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BIFA welcomes opportunity to consult on frontier issues
Tue. 22 Mar 2022
Midway through a 12-week government consultation, inviting comments on the Customs intermediary sector, the Simplified Customs Declaration Process (SCDP) and Transit facilitation, the British International Freight Association (BIFA) is encouraging its members to provide its views.
BIFA reintroduces face-to-face training programme; and boosts training delivery team
Mon. 7 Mar 2022
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has confirmed that some of its extensive portfolio of training courses will return to being conducted in person, as it strengthens the team of people that deliver that training.
Freight Association Shows Support For National Careers Week 2022
Thu. 3 Mar 2022
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is supporting the forthcoming National Careers Week 2022 with a series of events aimed at demonstrating its commitment to promoting careers in logistics.
UK freight association seeks members’ views on container shipping market
Thu. 3 Mar 2022
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is surveying its entire membership to ascertain their views on the current practices undertaken by container shipping lines, as well as their opinions on the easements and exemptions provided to those lines under competition law.
UK freight association welcomes review into container shipping market
Mon. 21 Feb 2022
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) welcomes the news that five competition authorities have created a working group that will meet regularly to develop and share intelligence to review suspected anti-competitive behaviour and collusion, using existing international cooperation tools.
Young Forwarder Network Event - Thursday 10th February
Mon. 14 Feb 2022
Our latest event took place on Thursday 10th February with our special guest Lexi Laybourn from DP World
BIFA Shows Support For National Apprenticeship Week
Mon. 31 Jan 2022
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is supporting the forthcoming National Apprenticeship Week with a series of events aimed at demonstrating its commitment to the International Freight Forwarding Specialist apprenticeship, which it sees as an ideal entry point for a career in the logistics industry.
Matt Dawson MBE reveals winners of BIFA Freight Service awards 2021
Fri. 21 Jan 2022
Matt Dawson MBE, this year’s host of the British International Freight Association’s 2021 Freight Service Awards, said that all the winners demonstrated a clear understanding of overcoming last minute challenges to achieve success, which reminded him of his own final mile, or last minute, delivery to Jonny Wilkinson in 2003, who then scored a drop goal that enabled England to win the Rugby World Cup.