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masterclass for the employers. Cameron Smith, chair of the Northwest YFN, said: “It was an enjoyable presentation and it was great to see so many new faces at the event.” London East A couple of weeks later in the London East region, combating organised crime was the topic when big YFN supporter Operation Pandora addressed an enthusiastic group of YFN members. Operation Pandora is a multi- agency team from HMRC, Border Force and the National Crime Agency. Their representatives delivered a fascinating talk about how they are working with industry to identify suspicious activity and what to look out for when processing shipments. Rachel Townsley, London East committee member, said: “It was a great turn out for the first regional event of the year and a really interesting presentation, a real eye opener.” Anglia The third event in Q1 took place early in March in Felixstowe when the guest speaker was Chrissy Nichols, co-founder and director of Atlantic Pacific Global Logistics. In addition to her work in forwarding, Chrissy is a passionate supporter of the arts, Billericay Town Women’s and Girl’s Football Club and the Lady McAdden Breast Cancer Trust. BIFA host Liz Sumner said: “It was great to have Chrissy as our guest speaker. Not only was it National Careers Week, but with International Women’s Day also taking place the same week, Chrissy’s passion for the industry was evident, which made for a fabulous event.” Future YFN development We welcome your feedback and input, whether you are an employer or young person. Please visit the YFN survey to contribute to its future development by scanning the QR code here. Keep your eyes open for YFN
Members of the Operation Pandora team with YFN London East committee members
The start of February saw the Young Forwarder Network (YFN) kick-off face-to-face events for 2024 in the football hotbed of Manchester YFN kicks-off New Year with hat-trick of events
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both young people and employers. Carl Hobbis, BIFA Members Services Director, who set-up the YFN in 2019, gave a talk entitled ‘10 things I learnt from my bosses’, then followed it up with an apprenticeship recruitment
oinciding with national apprenticeship week, the Manchester event –
attended by over 30 guests – consisted of two elements aimed at
An icebreaker session at the Anglia YFN
“ It was a great turn out for the fi rst regional event of the year and a really interesting presentation, a real eye
opener. – Rachel Townsley, London East YFN
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