BIFA Awards
Last month they were each invited to an interview with the relevant judging panels where their personalities and enthusiasm for the industry shone through. The judges have now made their final decision and look forward to welcoming each of the finalists to the BIFA Awards luncheon ceremony on 18 January 2024 where the overall winners will be announced. The Ceremony The BIFA Freight Service Awards 2023 ceremony will take place at The Brewery in central London next month where sponsors, guests and BIFA Members will come together to celebrate the best in the industry across the 11 award categories. The afternoon will be hosted by queen of the pit lane Suzi Perry, who will hand out the awards alongside the sponsor representatives. The category sponsors are: • Albacore Systems • American Airlines Cargo • Boxtop Technologies • Descartes • IAG Cargo • Macbeth Insurance Brokers • Port Express • Thyme IT • TT Club
BIFA Awards – individual fi nalist shortlist unveiled The number and quality of submissions to the individual categories continues to improve year-on-year Young Freight Forwarder of the Year 2022 Thomas Frost (centre), of GEODIS Freight Forwarding UK, with event host Kevin Keegan and Joe Ellis of sponsor Virgin Atlantic Cargo
F or the fi rst time in the history of the BIFA Freight Service Awards, the announcement of the individual fi nalists was delayed in order to allow the review panel plenty of time to read and absorb the wonderful entries received in both the Apprentice of the Year and the Young Freight Forwarder of the Year Award categories. The number and quality of submissions to these categories improves year-on-year, making the task of selecting six finalists for each award ever more challenging. Late in October, and after much discussion, the following individuals were named:
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Apprentice of the Year Award (sponsored by Menzies LLP) • Cameron Smith – Ligentia UK • Jacob Swift – Avocet Clearance • Kieran Elkin – Dachser • Leanne Read – Neon Freight • Richard Smith – Zeigler Group • Samuel Barrett – Charles Kendall Freight Young Freight Forwarder of the Year Award (sponsored by Virgin Atlantic Cargo) • Amelia Mulhern – Kuehne + Nagel • Chris Carter – Peterson (UK) • Emily Howard – Westbound Logistics Services • Georgia Gibson – cargo-partner • Michael Shiels – DHL Global Forwarding • Nikki Hall – Edge Worldwide Logistics
Ceremony sponsors BIFA is grateful to the following companies for their generous support for the event as ceremony sponsors:
“ The task of selecting six fi nalists for each award becomes ever more challenging
10 | December 2023
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