Posts by David Wilson

For mid-sized organisations expanding internationally, growth often brings a dangerous assumption: “Our broker or freight forwarder has customs compliance covered.” In reality, they don’t – and believing they do is one of the most underestimated risks in global supply chain expansion. The best practice is not to bring every compliance task in-house, nor to rely…

For many FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) businesses, supply chain pressure is a key board-level question of cash, margin, availability and customer trust. The sector is being hit from several directions at once. Energy costs remain volatile. Freight routes are exposed to geopolitical disruption. Packaging, commodities and transport costs are rising. Retailers and consumers remain…

Supply Chains today sit much closer to the centre of business risk, customer service, margin protection and growth. That shift is exactly why we founded SCP. We saw a gap between what many businesses, especially mid-sized companies working within global value chains, now need from supply chain partners and what the market typically offers. Too…

The EU is already moving decisively toward a regulatory model where sustainability, traceability and product‑level data become conditions of market participation. Three initiatives sit at the centre of this shift: the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)  and the Digital Product Passport (DPP). For UK and EU businesses, these are not isolated…

A logistics and 3PL perspective Logistics and 3PL organisations operate at the intersection of speed, compliance and customer expectation. Most customs processes appear to function well until an HMRC query, a customer audit, or a border disruption exposes where control actually sits. Continued geopolitical uncertainty and supply chain fragility can lead to customs compliance corner-cutting,…