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Hurricane signs up as Silver Sponsor for Leaders in Logistics Summit 2023

Hurricane signs up as Silver Sponsor for Leaders in Logistics Summit 2023

Hurricane is delighted to announce that it will be a Silver Sponsor at next year’s Leaders in Logistics Summit in London. The event brings together senior delegates from postal operators, carriers, 3PL, retailers and start-ups. Taking place on March 28-29, 2023, at the Business Deign Centre in London, the summit will provide a platform for […]

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Hurricane to be Premium Sponsor at WMX events in 2023

Hurricane to be Premium Sponsor at WMX events in 2023

Hurricane is delighted to announce that we will be a Premium Sponsor for the World Mail & Express (WMX) conferences in 2023. The decision continues our long-standing relationship with Triangle Management Services, organisers of the WMX events. The first conference in 2023 takes place in Miami between February 13-15, with a second conference in Tallinn,

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Deadline looms to ensure AED is ready for ICS2 Second Release

Deadline looms to ensure AED is ready for ICS2 Second Release

Postal operators and carriers have just weeks to ensure they are ready for the implementation of the Import Control System 2 [ICS2] second release. As of March 1, 2023, there will be a mandatory requirement for new electronic data sets including complete and accurate product descriptions and HS6 codes. Some organisations including Lufthansa Cargo are

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Hurricane Commerce and Emma Systems partnership to provide seamless cross border experience

Hurricane Commerce and Emma Systems partnership to provide seamless cross-border experience

Hurricane Commerce and Emma Systems have agreed a strategic partnership to ensure customers receive the best possible cross-border experience. The two companies will collaborate to deliver Hurricane’s AI-driven, real-time data solutions and Emma Systems’ E-Doc cloud platform that enables post-declaration customs compliance and HMRC audit readiness. Hurricane’s solutions cover the critical cross-border areas of duty

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Hurricane Commerce selected by Hongkong Post as cross border data partner

Hurricane Commerce selected by Hongkong Post as cross-border data partner

Hongkong Post has chosen Hurricane Commerce as the data partner to support its global eCommerce operations. The post will be accessing Hurricane’s Zephyr and Aura solutions. Hurricane’s Zephyr solution ensures that shipments have the right data – including HS6 codes, product descriptions and 8- and 10- digit import and export codes – to pass smoothly

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Hurricane Commerce and Itembase Announce Strategic Partnership to Power Cross Border eCommerce

Hurricane Commerce and Itembase Announce Strategic Partnership to Power Cross-Border eCommerce

Hurricane Commerce and Itembase have formed a strategic partnership that leverages Itembase’s tech-enabled merchant connectivity platform with Hurricane Commerce’s leading cross-border data solutions covering duty and tax calculation and compliance screening for eCommerce transactions. Hurricane’s Aura solution providing its landed cost engine, prohibited and restricted goods screening and denied parties screening and its Zephyr data

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International Post Corporation gives members access to best-in-class cross-border technology

International Post Corporation gives members access to best-in-class cross-border technology

International Post Corporation (IPC) is enabling its members to meet the growing cross-border regulatory challenges through the provision of industry-leading technologies. One of the major challenges facing postal operators is Import Control System 2 (ICS2) which is underpinned by a large-scale advance cargo information system. The first ICS2 release occurred in March 2021 with further

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Postal operators and carriers gearing up for ICS2 2023 release

Postal operators and carriers “gearing up” for ICS2 2023 release

Postal operators and carriers are stepping up their preparations for the Import Control System 2 [ICS2] second release, which is being implemented in March 2023. The second release will affect all parties involved in handling, shipping and transporting cargo, express or postal consignments to or via the European Union by air. As of March next

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Hurricane joins the International Chamber of Commerce

Hurricane joins the International Chamber of Commerce

Hurricane Commerce has become a member of the International Chamber of Commerce. The ICC is a leading business organisation advising governments around the world. The digitalisation of global supply chains is a top global and UK priority and the ICC’s central priority for digital trade is to make trade cheaper, faster, quicker, and more sustainable

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David SpoTtiswood
Co-founder

Interesting Fact: I am an amateur baker, but I still have no idea how sourduogh starter actually works, and am intrigued how it all reacts together to produce an incredible taste.

