Home Meeting your Needs Open Courses In House Courses Consulting Newsletter About Us Contact Privacy  Address  Phillips Export Training  PO Box 341  Waterlooville  PO7 9DL  Click here to Email us  Telephone  +44 (0) 2392 354 421  Fax  +44 (0) 2392 354 421 Phillips Poll   What does Christmas mean to you this year? What’s the most important aspect for you?  Religious celebration  Opportunity to meet up with family and friends  Chance for a rest after a hectic year  Time to think about plans for 2010  Holiday? I am working through Christmas!   You have come to the right place if you are Download Newsletter an importer or an exporter buy/sell/use imported goods in your business, are involved in an invitation to tender, or a contract, involving the international movement of goods. On this web site you will find help and information about courses on international trade and customs matters. You will save time, money and effort using our course and services. You may have an operational role - you have to do things to keep exports or imports moving but you worry about the forms and procedures involved; you may be changing job role and need to get up to speed quickly, you may be responsible to manage risk in exporting and importing and need to understand how everything fits together. The fact is you can never feel 100% certain; importing and exporting rules, procedures and arrangements are complex aren't they? All those tricky bits and pieces, forms to fill in, procedures to follow, codes to find, public notices to check and terminology and rules you think everybody else understands (when actually they probably don't!) You may work in purchasing, sourcing, finance, legal, tax, sales, customer services, marketing, contracts, logistics, customs compliance or tax planning. Whichever of these applies to you, we can help you to make a more effective contribution in your role, team and business. So don't think of all those rules, forms and procedures that catch you out. Instead, imagine saying yes to getting some specialist help from Phillips Export Training and seeing how relieved you'll feel - knowing you can deal with export and import matters confidently. You will gain competitive advantage and increase your productivity. Winter 2009 - Spring 2010 training prgramme 2010 dates now avaialble You will find that have some new courses which are proving very popular which we have added to our extensive list of available courses. Some courses are open courses only - see the course page; all courses can be delivered for you in-house. Our new courses include: International business culture - "Winning new business" and How to import and export - "An introduction to international trade" Also proving popular is "Taking the risk out of export sales" Our open courses include Basics of exporting Export documents explained How to handle letters of credit & bills of exchanage Understanding customs compliance and customs duty for importers and exporters Understanding Intrastat Undersatanding Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) Open courses are taking place near Waterlooville, just off the A3 (Kingston-Guilford-Petersfield-Portsmouth) and convenient for Surrey, Berkshire, East and West Sussex, Hampshire, Wiltshire and Dorset. ______________________________ Are you a business trying or planning to grow sales who would like a mentor/coach/consultant to help you develop an international business strategy. We can help you if you want help with: Sales strategies and implementation - start up, existing and development levels Country and industry specific strategies Marketing and market research E business Finding distributors/agents Third party distributor development and management Organisational design Commercial financial management - budgeting, forecasting, sales reporting Managing risk in business is always important but essential in a downturn and when trading internationally. Such risks include financial risk, currency risk, customs compliance risk, export control and regulatory risks. There is never a good time to write out a cheque to the authorities for non-compliance, but the impact can have a bigger impact on a business during a downturn. Similarly, a damaged reputation never puts a business in the best possible commercial position, even less so in a downturn. What do you do to protect your business against these risks inherent in exporting? We pride ourselves on providing training to exceptional standards and continually check our materials to ensure our clients have information on the latest legislation and its commercial implications. Because we are commercially aware, we understand that you will want to derive value from your training budget. HOW WOULD YOU VALUE HAVING WELL TRAINED MOTIVATED PERSONNEL? WHAT DIFFERENCE WOULD THIS MAKE TO YOUR BUSINESS? All our courses are available as in-house courses. Fees for in-house courses are tailored according to your specific individual training needs. If you currently pay a membership fee to belong to an organisation and obtain training at a discount to their headline fee level, you will still find that we are extremely competitive. We do not charge membership fees. We have many many satisfied clients and you are free to contact us if you have not used us before. If you wish, we will arrange for you to discuss your needs with one of our professionally qualified, experienced trainers. You will also have that same trainer for your training course and so you can be confident that what was agreed is delivered for the benefit of your people and for your business. __________________________________ AEO (AUTHORISED ECONOMIC OPERATOR) Many businesses are authorised now or are preparing their applications. Are you ready? Don't miss out on understanding how this important development can change the way you operate. We run an open half day seminar covering ... * Understand why AEO is happening * A look at the application forms and guidelines * What it means to your business * Understand what you have to do Contact us direct by email link (on the left) or call us on 02392 354 421. We will also come to you if that's more convenient. __________________________________________________________________ TRAINING, ADVICE, CONSULTANCY In addition to our training courses, did you know we also provide advice and consultancy on customs and international trade? This helps you deal with specific business issues. For example do you have problems/questions to do with: Letters of Credit? Export Controls? Customs Documents? Customs Procedures? Customs Valuation? Classification? CPCs? Customs Duty Reliefs? Incoterms? Intrastat? AEO? Contact us and if training is not the answer we will provide advice on a consultancy basis to help you with your business issues. Call or email NOW! ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ JUST NOT SURE WHAT HELP YOU NEED? Need help? Instead of worrying, imagine how much better you'll feel when you've talked it through. It's easy .... just contact us for a discussion including individual training and support. You can get help by the hour - "one-on-one" training - or help to move forward with a particular issue. Use the email link in the left hand side bar to contact us today We have been here for over 25 years to help you with your import, export, customs and international trade training needs. Despite the economic climate, we hope we can help make your business even more successful through 2009. You'll find we provide IMPORT, CUSTOMS and TRADE FINANCE TRAINING & ADVICE for your business, as well as EXPORT TRAINING ........... more than 25 years experience helping businesses like yours succeed in international trade ....... ___________________________________________________________________ DON'T MISS THE LATEST INFORMATION..... We hope that you have found this brief information informative and useful and would be delighted to hear from you regarding the information contained on our home page. 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