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, 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.
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has written to the UK government asking it to investigate the state of competition within the current deep sea container shipping market.
In response to comments that some business are not prepared for the new rules and regulations covering cross border trade between the EU and the UK that take effect from today, BIFA says …
With 21 virtual events in 2021, the British International Freight Association’s Young Forwarder Network really has come of age.
Robert Keen, BIFA’s director general has his say on the findings from the research recently conducted by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).
Robert Keen, director general of the British International Freight Association (BIFA), has been elected secretary general of the Presidency of FIATA, and two members of the BIFA Board have been elected, or confirmed as chairs of FIATA’s institutes.
26 freight forwarding companies have been shortlisted as finalists for the nine service categories of this year’s British International Freight Association’s Freight Service Awards, with 11 individuals making the finalists shortlist in the Apprentice of the Year and Young Freight Forwarder categories.
The trade association for UK freight forwarding companies and logistics service providers says that whilst it welcomes some of the announcements in yesterday’s UK Budget, many of the issues covered reflect or are overshadowed by the ongoing uncertainty over the shape that the UK’s exit from the EU is taking.
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