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BIFA said it had “mixed feelings” about the Brexit White Paper, published on 13 July.
Director general Robert Keen said it “ addresses some of the issues that BIFA has highlighted over the past two years, including retaining something as close to the Single Market and Customs Union as is possible, with positive ideas on future Customs matters and international trading arrangements.
“But we have to remember that nothing in the White ...
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The remaining seminars on the new CDS computer system organised by HMRC, software firm ASM and BIFA are oversubscribed but more are planned in Heathrow, Southampton and Felixstowe
Hundreds of logistics businesses have been attending the roadshow to get up to speed on the new Customs Declaration Service coming into force ...
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BIFA has warned that freight forwarders that suffered operational problems and incurred additional costs as a result of the disruption at the port of Felixstowe due to problems with a new IT system were unlikely to receive any compensation from the port’s owners.
Director general Robert Keen said: “Having had a ...
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BIFA director-general Robert Keen has sounded a note of caution over the recent vote by MPs in favour of a third Heathrow runway. He said: “Whilst BIFA welcomes the positive news from Parliament…the obstacles that the project still faces leave me with a certain sense of foreboding whether the spades ...
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Speaking ahead of 25 June’s parliamentary vote on the National Policy Statement for Heathrow expansion, BIFA director general Robert Keen said he hoped it would “see the end of years of procrastination over the expansion of UK aviation capacity, with the UK Parliament voting in favour of a new runway ...
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HMRC’s 1980s-vintage Chief computer system has served the trade well in the quarter century since it was introduced in 1994, but now is the time to move on, BIFA policy and compliance advisor Pawel Jarza told a seminar on its replacement, CDS (Customs Declaration Service). The Union Customs Code (UCC), ...
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The Cabinet has approved plans for a third runway at Heathrow, paving the way for a vote by MPs on the controversial issue. However, a positive outcome can by no means be relied on.
Many MPs, along with one Cabinet Member, foreign secretary Boris Johnson, are vehemently opposed to the scheme, ...
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BIFA has repeated its call it has made previously for an end to shipping surcharges imposed by shipping lines.
It follows recent announcements by container shipping companies almost in unison that they would be levying “emergency” bunker surcharges in response to rising fuel costs.
“Forwarders do not like shipping line surcharges of ...
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BIFA has welcomed the launch on 26 April of the UK Parliamentary Transport Committee inquiry into the effects of Brexit on UK freight operations and the association’s director general, Robert Keen, is urging its members to get involved.
The inquiry will not be considering border and customs arrangements, trade deals or ...
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The International Freight Forwarding Specialist apprenticeship is now available for delivery following the Institute for Apprenticeships (IfA)’s final approval. BIFA welcomed the news, saying that it would help boost recruitment to the industry.
Over the past 18 months, BIFA has been supporting a trailblazer group of employers from the sector to ...
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