Member Engagement
BIFA Members attend the Heathrow regional meeting on 12 December 2024
Round-up of December events
T he final regional Member held in London East, Gatwick, Anglia, Avonmouth, Heathrow and Manchester. Each meeting had a packed agenda with speakers covering the new Safety & Security GB Entry Summary (ENS) declarations for goods arriving from the EU by road, development of the cargo terminal events for 2024 took place in December with meetings
at London Heathrow Airport, the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) in freight forwarding, and BIFA news from the policy groups (air, Customs, legal and insurance, surface and sustainable logistics), events and training. BIFA STC Review All Members are reminded of the current review of the BIFA
Standard Trading Conditions. To add your comments to the consultation visit https://bifa.org/2024/11/01/bifa- standard-trading-condition-2024 -25-review/. The consultation closes on Friday 7 February when all suggestions will be reviewed and shared with BIFA’s solicitors and BIFA Members assisting with the redrafting of the Standard Trading Conditions.
Support your local Member group
Region
Date
Venue
Kent & East Sussex
Wed 8 Jan Tue 14 Jan Tue 21 Jan Thu 30 Jan Tue 11 Feb Wed 12 Feb
Ashford Borough Council, Civic Offices
Midlands Liverpool
Birmingham Airport Hill Dickinson Solicitors
Solent
TBC
Yorkshire Humber
Cedar Court Hotel, Bradford
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
Hampton by Hilton, Humberside Airport
Representative: London West, the South & the South West – Paul Cunningham p.cunningham@bifa.org 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
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.
BIFA Events
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