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Hurricane Commerce Signs Agreement to Utilise SGS D-TECT®

Hurricane Commerce and SGS Partner to Revolutionise Customs Clearance with Data-Driven Compliance Solutions Hurricane Commerce is proud to announce a strategic partnership with SGS, enabling the integration of Hurricane’s global data intelligence platform with the AI-powered SGS D-TECT® Solution. This collaboration brings together two leading technologies to deliver unparalleled accuracy in customs clearance, compliance, and […]

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Hurricane Commerce partners with Time Express in MENA region

Hurricane Commerce partners with Time Express in MENA region

Hurricane Commerce has selected Dubai-headquartered Time Express as its exclusive technology partner for the MENA region. Time Express will be responsible for re-selling Hurricane’s AI tech which helps to power a smooth customs flow for many cross-border eCommerce customers across the globe. Time Express, part of the Alrais Group, is an end-to-end international logistics company

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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 and Plusius sign unique cross border eCommerce partnership

Hurricane Commerce and Plusius sign “unique cross-border eCommerce partnership”

Leading cross-border eCommerce data specialist Hurricane Commerce and Swedish fintech Plusius have agreed a “world first” strategic partnership. The combined offering brings together Hurricane’s solutions covering duty and tax calculation and compliance screening with Plusius’s financial services enabling payment facilitation, escrow, currency exchange and verification. The two companies are now able to facilitate a duty

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Hurricane Commerce and AEB sign strategic partnership to provide best in class cross border eCommerce solution

Hurricane Commerce and AEB sign strategic partnership to provide “best-in-class cross-border eCommerce solution”

Hurricane Commerce and AEB (International) have agreed a strategic partnership to provide the complete cross-border eCommerce solution. The two companies will work together to provide efficient, high speed and accurate data validation for customs clearance. AEB offers cloud-based global trade software to remove the barriers of trading across customs borders and controls. This includes a

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Scurri chooses Hurricane as its cross border data partner

Scurri chooses Hurricane as its cross-border data partner

Leading delivery management platform Scurri has selected Hurricane Commerce as its global data partner. The fast-growing business is initially adopting Hurricane’s data enhancement Zephyr technology to ensure the seamless movement of cross-border parcels. Scurri, which has offices in the UK and Ireland, counts eCommerce merchants, platforms and 3PLs among its customers. The company’s platform enables

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Hermes UK invests in cross border data to ensure best possible customer experience

Hermes UK invests in cross-border data to ensure best possible customer experience

Hermes, the UK’s biggest dedicated parcel delivery company, has underlined the importance of having complete, accurate and compliant cross-border shipment data. Hermes has integrated Hurricane Commerce’s award-winning Zephyr and Aura solutions to ensure the best possible experience for its international eCommerce customers. Major regulatory events including Brexit, the US STOP Act and the EU’s abolition

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One World teams up with Hurricane Commerce for cross border data solutions

One World teams up with Hurricane Commerce for cross-border data solutions

Leading logistics solutions provider, One World Express, has today announced Hurricane Commerce as its global data partner. The strategic partnership will enable One World to lead in the cross-border arena by providing a first-class service and innovative solutions to online sellers. One World delivers solutions through a single API connection into its technology platform Smarttrack,

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Hurricane becomes a patchworks partner

Hurricane becomes a Patchworks Partner

Hurricane has become a Partner with the Patchworks platform for eCommerce. Patchworks brings together partners which are able to provide retailers and brands with best-in-class technologies to enable them to successfully scale their eCommerce operations. Patchworks customers include Gymshark, Huel, Sophie Allport, Emma Bridgewater and HermanMiller. Among other key partners of Patchworks is SEKO Logistics,

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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.