The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has welcomed the recent news of an £8m government funding scheme for customs intermediaries…
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Delayed departure: The FTA on preparing for Brexit in March 2019
17 / 12 / 2018
James Hookham, deputy chief executive of the UK’s Freight Transport Association (FTA), provides an exclusive insight for Air Cargo News…
ASM continues to make contingencies for new UK Customs system
08 / 11 / 2018
Agency Sector Management (ASM) is continuing work on contingency plans for businesses affected by the new UK’s Customs Declaration Service…
Time:matters swoops on customs firms
13 / 09 / 2018
Logistics firm time:matters has acquired CB Customs Broker and Customs Broker Cargo Handling as it expands the range of services…
Brexit: Keep the planes flying and the trucks rolling, says FTA
03 / 08 / 2018
UK Logistics professionals have warned the government’s Brexit negotiators to prioritise the negotiation of aviation and road access agreements with…
UK Customs crunch warning as new system faces significant Brexit challenges
01 / 08 / 2018
The UK National Audit Office (NAO) has warned that "significant challenges" remain in the implementation of a new Customs Declaration…
Technology can unlock Heathrow’s latent airfreight capacity
23 / 07 / 2018
Heathrow has Parliamentary approval for a future third runway but the airport’s head of cargo, Nick Platts, believes that better…
More seminars planned as UK braces for new Customs system
04 / 07 / 2018
A series of new seminars are being planned to prepare the UK’s supply chains for a new Customs system that…
UK forwarders, training for a new Customs system and waiting for Brexit clarity
29 / 06 / 2018
UK freight forwarders are preparing for the introduction of a new Customs Declaration System (CDS) which is due to go fully…
Seminars outlining new UK Customs system hit the road
15 / 06 / 2018
Freight forwarder group BIFA, Agency Sector Management (ASM) and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have launched a series of seminars…