that the seminars
will provide insight into the differences between Chief and
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CDS and address the issues faced by companies that will need to adjust their internal computer systems to accommodate CDS. The seminars are being held at
a number of locations across the UK during June and July, with the first taking place in Warrington on 12 June. “We are experiencing high
demand for seminar places, and we
recommend that anyone
looking to attend these highly informative events registers their interest by 11 May,” said MacSwiney. Send
providing
name, email address, and company name or organisation as well as the regional event you wish to attend to: asm-bifa-hmrc-
cdsseminar@asm.org.uk. Full details of seminars can be
found at: https://preview.tinyurl. com/y7wfx93y
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The Association of Freight Soſtware Suppliers (AFSS) will mark its 25th anniversary on 26 July and, despite the bewildering changes seen in the field, its six founding members are still in existence. Albacore, (Artisan) Brandt,
LSI Sigma (Datafreight), Impatex (Descartes), SCS (Multifreight) and Vixen (Vixsoſt) set up the then Freight Soſtware Suppliers Group in 1993. The occasion was marked at a
meeting of the AFSS at Brooklands Museum in Surrey on 18 April, where representatives of the founder members received a special trophy. Addressing the same meeting,
Guy Thompson of the CCS-UK Users’ Group outlined to members and guests the efforts that were being made to introduce an Advance Information System (AIS) for the UK airfreight industry. (The CCS-UK Solution is inclusive to AFSS members’ systems enabling companies with existing soſtware providers to connect to AIS.) Congestion at airports, and in
particular Heathrow is reaching alarming levels. Truck waiting times can stretch to several hours and at least one major airfreight haulier is now refusing to deliver or pick up at Heathrow transit sheds, he said. The AIS system will provide
information on vehicles, shipments and times of arrival and should help smooth operations, particularly in the heavily congested ‘Horseshoe Road’ area. The forwarder portal for the
system is already in active use, said Thompson, and the transit shed operator portal should be released in May. A system to update expected
times of arrival is being tested and there are also plans for geofencing and integrating messaging into their systems. CCS UK’s Nick Weaver also gave
the gathering an update on the plans to cut over from the Chief computer system to CDS next year.
Smart currency help for forwarders
Hammersmith, West London- based foreign exchange company Smart Currency Business has partnered with the British International Freight Association (BIFA) to offer a risk mitigation strategy for their currency dealings. Smart’s corporate division
will explain the potential ramifications of businesses failing to protect themselves
through currency risk management. It aims to work closely with clients to understand their requirements and offer guidance on the best way to protect budgets, margins and profits. Smart argues that foreign
exchange should never be thought of as a revenue stream but as a means of ensuring definite cash flow.
The company acknowledges that with issues
such as
Brexit and Chief replacement looming, many forwarders do not have time to consider their currency risk management strategies. For a free risk
management health check contact
kevin.bottwood@
smartcurrencybusiness.com or 020 3867 3226.
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