Welcome to our IFS News Blog
In this section we share what’s happening in the world of international freight forwarding, with news updates, worldwide freight resources and much more…
With a decline in rail passengers, are small to medium parcels the solution?
All aboard, as long as you are properly labeled and someone is waiting to pick you up at your destination station. The latest light logistics ideas…
Can UK Rail freight be a solution to the Road Freight crisis?
Trunk operations by rail are efficient, greener than road freight and convenient. Here is an excellent article that is so relevant in these times…
Do UK Feeder Ports in the North benefit from the shipping crisis?
Port of Felixstowe, located on the South East coast in Suffolf, Port of Southampton & Teesport in North Yorkshire are the UK’s three largest ports…
Are you using LinkedIn to maximum effect?
Do you know your LinkedIn Social Selling Index score? The platform’s Social Selling Index will help you improve your sales game…
Box Port congestion increases around the globe
The UK’s main container ports are overwhelmed with unclaimed imports and starting to refuse the restitution of empty boxes urgently needed back in Asia…
The difference between VAT and Customs Duty explained
It is usually the case that, as a trader, you will have to pay both import VAT and duty on imported goods before they can be cleared for entry into the UK…
Sharing the contents of a Commercial Invoice post-brexit
The real game-changer has been the introduction of the Commercial Invoice, which is now a requirement and also integral to the success of any international delivery to the EU…
Logistics UK welcomes Government measures to ease HGV driver shortage
Logistics UK welcomes the package of measures announced by the UK government today (25 September), aimed at easing the HGV driver shortage…
