Member Engagement
Members in Liverpool hear from guest speaker Colin Lavelle of Hill Dickinson LLC
A round-up of news developments at the most recent BIFA regional meetings Out and about in the regions
impact of ‘End of Voyage’ notices issued by shipping lines since the US attack on Iran, and the appropriate action BIFA Members should take if they are in receipt of same. BIFA executive director Denise Hill summarised the current Member engagement developments, including the CRM database project and upcoming national events such as the Business Leaders Forum and BIFA National Conference. Andrew concluded the meeting
Liverpool The most recent Liverpool Regional meeting was held on 24 March in the city when it was attended by 13 Members. Regional representative
Andrew Melton hosted the meeting, delivering updates from the policy groups and recent events. Guest speaker Colin Lavelle of Hill Dickinson LLC gave a very informative presentation on the
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 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 Support your local Member group
Region Anglia Solent Liverpool
Date
Venue
Tue 16 Jun Tue 16 Jun Wed 17 Jun
Trimley Sports & social Club, Felixstowe
Southampton FC
Crowne Plaza Liverpool City Centre * Meeting will include coach transfer to Peel Ports for a behind-the-scenes tour (numbers limited) Manchester Thu 18 Jun Venue TBC Heathrow Thu 18 Jun Kempton Park Racecourse, Sunbury Kent & East Sussex Tue 23 Jun Dover Marina Hotel & Spa, Dover Humber Tue 23 Jun Venue TBC Yorkshire Tue 23 Jun Venue TBC East Midlands Tue 23 Jun Radisson Blu, East Midlands Airport West Midlands Wed 24 Jun National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull London East Thu 25 Jun Holiday Inn, Basildon Northern Ireland Thu 25 Jun
Mission to Seafarers, Belfast * Meeting postponed from April
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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