Forwarding, Freight News, Logistics

BIFA signs deal to recruit Solent’s future freight experts

[ February 21, 2024   //   Chris Lewis ]

The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has set up a collaboration programme with South Hampshire College Group (SHCG) to help develop and deliver courses that make students attractive candidates for the logistics sector.
It extends a campaign that BIFA started in 2021 to encourage its members to work with schools and colleges to promote careers in logistics, forwarding and supply chain management.
BIFA and SHCG will work together to engage with the extensive community of BIFA members in the Solent region, which includes Portsmouth and Southampton ports.

A key objective will be to inform and update BIFA members about the skills courses that SHCG runs that are relevant to the logistics sector; whilst enabling them to provide input into those courses to ensure students have the essential foundation knowledge they need for a career in the industry.
An initial meeting takes place at SHCG’s Eastleigh College on 29 February to share further information with an open discussion on how best to work together to achieve the objectives.
BIFA member services director, Carl Hobbis, said: “Brexit, the Covid pandemic, and now the crisis in the Red Sea, have put global supply chains in the news more than ever, so what a great time to encourage someone to consider a career in the international freight sector that manages those supply chains.”
SHCG executive director of business and partnerships, Anoushka Ottley, added: “We’re excited to be working in partnership with BIFA to help raise greater awareness of the many career opportunities within the logistics sector and to further develop our high-quality training to meet the current and future skills requirements across the Solent region.”