Favourite Music: November Rain by Guns ‘n’ Roses.  Going to Wembley with my wife our go to fun thing in our early years, our youth with long hair and rock clothing and not a care in the world other than getting the best spot in the house.

Favourite Quote: “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results ” – Albert Einstein

Harry Reilly
Non-exec

Interesting Fact:  I learned Arabic for five years!.

Favourite Music:  A Long December by Counting Crows.  Memory of best family time together in California.

Favourite Quote: “Don’t forget execution, boys. It’s the all-important last 95%”

Tom Lee

Technical Director

Interesting Fact:  I am completely self-taught from a technical skills persepctiuve, and left formal education at 18.

Favourite Music:  Blink 182 – Aliens Exist.  Brings back fond memories of stickly floors and cheap beer.

Favourite Quote: “He sprayed water in my face – thta’s not allowed” – James Haskell.  The whole event surrounding it is hilarious and shows the power of a good wind up

Martin Palmer
Co-Founder

Interesting Fact: I started my working life training to be an accountant but decided I hated numbers. (Ironically I now love them!). I really wanted to join the Hong Kong Police force but couldn’t do that until i was 24. I took a temporary job in Imports and 47 years later here I am.

Favourite Music: There only was one choice. Harry Chapin. Meant a lot to me in my early years as an import broker. We played Chapin for hours and this one seemed to cover so many modes.

Favourite Quote: “No man is an island”

Neil Harmer

Operations Director

Interesting Fact:  As a Geologist my idea of the perfect beach holiday is going to the beach and investigating the rocks in the cliffs behind.

Favourite Music:  Broken Stones – Paul Weller, I’m a huge Paul Weller / The Jam fan; Broken Stones is a very relaxing song, I love the use of the electric piano in it

Favourite Quote: “Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today”. This is a great quote by Benjamin Franklin, to have in your head when working through a series of tasks to help keep focused.

Robert Dundas
Sales Director

Interesting Fact:  One of my life goals is to be able to speak French, I’ve been doing Duolingo every day for the last five years, and I’m still rubbish! 

Favourite Music: Where do I even start! Tom Petty Running Down a Dream, this is my top-down driving next to the ocean song

Favourite Quote: “This time will pass”

ASHLEY DEXTER
CFO & Co-founder

Interesting Fact: I was nearly named Battle Dexter (I would have probably now been residing in one of His Majesty’s establishments)

Favourite Music: Even though I spent a few years in the music industry my taste of music was always a cause for concern with my colleagues, so to surprise them all my current favourite is Kids by MGMT (absolute belter)

Favourite Quote: “Quitters never win and winners never quit”

Ian Venner
CTO & Co-founder

Interesting Fact: Runs Red Lantern Records, a not-for-profit, ethical label as a side project, whose artists have regular national BBC radio airplay.

Favourite Music: Tom Waits, pretty much all of his work.  Beautifully observed avante-garde vignettes of life.  Oh, and anything really loud!

Favourite Quote: “It’s not the mountains we climb, but the grit in our shoe that grinds us down” – which sums up taking a business from start-up to enterprise.

Martyn Noble
CEO & Co-founder

Interesting Fact: Played a high standard of semi-professional rugby union (too many years ago now!)

Favourite Music: Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven…my first live gig – Knebworth 11th August 1979, the track never grows old and is the iconic song of ‘hope’ whatever mood you are in when listening too it…and I’m still trying to work out what the lyrics mean!!

Favourite Quote: “Know your customers, Know your People, Know your Numbers” – plagiarised from Sir John Harvey Jones when I met him very early on in my career and values I stick to in my business life.