The Freight Forwarders village will provide a networking marketplace where visitors to the show can learn more about the workings of the trade association; and the benefits of being a member. Those looking for service providers will be able to discuss their day-to-day freight forwarding requirements with actual BIFA members that have decided to take a presence in the marketplace.
It will include BIFA’s exhibition stand, and bespoke Logistics Services Provider Pods (Logpods) from which BIFA members can promote their products and services to the significant number of shippers, cargo owners and other visitors that Multimodal attracts.
Meet the BIFA team at Multimodal 2021 (Register to attend)
The trade association that represents the UK freight forwarding and logistics business will also be using the event to demonstrate its ever-increasing portfolio of training services. This will include promotion of a recently launched online training course to help members to use the UK’s new Customs Declaration Service (CDS).
HM Revenue and Customs’ CDS will replace CHIEF in a phased transition ending in April 2023, and BIFA’s new CDS – eLearning course provides hands on tuition, practical exercises, and a technical resource, finishing with an assessment.
It is designed for those completing Customs declarations and BIFA plans to showcase the course at its stand and will demonstrate the 10 main differences between CHIEF & CDS.
The trade association will also have a prominent role in the seminar programme, with senior management involved in sessions that focus on the current state of the logistics marketplace, as well as what is next for international trade.
Day 3 will see BIFA take the lead role in a programme that focuses on attracting young talent to the sector; with an examination of apprenticeships that are available; the trade association’s recently launched schools engagement programme, as well as the work being done by BIFA’s Young Forwarder Network.
Robert Keen, BIFA director general adds: “Multimodal has become one of the most popular and successful exhibitions in the logistics and supply chain sector’s calendar and BIFA has been investigating how we can help our members and associate members to use the show to promote the extensive range of services that they provide.
“Being part of the new BIFA Freight Forwarders Village will give members and associate members that may have been reluctant to commit to the event in the past a very cost-effective means of testing the water to see if Multimodal can deliver the business results that they are looking for.
“Whilst the international freight industry is devising methods of coping with the changing logistics demands of the global village often at a distance, the BIFA Freight Forwarders Village will give participants the opportunity for close range networking with existing and potential customers in a more personal environment.”
