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BIFA has welcomed the one-off £8 million funding scheme for customs intermediaries and traders, details of which were announced recently.
Director general Robert Keen, said: “During our meetings with both HM Treasury and HMRC, BIFA highlighted the concerns of our members regarding the capability of the Customs brokerage sector to increase capacity, at a time when that sector already faces a shortage of staff of suitable quality.
“We emphasised that it ...
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BIFA said that whilst it welcomes some of the announcements in the Budget on 29 October, it was all overshadowed by the ongoing uncertainty over the UK’s exit from the EU.
Director general Robert Keen commented: “Whilst the investment in road infrastructure might make a difference to our members, we should ...
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A total of 26 freight forwarders have made it to BIFA's freight service awards shortlist.
Air Cargo Services award – sponsored by IAG Cargo - Bermuda Forwarders (UK); Dimerco Express Group; Ligentia; Metro Shipping
Cool award – sponsored by American Airlines Cargo - Bermuda Forwarders (UK); DB Schenker; Kuehne + Nagel; Morgan ...
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BIFA has complained that it has been kept in the dark over Government plans for Customs, saying that it only learned about plans to invest £8 million in customs training and automation from a report in The Times newspaper.
Director general Robert Keen said that in light of the significance of ...
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Three finalists for BIFA’s 2018 Young Freight Forwarders of the Year award were recently treated to a familiarisation day at Virgin Atlantic Cargo which has sponsored the competition since 2011. Award winner, Louis Perring, a director of Hemisphere Freight Services, was joined by fellow finalists Katie Brown, air freight manager ...
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BIFA is to add a new Apprentice of the Year in Logistics category to its annual Freight Service Awards.
The winner of the new award - sponsored by Outsource Training and Development - will be the apprentice – or new recruit undergoing similar training with a member company – who has ...
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BIFA has described the container shipping industry's recent imposition of a 'sulphur surcharge' as unjustified and blatant profiteering.
It follows an announcement by Danish giant AP Moller Maersk of a new bunker adjustment factor (BAF) surcharge from 1 January 2019, a full year ahead of the global sulphur cap on marine ...
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BIFA has appointed Claire Capaccioli as trainer – freight and customs procedures. She started her career in 1991 at Kintetsu World Express and then spent 20 years at Yusen Logistics. The trade association is anticipating a significant increase in the training requirements of its members.
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Descartes says that it the first successful declarations submitted via HMRC’s new CDS system had been carried out using its e-Customs system, on 3 September.
Descartes says it has been working closely with HMRC to prepare their first trader for making the first declaration using the Chief replacement and was now ...
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The Government published a series of technical notices’ advising what steps would be taken in the event of a so-called ‘No deal’ Brexit next March – apparently a move to reassure business that it had matters in hand, though having the opposite effect on many people.
The papers, which covered a ...
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