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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.
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Application management: not a dashboard
Our design team have just started looking at another strand of the new licensing service. For the last few months we’ve been colloquially calling this a ‘dashboard’, but the idea of a simple page of buttons and levers doesn’t do …
Looking for volunteers for our private beta
We’re expanding our private beta. We’ve been testing our new licence-checking service with a small group of exporters for the last couple of months, but it’s now time to widen the net. We’re looking for volunteers to run through what …
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 …
Exporting software and technical information
When they think about exporting, many people believe it only refers to selling physical goods to people or companies in other countries. They often don’t realise that software and technical information may also be subject to export controls, even if …
Digitising the end-user undertaking
One of an exporter’s more onerous tasks is the completion of an end-user undertaking. These are commonplace across the export control community and usually come in the form of paper documents that an exporter has to get their customers to …
Semi-retiring the prototype
Followers of this blog might be wondering what’s been going on with our prototype. Our faithful friend has been with us since the distant days of our discovery phase. We’ve pushed out three or four major iterations of this prototype and …
Licences aren't just for businesses
Import and export licences aren’t just for businesses - private individuals need licences too, for a variety of reasons. Sports teams, amateur hunters, historic military vehicle owners, nature watchers (with night vision goggles) and many more need export licences to …
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, …
Help us with our search survey
During development of the replacement for the SPIRE import/export licensing system, we might have mentioned once or twice that we need your help.
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