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Issue 8 2020 - Freight Business Journal


///FREIGHT BREAK


Photographers throughout the country are invited to capture the beauty of the British Coastline in a competition organised by the British Ports Association. The competition is open to


anyone, including members of the public and workers anywhere coastal in the UK,


including the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man and also in Britain’s overseas territories. BPA is looking for to


submissions capture


attractive images, either of coastal activities and/or of ports and harbours. This can focus on anything from wildlife, through to tourism or


economic activity. Pictures should be submitted


no later 1 December 2020 after which a selection of the best photographs will be displayed online and there will be to a public vote to select the winner. Further details at: https://


www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ coastalphotography


Former freight worker takes to the Cloud


Former DFDS employee Coreen Penheiro Wharton has gone into business for herself, off ering a ‘Cloud Based Assistant’ service that could be music to the ears of hard-pressed company management. Wharton, whose roles included personal assistant,


safety systems and


communications offi cer is combining her experience to


provide a single point of contact to provide executives and busy companies with a dependable service, supporting businesses with a wide range of back-offi ce services including call handling, document and report production, diary and email management, travel arrangements, database management and social media marketing - just at a time when


they are most needed. She says that even before


Covid-19, companies were seeking to work smarter, save money and optimize resources. Post-Covid, the business landscape has changed and managers are under pressure to gain back time and avoid daily distractions and focus on other parts of the business.


“Get ready for January 2021 and fi nd a freight


Davies Turner director turns fi lm star for HMRC forwarder to help


for social media. The fi lm is part of a publicity


you,” says a new fi lm starring Davies Turner & Co director Alan Williams. Davies Turner, one of the


UK’s largest independent freight forwarding companies, was approached by HMRC to help with the public information broadcast


drive by HMRC, working alongside the Cabinet Offi ce, designed to showcase the services off ered by the freight forwarding sector and to provide clarity to those businesses that have only ever been involved in


the EU and Single Market with no previous experience of


RAISING THE BAR


international trade in the wider world. It also serves to encourage


importers and exporters to use the services of freight forwarders as part of their preparations for the imminent end of the transition period. https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=rpQChkzFYDU


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