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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is urging its members to take part in a short survey about the scale of potential Customs training needed for Brexit. A big concern of the HMRC’s Customs EU Exit Policy Team is the lack of Customs entry procedure knowledge should there be a need to complete formal declarations post-Brexit. The results from the survey – which only has six questions – will enable ...
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The British International Freight Association has extended the deadline for entry to its annual Freight Service Awards to 2 October.
Director general Robert Keen, said: "We brought the deadline forward this year, but September has been an extremely busy post-holiday period for many of our members, which has limited the time ...
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The new edition of the British International Freight Association's (BIFA) Standard Trading Conditions (STC), last revised in 2005, will be launched on 1 October.
The revised edition has been produced following an extensive review of the existing STC by the BIFA Legal and Insurance Policy Group, taking advice from specialist solicitors.
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BIFA has appointed Graeme Wilkinson to its training team. He joins from Pantos Logistics and prior to this, he worked for CH Robinson, MIQ Logistics and Emery Worldwide.
BIFA training development manager, Carl Hobbis, said: “With Brexit and the development of a relevant freight forwarding apprenticeship in the pipeline, we expect ...
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The entry deadline for the British International Freight Association’s annual Freight Service Awards competition is fast approaching on 25 September.
Now in their 29th year, BIFA’s Freight Service Awards are open to all members of the trade association, which represents UK companies engaged in the international movement of freight forwarding and ...
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Mark Bromley (left) has succeeded Fred Osborn as the elected national chairman of BIFA – the British International Freight Association – for a two-year period.
He has been associated with BIFA for many years, working for BIFA member Allways International Freight Forwarding and was previously chairman of BIFA’s Surface Policy Group.
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The British International Freight Association has welcomed the news that an electronic back up system that would prevent a catastrophe in the event of a failure by HMRC’s CHIEF computer.
BIFA director general, Robert Keen said: “Although the back-up system has been in existence for about a year, it is good ...
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Following the delayed Queen’s Speech on 21 May, Robert Keen said it was no surprise that it was dominated by bills related to Brexit, nor that many of the items in the Conservative election manifesto did not make an appearance.
However, he added: “But it is very disappointing that the Conservatives’ ...
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The British International Freight Association - www.bifa.org hopes to cook up a storm at next year’s Freight Service Awards, where the celebrity host will be sauce-maker and musician Levi Roots of Reggae Reggae sauce fame.
Viewers of the Dragon’s Den TV programme will recall that Levi Roots convinced Peter Jones and ...
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With Brexit negotiations about to enter full flow, the British International Freight Association is looking to beef-up its training services by appointing an additional trainer in customs and freight procedures.
BIFA director general Robert Keen says customs procedures will be at the heart of the Brexit negotiations and BIFA is expecting ...
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