ASM’s Peter MacSwiney joins backstop group

ASM chairman Peter MacSwiney has joined the Technical Alternative Arrangements Advisory Group to help replace the Northern Ireland backstop by the end of 2020. The advisory group consists of 15 technical experts in customs and trade from both the public and private sectors, and academia. Pointing out that the Northern Ireland backstop is causing uncertainty […]

ASM launches archiving app to manage customs data

Agency Sector Management (ASM) has launched a data archiving app to help forwarders stay compliant with the Customs declaration process, as well as saving on time and costs. The web-based app is part of ASM’s freight management software Sequoia, and can be accessed remotely, making it easier for forwarders to store as well as to […]

UK supply chain gets up to speed on new Customs declaration

Supply chain stakeholders across the UK have been flocking to seminars to get up to speed on the new system for UK Customs declarations coming into force next month. The Customs Declaration Service (CDS) is set to replace HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF), which has been in […]

ASM to stage tripartite seminars on UK Customs changes

Heathrow-based Agency Sector Management (ASM), alongside the British International Freight Association (BIFA) and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), will be running a series of seminars ahead of August’s phased launch of the Customs Declaration System (CDS), the system set to completely replace the existing system for Customs declarations in the UK. The ASM-BIFA-HMRC CDS seminars […]

ASM offers forwarders one stop shop with Sequoia upgrade

Agency Sector Management (ASM) has made a major upgrade to its Sequoia software, giving freight forwarders a one stop shop for freight management. The new release gives users a single application where data is shared across all functions such as job costing and producing documentation, as well as for the Customs declaration process, avoiding the […]