ASM appoints three new board directors and reaffirms commitment to customers
Agency Sector Management (ASM) has appointed industry veterans David Baker, Stuart Campey, and Dave Allen to its board of directors, bringing over 57 years of combined Customs and forwarding experience. The new appointments come as the company reaffirms its commitment to enhancing the user experience of its Customs Clearance software, Sequoia, in 2024 through increased functionality […]
BIFA and ASM webinar prepares businesses for final migration to new Customs Declaration Service for exports
Agency Sector Management (ASM) and the British International Freight Association (BIFA) have organised a joint webinar to help businesses with their preparations for the final migration to HMRC’s new system for handing customs declarations, the Customs Declaration Service (CDS). Steve Parker, BIFA director general said: “Around 50 percent of the trade association’s corporate members were […]
ASM launch new service desk to support forwarders through CDS changes
Agency Sector Management (ASM) has launched its new Service Desk portal to make it easier to raise problems, track queries, and request enhancements to ASM’s Customs clearance software, Sequoia, as part of its service improvement plan. Now live, users can report incidents, raise service requests, and access knowledge articles, which signpost helpful information, through the […]
ASM: free lunchtime briefings at Multimodal 2022 on new Customs declaration service
Agency Sector Management (ASM) will be giving free lunchtime briefings at the Multimodal 2022 Exhibition on how to prepare for the new Customs Declaration Service (CDS), which comes into force for imports at the end of September, and next March for exports. Peter MacSwiney, chairman, ASM, and his team will be on hand on Tuesday […]
ASM celebrates 35 years
Freight software provider Agency Sector Management (UK) Ltd (ASM) is celebrating 35 years of developing customs clearance solutions for forwarders whilst also representing the interests of the industry at local and national government level. Set up in 1986 to protect the technology-related interests of freight forwarders at a time of significant change in the UK […]
ASM marks Williamson’s retirement
Agency Sector Management (UK) Ltd (ASM) hosted a reception on September 21 in London to mark the retirement of Bill Williamson as the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) chairman of the Joint Customs Consultative Committee (JCCC). Williamson retired formally at the last in-person meeting of the JCCC on February 23 2021 and September has been […]
ASM’s Sequoia system can benefit e-Commerce players
The e-Commerce industry in the UK is booming. However, a rise in e-Commerce can create challenges for new and small consigners as they navigate the, sometimes complicated, processes of customs. Peter MacSwiney, chairman, ASM talks to ACW about how the software can be used to manage these processes. ACW: Can you explain how ASM’s Sequoia […]
Plant Parts selects ASM’s Sequoia solution
Agency Sector Management’s (ASM) Sequoia Customs platform has been selected to provide full compliance for a new in-house Customs warehouse operated by Plant Parts, a family-owned independent construction machinery parts stockist. Since new UK trade rules started in 2021, Plant Parts developed an in-house Customs warehouse to continue its operations and Sequoia has provided the […]
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 develops contingency plans to meet new Customs declaration service delay
Agency Sector Management (ASM) is working on contingency plans for businesses affected by the new UK’s Customs Declaration Service (CDS) in the event that a full roll-out of the new system is delayed. CDS is due to replace the current Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) system in phases by January 2019, but […]
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 […]
Multimodal 2017: BIFA says Brexit implications for trade still unknown
Nobody really knows what the Brexit implications are for trade, the British International Freight Association’s (BIFA) director general, Robert Keen told delegates at the Brexit Briefing at Multimodal 2017 in Birmingham. He event brought along a crystal ball to emphasise the point, explaining” “We, like most people, have heard all sorts of ‘facts’ and figures, […]
