Staff Profiles – Introducing… Andrew F
Andrew Foster – Digital Marketing
As a creative, Andrew has spent over three decades working in the design sector specialising in digital design and marketing. He has worked with Paul since 2016, designing and implementing the IFS brand and being responsible for developing the website and other digital media.
After such impactful events of 2019/20 there have been huge changes to the Freight Forwarding industry on a global level. In 2021 Andrew was given the opportunity to join the IFS team to further develop the company’s digital marketing, as well as help out with the Freight consultancy services. Excited by fresh challenges he thoroughly enjoyed learning new skills in Freight Forwarding, which has given him a greater understanding of the services that IFS provide as well as the Freight sector as a whole.
Andrew especially enjoys spending time with his family and friends. Having a Christian faith Andrew and his family are involved in their local community and are part of the local church. He loves to travel and meet people from different parts of the world and is fascinated with different cultures. Andrew has had the privilege of travelling to a variety of places in mainland and eastern Europe, USA, Australia, Western Africa and he still has a number of places on his bucket list.
He also finds gardening very therapeutic, loves the outdoors: camping, mountain biking, walking and simply spending time with friends, family and some good food.
The pandemic arrived like a whirlwind, turning businesses upside down almost overnight, leaving them scrambling to adjust. As we’ve previously explored, many commerce businesses have had to adapt quickly to survive, whether that has meant selling online for the first time, exploring the direct-to-consumer (D2C) model, or working creatively to take an experience-based business into people’s homes. 
Most of the world’s cargo is shipped via container vessels. They vary in their dimensions, which will influence through where they may or may not transit. That is not all: there are multiple other types of ships journeying across our planet’s oceans, all dedicated to specific commodities and cargo types. The Freight Forwarding Experts share a quick recap of the world of ships as it stands today.
It’s hoped the new funding package will help smaller businesses, like B&Bs, install charging infrastructure to help tackle “range anxiety” that some drivers have. Small businesses and those in leasehold and rented accommodation are set to benefit from up to £50 million to install electric vehicle chargepoints.
DP WORLD today announces that London Gateway, Britain’s fastest growing container terminal, is now the UK port of call for two new major international shipping services, connecting the economies of Western Europe with the Eastern Mediterranean, North Africa and Russia.
