Championing International Women’s Day

It is International Women’s Day today, a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. To mark the occasion, we would like to thank and honour the many women in our organisation who continue to play such a critical role in our ongoing success.

One such trailblazer in Simarco is paving the way for more women to move into HGV driving, as she determinedly moves towards gaining her own HGV1 driver’s license.

Laura (pictured below) is aiming to be one of the 2% of heavy good drivers that are women.

Laura joined Simarco in November 2021 to work in transport as a van driver, although her intention was to achieve her class 1 driving licence.

After just a few months, Simarco recognised Laura’s ambition and have worked with her to help her complete her ADR course and achieve her theory tests for Class 1 driving.

She is now receiving advanced driver training, which starts with Class 2 driving theory and practise and progresses to Class 1.

Laura has always had a passion for driving and Simarco’s support alongside her own determination has led to her being close to achieving her goal in the next few months.

With the industry very short of drivers, increasing the number of women in HGV1 cabs could be critical to the global supply chain over the coming years.

Laura remains extremely grateful for the support she has received from Simarco, and is a great advertisement for other women considering a driving career.

Larson Juhl UK

Larson Juhl UK have a lengthy and trusted relationship with Simarco for their import requirements form the suppliers we source from in Europe mostly from Italy.

We have always had an efficient and professional service which has helped us maintain a consistent and reliable service to our customers.

We have always enjoyed a good working relationship as they are always responsive and helpfulWe are kept updated, through their tracking and informative data, and the trucks arrive on time.

During these continuing difficult times their willingness to help solve issues is very much appreciated

We look forward to many more years of excellent service from Simarco.

BOSS DESIGN

“Boss Design have worked with Simarco for many years and have always found them to be professional in their service, the staff are always willing to accommodate any special request we have and are quick to resolve any issues we face.”

Daren Jackson – Boss Design

DOMUS TILES

“We at Domus Tiles have been working with Simarco for several years.  We find the whole team to be friendly, professional, efficient and very helpful.   We do a huge amount of Italian road freight with Simarco weekly, using them for the majority of our direct to site and time sensitive deliveries due to their consistent reliability.  We also use them for all of our large format and slabs, due to continued careful handling of our special, very fragile and breakable loads.  Changes to delivery addresses and a whole host of other issues from customers are always handled quickly and expertly.  Over the years Simarco have always managed to save us from our even most challenging requests and even the most ridiculous request is handled with grace and humor.

We also use Simarco for the vast majority of our other Europe collections such as Portugal, Hungary, Spain and Turkey and we never fail to be impressed.

We look forward to our continued and very happy relationship with Simarco in the future.”

Caroline Morris – Purchasing Supervisor

Simarco International Limited has received an award from Essex Limited.

Essex Limited measures the performance and success of businesses throughout Essex.  There are three categories:

• The Top 100 using publicly available accounts of the county’s biggest largest privately owned companies based on turnover within their principle trading address in Essex.
• Growth 20 – the top 20 businesses with the highest percentage growth above £10m
• Most profitable Businesses.

Simarco was delighted to receive their award in The Top 100 ranked at 57.

Fund raising for Children in Need

Our team in Stoke had fun raising money for Children in Need 2021 and the many fantastic causes they support.

We are a finalist for the 2021 BIFA awards in the European Logistics Category.

“Simarco has been awarded a “finalist” in the BIFA 2021 Awards in the European Logistics Category.  We are delighted to be recognised in this category especially since overcoming many challenges during 2020 and 2021.  This category takes account of the changes brought about by leaving the EU and as a finalist we will be judged on what we have done to ensure continuation of service and customer compliance with new procedures.  We are confident our agile approach to ensure our service offering throughout Europe was executed proficiently as well as providing guidance, advice and support to our customers throughout Brexit.”

DURA COMPOSITES

“Dura Composites have developed a great partnership with Simarco Worldwide Logistics and their dedication to achieving a reliable seafreight service is second to none.

Dura Composites appreciate their attention to detail, great communication and experienced approach to assisting us with our container shipping requirement. “

Matthew Wootten – UK & Overseas Purchasing Manager

Simarco receive BRCS Accreditation

We are delighted to announce that Simarco has recently received BRC Accreditation, Grade AA; Globally recognised standards for the storage and distribution of food, packaging and consumer products.  Along with our AEO and ISO standards, this demonstrates Simarco’s full commitment to the continual safety and quality initiatives we can offer our customers giving them the confidence that their goods are in the best of hands.

If you are importing from Europe are you aware of the customs procedure changes that will affect your business from the 1st Jan 2022?

Customs regulation changes from the 1st January 2022 you can no longer delay supplementary declarations. These must be completed at the time of importation.

For businesses currently using delayed declarations for their European imports you need to prepare to make supplementary declarations on time to comply with the new regulations.

You should check with your forwarder to ensure they have completed the required supplementary declarations for goods you have already received?

If you have any concerns regarding European Import clearances, we would be delighted to discuss your requirements and see how we can help you.✓  At Simarco we are AEO-C approved and authorised consignee & consignor, meaning we are a trusted trader with HMRC and allows a more efficient import/export system for all parties involved

✓  We complete all European declarations in-house

✓  With our inland ETSF customs facilities in Witham, Essex and Stoke-on-Trent, it allows us to avoid unnecessary delays at the ports of importation

✓  We have a team of 34 people dedicated to European customs clearance

✓  Using another forwarder? We can still customs clear your goods on your behalf

✓  We can clear at all UK ports if your goods must clear upon entry into the UK

✓ With our inland customs badges, we can clear your goods if presented to third party ETSF facilities

Are the products you purchase from overseas dutiable? If yes, are you interested to know more about deferring the duty payment?

✓  Customs Freight Simplified Procedures, also known as CFSP, was introduced by HMRC in 2001 and is an alternative to traditional full import declarations at the time of goods arrival

✓  The scheme allows faster release of goods from ports, airports and inland customs facilities, subject to anti-smuggling checks

✓  Cash flow incentive – The import duty and VAT (if not using Postponed VAT Accounting – PVA) do not need to be paid until the Supplementary Declaration is submitted. This must be completed within the same month as the goods withdrawal from the Customs warehouse. Please reply to chris.bentley@simarco.com if you would like our customs experts to provide further service information in this specialist area.