BIFA Awards
Rules and Guidelines There are a few basic rules that entrants need to abide by. The most important are: • The company must be a BIFA (full or probationary) trading member. • Your submission should detail a relevant service or project that has taken place within the preceding 12-month period (October 2025-October 2026). • Entries will be assessed on the following criteria: innovative ideas, service enhancements offered, benefits for the customer, benefits for the company. • Entries will only be accepted on the official entry form. • Do not include any accompanying documents at this time. • A company may enter a maximum of three categories in each competition year. Each entry must be unique and category specific. Young Freight Forwarder and Apprentice of the Year entries are excluded from this total. • The deadline for receipt of entries is: 11am on Wednesday 7 October 2026. See Rules and Guidelines for entry for the full details and those applying to the Apprentice of the Year and Young Freight Forwarder of the Year Awards.
If you have ever thought about entering an awards competition but wondered whether it is worth all the effort, perhaps these comments made by past winners of the BIFA Freight Service Awards will convince you It’s not just the winning
L aunching each year in the summer, the BIFA Freight Service Awards competition is now in its 38th year and continues to attract entries from across the BIFA membership. Companies large, medium and
small, start-ups and those trading for decades all have great stories to tell and are now invited to submit their entries to the 2026 competition. In this article we’ll look at the rules of the competition and the how and why you should enter.
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 Support your local Member group
Region
Date
Venue
Avonmouth
10 Sept 10 Sept
Venue TBC Venue TBC Venue TBC
Glasgow Gatwick Heathrow
TBC
17 Sept 29 Sept 29 Sept 29 Sept 30 Sept
Kempton Park Racecourse, Sunbury
Anglia
Trimley Sports & Social Club
Liverpool Aberdeen Manchester
Venue TBC
Crowne Plaza, Aberdeen Airport
Venue TBC
West – Paul Cunningham p.cunningham@bifa.org Scotland and the Borders – Jack Rice j.rice@bifa.org Northern England – Andrew Melton a.melton@bifa.org The Midlands – Steve Murray s.murray@bifa.org Anglia and London East - Paul Newman paul@pnauk.com
Kent & East Sussex - Richard Catt RCatt@als-cs.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
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