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The British International Freight Association's (BIFA) has updated its Standard Trading Conditions (STC), replacing the version revised in 2021. The new STCs reflect ongoing changes in the UK’s trading procedures, with growth in customs-related activities while increased turbulence in global trade has increased the risks BIFA members face in enacting their business.
The text of the 2025 edition has also been vigorously scrutinised against the Unfair Contracts Act 1977 to ensure ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has appointed Jack Rice as its new regional representative for Scotland. He brings over 15 years of experience in the freight forwarding and customs brokerage industry, and is currently director of Caledonian Freight.
A long-time participant in BIFA’s regional activities, Rice took on a more ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has named Chris Packwood as member engagement advisor with a remit to support corporate members. He brings over three decades of experience in the freight forwarding and logistics industry as former managing director of Geodis UK.
In the newly created advisory capacity, he will work ...
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With funding for HMRC’s Customs Declaration Service (CDS) confirmed for two years, freight forwarders can look forward to a number of improvements and updates to the service, says BIFA policy and compliance adviser, Igor Popovics.
He told an episode of BIFAlink TV on 18 July that one of the first fruits ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has added new modules to its Bitesize eLearning programme launched earlier this year. They supplement the existing CDS Compliance course and encompass a variety of Customs regimes including Returns Goods Relief, Temporary Admission, and Inward Processing for imports; as well as Outward Processing, Export ...
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New US fees on Chinese vessels could eventually increase the cost of importing goods into the US by as much as $250 per container if proposals by President Trump are implemented in full, says BIFA senior policy advisor, Robert Windsor.
He told an episode of BIFALink TV on 12 June that, ...
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BIFA has signed a memorandum of understanding with its equivalent in Ethiopia, EFFSAA to develop the forwarding industry in the country, following an approach by the Foreign Office Development Aid Group. Operators there face numerous challenges, not least the lack of a seaport, although Ethiopian Airlines is one of the ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has promoted Pawel Jarza (pictured, right) to policy, compliance and external affairs director.
With 20 years’ of experience in the industry, he has worked for the association as frontier policy manager, and more recently as policy and compliance adviser, air.
In his expanded role, he becomes ...
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The British International Freight Association’s (BIFA) National Conference will take place on 14-15 May, the first time in nearly two decades that it has brought its entire membership community across the UK.
This two-day conference will address the pressing issues facing the logistics sector, and offer opportunities to network with industry ...
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British International Freight Association (BIFA) director general Steve Parker called on insurers to simplify processes to place and claim on cargo insurance.
At the Cargo Insurance London conference in London on 20 March, Parker said that a large amount of freight moves globally without insurance and that the association was regularly ...
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