Hurricane CEO Martyn Noble and fellow co-founder David Spottiswood have been interviewed for the latest episode of the Postal Hub Podcast. Ian Kerr interviewed Martyn and David to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing posts at the start of 2021. They include the full enforcement of the US STOP Act, Brexit, ICS2 and the removal […]
Several hundred million mail parcels destined for the United States will be rejected when the requirement for a higher threshold of advance electronic data comes into force on January 1, 2021. Posts have had it confirmed that as of that date any parcels arriving in the US with incorrect or incomplete data will be refused
Escher, the global leader transforming postal operators and couriers, announced the launch of Riposte Shipping 8.2 with Hurricane. This latest release features seamless integration with Hurricane, providing Posts with full access to taxes, duties and compliance functionality, directly from within the Riposte Shipping application. By 2022, cross-border e-commerce shipments will account for 22 percent of
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Ground-breaking technology is at the heart of Hurricane Commerce’s solutions to ensure frictionless cross-border eCommerce trade. We recently caught up with CTO Ian Venner to find out more about how Hurricane’s solutions first came about and how they continue to evolve to meet the needs of customers. What is your background, and how did you
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Two companies specialising in cross-border trade technologies have teamed up to help postal operators prepare for a wave of new regulations coming into force over the coming months. Among them are the implementation of ICS2 (Import Control System 2), requiring entry summary declarations on all parcels and packets entering the EU, and the EU’s VAT
Hurricane Commerce is featured in the September issue of Parcel & Post Technology International magazine. Our co-founder and CEO Martyn Noble was interviewed about the latest trends in cross-border eCommerce trade. The industry is having to adapt quickly to meet the challenges and opportunities presented by a swathe of new laws and regulations coming into
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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
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%”
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
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”
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.
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”
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”
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.
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.
