Holly Piggott

Holly Piggott is director of Alinea Customs – a UK customs brokerage. Alinea Customs provide import and export clearance at ports across the UK, and have in-house legal expertise, providing consultancy support across all areas of customs and border-related activities.

Holly Piggott is currently studying an LLM in International Corporate and Commercial Law at King’s College, and completing a certificate in Financial Modelling and Valuation Analysis. She has a distinction grade diploma in Advanced Customs Compliance, and a management degree, in addition to 14 years of business management experience. 

She assists clients in handling customs transactions, advising on areas such as management of international trade, tariff classification, customs valuation, product-specific rules of origin, quotas, temporary admission, licensing and permits, sanitary and phytosanitary controls, fluorinated gas, and accessing the benefits of trade agreements.

The Single Trade Window

A look through the (Single Trade) Window: UK customs perspective

The Single Trade Window (STW) is a technology concept proposed within the 2025 UK Border Strategy, published by the Cabinet Office in 2020. It builds upon the recommendation and guidelines proposed by the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT).

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PODCAST Incoterms customs, case studies, and industry challenges

PODCAST | Incoterms: customs, case studies, and industry challenges

With so many of our daily goods coming from abroad, Incoterms play a much more significant role in our lives than most of us realise. To help clarify the subject, Trade Finance Global (TFG) spoke with Holly Jade O’Leary, co-founder and director of Alinea Customs.

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How to use Incoterms® proficiently

How to use Incoterms® proficiently: risk, responsibility, and transfer operations

Business-to-business (B2B) transport and delivery practices are governed by Incoterms®, published by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). A typical contract for export/import is based on the Incoterms® rules and the contracts that surround it. 

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The most misunderstood Incoterms® in relation to terminal charges

The most misunderstood Incoterms® in relation to terminal charges

Incoterms® are the international terms which determine business-to-business practice in the transport and delivery of goods published by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). They set out the important fundamentals of the Incoterms® rules, and the contracts surrounding a typical contract of sale for export/import.

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