Freight Association encourages members to consider recruiting apprentices As National Apprenticeship week comes nears its end, the British International Freight Association has repeated its call for freight forwarding and logistics…
BIFA Freight Service award winners triumph over adversity Despite a year beset by multiple operational difficulties and uncertainties, there were many outstanding entries in the BIFA Freight Service Awards 2020…
BIFA’s 2020 Freight Service Awards to be revealed virtually The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is gearing up for the first ever virtual ceremony of its well respected Freight Service…
Freight Forwarders angry with latest shipping line surcharge The British International Freight Association (BIFA), the trade association for UK freight forwarding and logistics companies, says its members are exasperated by…
21 freight forwarding companies are shortlisted for BIFA’s 2020 Freight Service Awards 21 freight forwarding companies have been shortlisted as finalists for the eight service categories of this year’s British International…
Freight association Young Forwarder Network shortlisted for award The British International Freight Association’s (BIFA) Young Forwarder Network has been named as a finalist in this year’s Talent in Logistics Awards…
Trade deal more important than ever in light of EU not offering a reciprocal six-month phased transition, says freight association In response to the news that the European Union will…
BIFA member survey regarding the leaving the EU transition period The UK entered a Transition Period at the end January 2020 which lasts until the 31st December this year, however…
Freight forwarding sector welcomes government support for key short sea trade routes In response to today’s news that the government has signed agreements with six operators to provide up to…
UK freight association offers guidance to members as they prepare for business life after lockdown A safe return to the office: UK freight association offers guidance to members as they…
Freight forwarders urge common sense and compromise as UK-EU future relationship negotiations commence Ahead of this afternoon’s first formal meeting for the negotiation of the future relationship between the UK…
BIFA welcomes deadline extension for Customs grant scheme applications The British International Freight Association (BIFA) welcomes the news that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has extended the deadline for businesses…
33 freight forwarders are shortlisted for BIFA’s freight service awards 33 freight forwarding companies have been shortlisted as finalists for the ten categories of this year’s British International Freight Association’s…
Freight forwarders say CBI’s Brexit report hits the nail on the head The trade association that represents the UK’s freight forwarding and logistics sector says that the Confederation of British…
BIFA shuffles board – new national chair and vice chair elected and new director appointed John Stubbings has succeeded Mark Bromley as the elected National Chair of BIFA – the…
Freight association welcomes HMRC decision to extend Transitional Simplified Procedures Commenting on the recent announcement by HMRC on Transitional Simplified Procedures (TSP) for Customs in the event of a…
Five youngsters who are all studying for apprenticeships at freight forwarding companies that are members of the British International Freight Association (BIFA) have been shortlisted as finalists in the new…
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, it feels that the issues…
The trade association for UK freight forwarders has expressed its surprise at the recent report in the Times newspaper that the UK Government is planning to invest £8 million in…
The British International Freight Association – www.bifa.org – is to add a new Apprentice of the Year in Logistics category to its annual Freight Service Awards competition. The new award is sponsored…
The British International Freight Association (BIFA), the trade association for UK freight forwarding and logistics companies, has described the container shipping industry’s recent imposition of a ‘sulphur surcharge’ as unjustified…
It is interesting that the UK Government has today supplied information to businesses on trading with the EU if there’s no Brexit deal. “As most of the visible trade that…
BRITISH INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT ASSOCIATION NAMES NEW BOARD MEMBER The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has announced that Susanne Oud has joined its Board of Directors, replacing Roy Baker who has…
Delegates at seminars held this week were told that whilst HMRC’s CHIEF computer system for submitting customs declarations in the UK has served the trade well in the quarter century…
UK freight association welcomes new International Freight Forwarding Specialist apprenticeship The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has welcomed the news that the Institute for Apprenticeships (IfA) has delivered the final…