Brightfinch aims to deliver a refreshing consultancy and training approach to businesses looking for assistance with customs authorisations, compliance and training.
Our qualified and experienced team are positioned across the UK & Ireland to provide on site or remote support to businesses.
We offer an initial free telephone consultation to ensure we are in a position to assist your business.
Holly is the Director at Brightfinch Limited, which she established in 2018 following a successful career in international trade and compliance.
With twenty years experience, Holly has extensive knowledge of UK and EU customs procedures.
Specific areas of speciality include authorised economic operator (AEO), temporary storage (ETSF), customs warehousing, excise authorisations and guarantees. Holly has been managing projects in these areas for over five years.
Holly works with the Institute of Export & International Trade as a Trainer and Tutor, and is an ICC Registered Trainer of Incoterms 2020.
Industry Qualifications & Certificates:
Holly Tonge
Claire works as an International Trade Advisor at Brightfinch, and supports Holly in all areas of the business.
With a background in the banking industry, Claire also has over ten years experience in customs consultancy and application management. Specific areas of expertise include AEO, customs warehousing, temporary storage and inward processing.
In addition Claire oversees the training content and delivery conducted by Brightfinch, both online and on site. Training areas include importing, exporting, transit, special procedures, customs entry completion and CDS.
Claire also completes customs reviews for clients, customs audits and MSS analysis, alongside bespoke research projects.
Industry Qualifications & Certificates:
Claire Dalton
Laura has over five years experience in international trade from a background working with exporters and for the Chambers of Commerce.
At Brightfinch Laura manages deferment and customs comprehensive guarantee applications, inward and outward processing and documentation projects. Laura also heads up origin and preference consultancy and binding origin applications due to extensive experience working in this area.
Laura is fluent in French having completed a degree in French and Hispanic studies, and through working overseas with the British Council in Guadeloupe, Chile and France.
Laura Patterson
Zach has a background in CDS customs declarations, sanitary and phytosanitary controls and temporary storage facility management.
At Brightfinch, Zach is the first point of contact on our Helpdesk service and works closely with clients operating special procedures, in particular inward and outward processing and customs warehousing to ensure their declarations, supporting records and bills of discharge are in compliance with their authorisations.
Zach Turner
Cory is a Geography graduate and has joined as a Trainee International Trade Administrator.
Cory assists clients with CDS and compliance related queries, excise warehouse reporting and is supporting the team in all areas of the business in addition to studying for a customs and freight forwarding qualification.
Cory Kinsella
Sue’s role is to keep the cogs of Brightfinch moving by supporting the team in all areas of business support from finance to HR.
Sue has a background in business administration and management, having previously worked in the Transport & Shipping industry, before moving onto Recruitment for 10 years. Later moving on to work for a Customs Compliance Consultancy, where she originally first met Holly.
Sue Jerstice
We work with a lot of new businesses, assisting in the setup of authorisations you need before you can start operating.
We offer a 25% discount off our rates for the first 12 months to help you during this time.
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