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The Import and Export Licensing team has been using different channels to communicate its work, so we will no longer be updating this blog.
Agile Working
All about SIELs
One of the most used areas of SPIRE is, unsurprisingly, the SIEL application form. Finding out which licence might apply to an export isn’t much use if you can’t then get your hands on that licence. Fair to say if …
Why microservices?
Before you read any further: this will be a technology-heavy blog post. If you're not interested in the cogs whirring away inside an online platform like this one, we'll forgive you for giving this one a miss. Justin previously gave an …
What we're doing in 2017
Followers of this blog will know that the team working on the SPIRE replacement made excellent progress during 2016. And thankfully, most traders we’ve spoken to seem happy with what we’ve done so far. But of course, the service is …
Ahead into beta
After the successful conclusion of the first stage of development (the ‘alpha’ phase), our project to upgrade the SPIRE licensing service to further promote responsible international trade will move to a more in-depth period of development. During this ‘beta’ phase, …
What is the aim of discovery?
Import and Export controls within the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) enable in excess of £12 billion worth of UK trade annually.
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