Hurricane Commerce co-founder David Spottiswood has been invited to take part in the Leaders in Logistics Summit 2021. The prestigious half-day event is being held at Grosvenor House in Dubai on December 7. The summit attracts more than 120 senior logistics and supply chain professionals from the Middle East’s largest and most successful companies. The […]
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Postal operators, carriers and their customers can give themselves a competitive edge during Peak by ensuring that their cross-border shipment data is of the highest possible quality. With the logistics and eCommerce industries facing huge supply chain pressures, including increased freight costs, a shortage of HGV drivers and warehouse operatives and delays at ports, businesses
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Hurricane Commerce has been named Supplier of the Year at this year’s Parcel & Post Technology International Awards. The announcement was made on the first day of the Parcel & Post Expo 2021 which is being held in Vienna. Hurricane received the award for the impact its cross-border data solutions have had during the last
Hurricane Commerce has been shortlisted for ‘Supplier of the Year’ at this year’s Parcel & Post Technology International Awards. The awards, widely recognised as the most prestigious in the parcel and postal industry, celebrate innovation, growth and sustainability. Hurricane has been shortlisted as a result of several major partnerships it has signed with postal operators
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Hurricane Co-founder David Spottiswood recently took part in a podcast with Findr – the business matching experts. In this podcast you can hear how David made the transition from the corporate world to entrepreneur, the early signs he saw for the potential of eCommerce, and his top tips when it comes to establishing and nurturing
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Hurricane Commerce will be a Silver Sponsor at this year’s Parcel & Post Expo. The event is due to take place at the Messe Wien Exhibition & Congress Centre in Vienna from October 12-14. It will be the first postal event to be held in person since the pandemic. For those unable to attend in
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Hurricane Commerce will be a Gold Sponsor at Post & Parcel Live in November. The prestigious event will be held virtually on November 3 and 4. It replaces WMX Asia which had been due to take place in Thailand at the same time but due to Covid-19 had to be postponed until next year. Post
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China’s leading cross-border eCommerce logistics provider has selected Hurricane Commerce as its global data partner. 4PX, which employs 10,000 people across more than 100 worldwide locations, provides a range of logistics, software and consulting services to over 1 million retailers selling to 200 million consumers around the globe. The company aims to further grow its
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Cross-border eCommerce merchants in China largely depend on marketplaces and third-party agents to manage their compliance, according to a new report. HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) commissioned in-depth interviews with 30 Chinese online sellers for the report entitled ‘Knowledge and Attitudes of Online Sellers in China to Tax Compliance’. The interviews sought to ascertain the
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Hurricane was delighted to take part in the Second UK and China Cross-Border eCommerce Forum which was held at the Peking University Business School in Oxford. Our CEO Martyn Noble was among the keynote speakers during the day which was entitled ‘Post-lockdown challenges and opportunities for global cross-border eCommerce’. The event was a mix of
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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.
