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Member Benefits

Founded in 1999, TCSA is a member-led, not-for-profit community improving practice across UK customs & trade. We connect peers, document what good looks like, and give smaller operators a louder voice.

Included expertise

10 hours/year of consultancy included.

Training & events

  • Monthly clinics (recorded) + now-to workshops.

  • Quarterly "State of Trade" with reusable slides.

Problem-solving & ADR

• Dispute triage: proportionate steps & de-escalation wording

• Conciliatory ADR within 5 business days (by agreement).

Tenders & notices

• Warm tender referrals

• Boilerplate wording you can paste into bids

Updates that actually help

  • Circulars in 48-72 hours for material changes

  • Implementation notes for ICS2, DDP/IOSS, guarantees, RGR, excise

Trust & sales enablement

  • Click-to-verify badge for site, proposals, checkout.

  • Retail confidence copy/FAQ to reduce DDP anxiety

Talent & operations

• Hiring board & referrals; ops playbooks.

Templates & toolkits

  • 40+ assets: SOP/SLA, RoO, KrC/sanctions, AUR, DuP copy, UPIA basellne

  • Procurement booster: Letter of Good Standing - badge guide.

Industry contacts & partnerships

• Warm routes into retailers, marketplaces, forwarders, carriers, 3PLs, ports/CSPs, software, chambers

• Referral matching when members need your service.

Data & benchmarks

• Quick polls & anonymised benchmarks

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