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Who is joining BIFA?


New member applications are published monthly and listed on the BIFA website, www.bifa.org. You can find details of new member applications by selecting the tab MEMBERSHIP where you will see a separate page titled MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS. If you wish to bring any


information to our attention regarding any application, an e-mail should be sent to Robert Windsor (r.windsor@bifa.org). BIFA has a Membership Group that can evaluate any applications where such information has been submitted. We also list on the website


those companies that have ceased membership. If you sign up for the BIFA


e-newsletter, it will make checking who has applied for membership really easy. It is sent to subscribers every two weeks and there will be a prompt enabling a one-click link to the appropriate page on the BIFA website. You can register to receive the


BIFA e-newsletter by a simple sign-up process on the front page at www.bifa.org. You can tailor the type of news that we feed to you. If you have any questions


concerning the website our resident expert, Spencer Stevenson (s.stevenson@bifa.org), will be pleased to help you.


News Desk


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From apprentice to CEO


The first ever Young Forwarder Network event with a guest speaker proves a big hit


The BIFA Young Forwarder Network (YFN) held its first event near Heathrow in the summer. The guest speaker, Rudee Bertie, CEO and Co-founder of CCL, shared his career story with over 30 captivated young people, putting an emphasis on how to build- up your personal brand through better professional networking. Starting as an apprentice, Rudee emphasised the


importance of pushing yourself and stepping out of your comfort zone in order to build confidence, which will help immensely as your career develops. Afterwards Rudee enthused: “It was an absolute


pleasure and I was happy to support the YFN. The future is placed in the hands of our youngsters and I am glad that I had the opportunity to share my experiences with them. On observation, the future looks bright. The industry has a nice solid group of


young forwarders coming through. I could feel the enthusiasm and ambition of the individuals in the room, which is always good to see.” Carl Hobbis, training development manager at BIFA,


said: “Not only was this our first event with a guest speaker, there was another first, as this was the first event organised and run by a local organising committee. “From sourcing the venue to kicking the event off,


they all did a great job and learnt the detail needed to run an event. The value the young people will have got from Rudee, and the time he spent chatting to guests during the networking part, should be invaluable to them.” The YFN has upcoming events with guest speakers


on 17 October (Liverpool), 14 November (Stratford, East London) and 21 November (Heathrow).


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to yourself Remember to circulate BIFAlink to your colleagues. Not your copy of BIFAlink? – register for your own copy by contacting membership@bifa.org. BIFAlink is the magazine of the


British International Freight Association and is distributed free to Members.


6 October 2019


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