Build a practical customs & trade compliance system for your SME using simple controls you can apply immediately.

In today’s regulatory environment, companies of every size are expected to take reasonable care and demonstrate that they have an effective customs and trade compliance programme in place.

For SMEs, this does not mean building complex corporate systems. It means having simple, proportionate controls that protect the business, meet customer expectations, and reduce risk.

Join Customs Specialist Douglas Mackay on the 15th April at 10am – 11.30am where he will be delivering this course that has been designed to help SMEs understand what a practical customs and trade compliance system looks like – and how to build one that works in the real world.

Training Objectives

This session will help SMEs to:

Understand what a customs & trade compliance system looks like in practice
Identify and prioritise key customs risks
Apply the PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) cycle to build a practical framework
Recognise essential controls for importing and exporting
Understand the Three Lines of Defence model, scaled appropriately for SMEs
Integrate ESG, ethics, and whistleblowing into trade operations

What You Will Learn

A clear, SME-friendly compliance structure
How to assess risks around classification, valuation, origin, documentation, and brokers
The core policies every trading SME should have in place
Simple controls you can implement immediately
How to monitor compliance without heavy administration
When and where external support is genuinely needed

All concepts are brought together using an interactive PDCA case study, allowing you to see how these elements work in a real SME context, not just in theory. You will also go away with a comprehensive written guide on implementing a compliance programme.