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BIFA announces training link-up with Smart Freight Centre
In an era of increased regulation and commercial pressure from customers, the need for freight forwarders to provide sustainable logistics services has never been greater. Despite this, there remains a significant shortfall in green skills and knowledge across the sector, particularly when it comes to translating sustainability theory into practical commercial action. To help address this issue,
BIFA is pleased to announce a new training partnership with the Smart Freight Centre (SFC), a global non-profit organisation with a mission to decarbonise freight. Through its SFC Academy, the organisation provides online training focused on a wide range of sustainable logistics topics. As part of this partnership, BIFA Members can now benefit from a 20% discount on the following SFC Academy courses: 1. Introduction to the GLEC
Framework, 2. Introduction to Road Freight Electrification, 3. Introduction to Book and Claim (Market-based Measures). To access the discount, Members should use the coupon code BIFASFC2026 at checkout via the SFC Academy website: https://academy.smartfreight centre.org/coursecatalog In addition, BIFA will be working with SFC to develop bespoke sustainable logistics
training courses specifically for BIFA Members. This will complement BIFA’s own Bitesize training course, Introduction to Sustainable Logistics, which is available free of charge as part of BIFA’s membership package. The partnership with the internationally recognised SFC marks an important step in strengthening BIFA’s sustainable logistics training offering and supporting Members to remain commercially competitive in a changing environment.
Thank you, Liverpool Members!
Following the BIFA Liverpool Region Annual Dinner back in March which raised a fantastic £10,000, the funds raised have now been distributed to the chosen charities. Each charity received £5,000 last month. For the Little Lights presentation, BIFA Liverpool region chair Karol Lima of Palfreight visited Little Lights Baby Hospice (formally Liverpool Zoe’s Place) to hand the cheque to Rebecca Roberts, corporate fundraiser for Little Lights. The Little Lights Baby Hospice aims to provide expert, compassionate care to babies and children with life- limiting and life-threatening conditions, while supporting their wider families. For the Clatterbridge Cancer Charity handover, Keith Baguley, BIFA National chair, of ACL Grimaldi, made the fundraising manager of the Clatterbridge Cancer Charity at the NHS Clatterbridge Cancer Centre. With one in two people in the region affected by cancer at presentation to Helen McLoughlin, corporate
BIFA Liverpool region chair Karol Lima (right), of Palfreight, presents a cheque for £5,000 to Rebecca Roberts (left), corporate fundraiser for Little Lights
Keith Baguley (left), BIFA National chair, of ACL Grimaldi, makes the presentation to Helen McLoughlin (right), corporate fundraising manager of the Clatterbridge Cancer Charity
some point in their lives, the Clatterbridge Cancer Charity raises vital funds to go further than NHS funding can reach, investing in pioneering research, the latest medical equipment, and improvements to the spaces where patients receive their care.
8 | June 2026
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