Member Engagement
Meeting Members and making connections
Since 2008, the logistics and supply chain community has gathered at the NEC Birmingham for the annual Multimodal Exhibition. Once again BIFA had a presence at the heart of the BIFA Forwarders Village
P ersonnel representing all strands of BIFA activity were present at Multimodal across the three-day event in June. Steve Parker, director general, was present throughout and enjoyed many meaningful discussions with BIFA Members, other trade associations, businesses and industry stakeholders. Steve commented: “Multimodal continues to grow and provide a fantastic opportunity to meet with more people in one day than would normally be possible in a week! At the show, I can set off with one purpose in mind and be side- tracked by a dozen other contacts and discussions along the way. It’s a hectic three days of non-stop conversations.” BIFA TV With the imminent relaunch and rebranding of BIFAlink TV as BIFA TV, the BIFA Communications team took the opportunity to meet and interview as many BIFA Members, exhibitors and visitors to Multimodal as possible in the purpose-built studio located on the
collected PR contact details to be shared with the mainstream media who regularly approach BIFA seeking contacts for interview. Policy and compliance Members seeking advice on policy and compliance matters were able to meet with Pawel Jarza, Robert Windsor, Igor Popovics, Jamie McKean and Andy Cooke covering subjects from the airt, customs, legal and insurance, sustainable logistics and surface policy groups, and find out how to get involved in the new advisory body for Heathrow matters. BIFA training Carl Hobbis, Liz Sumner and Claire Capaccioli represented BIFA training, discussing the range of courses on offer either in the ‘classroom’ or online and extolling the virtues of apprenticeship schemes for a wide range of roles within Member companies. Carl, Liz and Claire also hosted two Young opportunity for apprentices and others to meet and network while at the event. Member engagement & events Multimodal itself provides an excellent opportunity to engage with BIFA Members and to promote the regular regional meetings hosted up and down the UK by BIFA’s regional representatives Paul Cunningham (south & south west England), Paul Newman (London East, Anglia and Kent & East Sussex), Andrew Melton (Northern Forwarder Network (YFN) gatherings, providing the
“ I attended Multimodal for the first time this year and was really impressed with the quality of the exhibitors. I managed to have some excellent conversations with Members regarding HVO fuels, the GLEC framework and BIFA’s new bitesize e- learning. Furthermore, a number of Members expressed their interest in joining the Sustainable Logistics Policy Group, where BIFA brings industry experts together to discuss sustainability matters. – Jamie McKean, Policy Advisor Sustainable Logistics BIFA stand. At the same time, Natalie Pitts and Brooke Neilson
England & the Midlands) and Shauneen McConville (Northern Ireland).
10 | July 2025
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