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BIFA director Robert Keen said he shared the frustration of National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) chairman Sir John Armitt at the lack of progress on a third runway at Heathrow and agreed that the government needs to deliver on its promise of making a decision runway by the summer.
His comments came as the NIC published its first Annual Monitoring Report on 16 February.
Keen added: “Any further delay would be irreconcilable with ...
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Levi Roots of ‘Reggae Reggae Caribbean’ sauce fame helped spice up this year’s BIFA awards, where director general Robert Keen also paid tribute to the many small and start-up firms that had entered this year’s competition.
The winners of the eight General, Modal, and Specialist categories in the Award, revealed tat the ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) says that the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee is right to have concerns over the government and HMRC’s plans for Customs procedures post-Brexit.
BIFA says that it agrees with a report by the Committee which said that more needs to be done to manage ...
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British International Freight Association (BIFA) director general Robert Keen has called on Heathrow airport to follow up a congestion-busting plan unveiled earlier this month with “action not words”.
It follows October’s launch of a new plan by non-executive director Lord Deighton to minimise congestion and emissions from freight vehicles.
This included modernisation of ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has revealed the finalists of its 29th Freight Service Awards 2017 with a late flurry of entries resulting in a near record number of entrants.
Those short-listed in the various categories are as follows:
Air Cargo Services (sponsored by IAG Cargo)
512 Sheffield Ltd
Ligentia UK ...
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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 ...
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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.
BIFA ...
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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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