Member engagement
The Glasgow meeting
The Aberdeen meeting
North of the border
importer’s knowledge on Customs declarations and how to avoid falling foul of issues during Customs audits. Next meeting Meetings are held twice a year in Scotland and new attendees are always welcome. If you are based in Scotland, please check that your member preferences are up to date and look out for correspondence announcing the next meeting dates. It would be great to meet you. To update your member preferences, log-in to the BIFA website at https://portal.bifa.org/
M id-September saw the latest BIFA regional Chris Curtin, regional representative in Scotland. BIFA director general Steve Parker reports that the membership north of the border is engaging and supportive. Meetings were held at the Trades Hall in Glasgow and the Maritime Museum in Aberdeen. Attendees heard updates relating to all of the member meetings held by
issues of the day, on topics from Customs, to EES and the development planned at Heathrow Airport. There was the opportunity for two-way discussion and Chris and Steve received some great feedback. As well as the BIFA updates, guest speaker Zach Turner from Customs and international trade consultancy Brightfinch spoke to Members at both meetings about the care needed when using
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Region Anglia
Date
Venue
Tue 1 Oct
Felixstowe Mega Distribution Centre, Felixstowe Weightmans Solicitors, 100 Old Hall Street, Liverpool
Liverpool
Tue 1 Oct
Manchester London East
Wed 2 Oct Thu 3 Oct Thu 3 Oct Tue 8 Oct Wed 9 Oct Tue 15 Oct Tue 15 Oct Thu 17 Oct
The Nest, Claverton Road, Manchester
Holiday Inn, Basildon
BIFA utilises a network of Regional Representatives around the UK to act as a conduit for the dissemination of information and to seek local Member views on topics of interest. Forthcoming meetings are listed here. All BIFA Members are encouraged to attend their regional meetings, however pre-booking is essential. If there is no event listed in your region see www.bifa.org/events for future dates or contact your local Regional Representative: London West, the South & the South
Heathrow
Kempton Park Racecourse, Sunbury
Kent & East Sussex
Dover Marina Hotel Transvalair, Crawley
Gatwick
Midlands (North) Northern Ireland Midlands (South)
Leonardo Hotel, East Midlands Airport
Misson to Seafarers, Belfast
Holiday Inn, Coventry
Scotland and the Borders – Chris Curtin c.curtin@bifa.org Northern England and the Midlands – Andrew Melton a.melton@bifa.org Anglia, London East & South East - Paul Newman paul@pnauk.com
Northern Ireland – Shauneen McConville shauneenm@tr- logistics.com BIFA Young Forwarders’ Network FREE networking and information events for younger team members, see www.bifa.org/events
West – Paul Cunningham p.cunningham@bifa.org
Reporting Freight Related Crime to Border Force – Operations Pegasus and Pandora Please note that there are different numbers for air and ocean. Border Force has confirmed that all reports will be treated in the strictest confidence. Air Contact Numbers Tel: 0203 196 2456 (0700-2000) Tel: 0203 014 5604 (24-hours) Crimestoppers: 0800 555111 or 101 quoting reference Pegasus Ocean Contact Numbers Tel: 01394 303 116 (Office hours) Tel: 07920 587808 (24-hours) Quoting the reference Pandora.
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