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The freight forwarder will survive online retailers launching their own brokerage services because of “the vastly challenging and circuitous landscape” that the industry operates in, BIFA predicts.
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has reacted to current speculation that Amazon and Uber may be about to launch their own global freight brokerage businesses.
The trade association for UK freight forwarders noted that while Amazon is yet to confirm its plans, Uber has ...
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The World Trade Organisation’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) came into force on 22 February after it was ratified by two-thirds of its members. Rwanda, Oman, Chad and Jordan submitted their acceptance, bringing the total number of ratifications over the required two thirds threshold of 110.
The agreement aims to speed up ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has approved the promotion of Robert Windsor and Spencer Stevenson to directors.
Windsor (bottom), who joined the BIFA secretariat in June 2009 will continue to lead the trade association’s representational work with government and many other organisations that BIFA seeks to influence on behalf of ...
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Don’t rush into paying over the odds for advice on Brexit, BIFA is warning its members. Director general, Robert Keen says: “There has been a huge volume of announcements and press coverage on the likely impact on the UK’s international trade and the issue has certainly been a shot in ...
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BIFA has appointed Rachel Morley to its board, replacing Carson McMullan who has stepped down. She is general manager for operations at East Midlands based Spatial Global. Carson McMullan has been appointed a consultant representing BIFA in Northern Ireland.
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is calling on calls on the freight community to back a specific Apprenticeship Standard for an International Freight Forwarding Operative.
An employer group has recently submitted an Expression of Interest (EOI) – but before the Department for Education makes its final decision and as part ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) revealed the winners of its Freight Service Awards competition 2016 at its annual luncheon in London on 19 January, hosted by former swimmer and now TV presenter, Sharron Davies.
The winners of the nine General, Modal and Specialist categories were Delamode, DSV Road, Greenshields Cowie, ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA has been forced to repeat the call it made earlier this year for an end to shipping line surcharges.
Director general Robert Keen said that extra charges imposed by lines were mushrooming, with equipment imbalance surcharges from 1 November on the eastbound Europe/Asia trades, another ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has published the list of finalists for next January’s Freight Service Awards.
BIFA director general, Robert Keen, commented: “We were pleased by the response once again this year. The awards encourage entries from small, medium and large companies, with the
goal of identifying the highest standards ...
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As widely expected, the government came down in favour of a third runway for London Heathrow Airport as its preferred route to airport expansion in south-east England on 25 October. The scheme will now be submitted as a draft ‘National policy statement’ for consultation.
However, the scheme still faces a number ...
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