Derry Bros skilled document demand for its customs clearance companies within the UK, Eire and mainland Europe throughout 2024 as hauliers sought to navigate more and more complicated cross-border rules and pink tape. The corporate accomplished over 250,000 customs declarations through the yr – following vital funding in its IT infrastructure, workplace community and expertise improvement – serving to to greater than double turnover.
“Customs clearance for the motion of products is quickly evolving, which has left hauliers struggling to maintain tempo with the change,” explains Colin Robb, Head of Operations & Gross sales at Derry Bros. “By regularly enhancing and adapting our cross-border options, we’ve turn into companion of selection for a rising variety of freight operators that require their shipments to clear customs with minimal fuss and with out expensive delays.”
As a part of Derry Bros’ development technique, the corporate elevated the dimensions of its workplace community, with two new areas in London and Poznan, whereas headcount elevated by over 10% to make sure it had the experience in place to satisfy buyer necessities. On the similar time, Derry Bros achieved Authorised Financial Operator (AEO) standing, the internationally recognised customary for provide chain safety, to benefit from easier and quicker customs procedures.
Throughout 2024, Derry Bros enhanced its digital platform, Digicom, to automate and additional streamline the processing of customs declarations required for importing and exporting items. The introduction of a single-entry, one-click answer made it attainable to generate and submit a number of customs declarations on the similar time. Most just lately, the corporate leveraged its superior IT capabilities to launch an economical service for dealing with declaration necessities for the incoming GB Security & Safety (S&S) import controls.
“We’re extremely proud to have a good time a record-breaking yr. This has solely been made attainable by the exhausting work and dedication of our whole staff, who’re the driving drive behind our success. Because the customs panorama continues to develop within the UK and EU throughout 2025, we see additional development alternatives for the enterprise transferring ahead,” provides Robb.
Derry Bros has greater than 60 years of expertise within the freight and logistics trade, serving the UK, EU and past. With a complete vary of managed reserving, customs and consultancy companies, it’s serving to companies to navigate among the most complicated challenges going through cross-border commerce and transport. The corporate’s success and confirmed monitor document is underpinned by award-winning know-how techniques, developed in-house, together with the all-in-one digital customs answer, Digicom.
