The Association is responsible for setting industry standards and providing both educational courses and required mandatory training programs which enhance the professional levels of freight forwarders and logistics service providers in the United Kingdom.
It is one of a number of freight trade associations and is listed by the UK government on their Business Link website.
[5] The role of BIFA is to represent freight forwarders in discussions with the UK government and various international NGOs, and to provide advice and information on legislative issues that affect the industry sector.
[7][8] Air Cargo Services category - Noatum Logistics[9] European Logistics award - Westbound Logistics[9] Ocean Services - Uniserve Group[9] Cool & Special Cargoes - JCS Livestock[9] Extra Mile Award - Anchor Freight[9] Project Forwarding - Deugro (UK)[9] Specialist Services - Seafast Logistics[9] Staff Development - GEODIS Freight Forwarding UK[9] Supply Chain Management - Killick Martin & Co[9] Apprentice of the Year - Thomas Low (OIA Global)[9] Young Freight Forwarder of the Year - Thomas Frost (GEODIS Freight Forwarding UK)[9] The BIFA Conditions, often used in UK forwarding contracts, have been supported by the courts in England and Wales based on the consultation and review process which was undertaken before they were adopted and a finding that "They seek to balance the interests of all parties, and in my view, have long been accepted as reasonable and fair.
The UK Court of Appeal case of Röhlig (UK) Ltd v Rock Unique Ltd. (2011) upheld the validity of Clause 21(A), Lord Justice Martin Moore-Bick stating that this clause:Contains a prohibition against set-off of a kind commonly found in commercial contracts.