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Ian Mallon of Neon Freight joins BIFA Board, bringing extensive expertise to the association

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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is the trade association representing UK freight forwarders, offering training, guidance, and advocacy to enhance the efficiency of the logistics industry

Ian Mallon, Managing Director of Neon Freight, a Coop member in Manchester, UK joins the BIFA Board in a non-executive role. With over two decades of experience in the logistics and freight forwarding industry, he is in a perfect position to enhance the leadership team of BIFA and bring a wealth of experience and insight to the prestigious association.

Expressing his enthusiasm for the new role, Mallon stated, “My appointment to the BIFA Board underscores our company’s commitment to its mission to deliver innovative solutions that can drive forward our objective of supporting and advancing the UK freight forwarding industry.”

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The Neon Freight Team

Under Mallon’s leadership, Neon Freight has flourished into a top-tier provider of international shipping solutions, renowned for its innovative approach and customer-centric services. Additionally, his expertise in global logistics, combined with his strategic vision, will be instrumental in guiding BIFA as it navigates the complexities of the modern freight industry and continues to advocate for its members’ interests.

Steve Parker, Chairman of BIFA, welcomed the new board members by stating, “Their extensive experience and leadership in the freight forwarding industry will be instrumental in guiding BIFA’s strategic direction and supporting our mission to represent and promote the interests of UK freight forwarders.”

Congratulations to Neon Freight and all the best for their future endeavours!

Neon Freight moves to a new office

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Their new office located in Knutsford is around 14 miles southwest of Manchester

On the occasion of its anniversary, Neon Freight, a Coop member in Manchester, United Kingdom, has recently moved into a brand new location. “We are delighted to inform members that we have changed our office address. We are now just south of Manchester airport in Knutsford, Cheshire. Indeed right at the end of the runway of Manchester airport”, says Ian Mallon, the Managing Director of Neon Freight.”

The office of Neon Freight is located in Hurstwood House a 2-storey self-contained office block. Moreover, the office is well-located and comes with excellent motorway access to both the M6 and M56, the latter giving easy access to Manchester Airport. “These purpose built, modern offices give us exactly what we are looking for to kick start our next stage of growth in the business. Furthermore, they give us the space to grow and attract new team members too” continues Ian Mallon.

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New office of Neon Freight

 

Additionally, the estate provides a business park environment close to Tatton Country Park, whilst Manchester International Airport is just 9 miles away from the site.

“Along with moving closer to Manchester airport in a much larger office, we are putting into place the foundations for future growth”, Mr Mallon continues. “The next few years are promising to be very exciting indeed!”

Congratulations to Neon Freight and all the best for their upcoming projects!

Neon Freight wins the International Trade Award at the East Cheshire Chamber of Commerce Business Awards 2019

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East Cheshire Chamber of Commerce holds a yearly annual business event where the leading local businessmen are awarded in recognition of their work 

Neon Freight, a Coop member in Manchester, UK, has garnered the International Trade Award at the East Cheshire Chamber of Commerce Business Awards, 2019. “Every year the Chamber holds an Annual Business Awards Event which is a celebratory evening for all local businessmen and women to showcase the best of East Cheshire. Chamber members are encouraged to nominate themselves or a company that they feel deserves recognition for their work,” says Ian Mallon, the Managing Director of Neon Freight. 

There are numerous categories each year for any small or large business to win. The nominated companies provide the judges who are the Chamber members to decide on an overall winner for each category. Each judge goes out to visit the nominated company in their workplace to find out why they deserve to win. This information and scoring are then discussed by a panel of judges where a top-secret decision is made and announced at the Business Awards evening. Each winner is presented with a trophy and certificate.

Mr. Mallon further adds, “I feel very proud that a company which I’d started from complete scratch is now being recognised within the business community for my work in International Trade. The award gives me the confidence to increase my sales effort locally in Manchester and beyond!”

Warm congratulations to Neon Freight for receiving this award!

Neon Freight has added an interesting blog section to their website

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The Neon Freight Blog which is all about the world of freight forwarding has been created to drive more potential customers to their website

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Neon Freight – Freight Forwarding

The first post of the blog called ‘The F-Word’ talks about the role of a freight forwarder in the logistics and shipping industry and the various kinds of challenges faced by people in this profession. The writing style of the blog is lucid and humorous and any person related to the industry can easily relate to the post. They will be publishing posts about many different topics over the next few months all of which will be related to the future of the industry.

In the words of Ian Mallon, Managing Director of Neon Freight, “I have created the blog to highlight the human ways in which shipments are arranged for the customers. The supply chain industry is not all about science; it relies on many different ways of getting things done. The blog will also confirm the fact to my clients that we are not another automated service where they ‘book online’ and never speak with anyone. It’s only through making personal relationships that we gain trust.”

In his recently published new blog post, F-Word 2, Ian talks about how lasting business relationships are forged by going for informal meetings in bars and other social locations rather than a formal discussion over Skype or email. Here he also talks about the importance of a dedicated team of workers without whose help the process of automation in the freight forwarding world isn’t complete.

The Coop encourages all its members to take a look at their new blog by clicking on this link.

For shipments to/from Manchester, UK, do not hesitate to contact their team.

Ian Mallon 
ian.mallon@neonfreight.co.uk
www.neonfreight.co.uk

Neon Freight successfully transports 40 Ft T-Rex model from Germany to China

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Life-sized model of T-Rex was shipped by our Coop member in Manchester, UK, from Germany to China

Neon Freight, a Coop member in Manchester, successfully handled the shipment of a life-sized model of T-Rex dinosaur from Germany to China. This model was first shipped from Germany to Everything Dinosaur in Marthall, Cheshire and was later transported to the Peking Natural Science Organisation (PNSO) in Beijing, China.

This was a Herculean task Neon Freight accomplished with aplomb, since the model was quite valuable and huge. They had to arrange for 40ft container for the sea freight to China.

Neon Freight is a 5 year old, privately owned logistics company in Cheshire. Ian Mallon who owns the company,has over 20 years of logistics and freight forwarding experiences . He has also been a lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University on International Trade and Logistics.

Regarding the dinosaur model transport, he said, “It’s an honour to be trusted with this unique, bespoke life-sized model worth tens of thousands of dollars. It’s so enormous; we’ve had to arrange a 40ft container to sea freight the T-Rex to China.” He continues, “I first met Mike from Everything Dinosaur at the South Cheshire Chamber of Commerce, and things have developed from there. We pride ourselves on great relationships with our customers. We are a small but efficient team, and our expertise helps our clients manage a range of goods from potato cleaners to hazardous chemicals for water treatment all over the world and now we even transport dinosaurs!”

Mike Walley, the owner of Everything Dinosaur, is quite happy with the whole project and stated, “This is a fantastic opportunity on many levels. We are privileged to be trusted by the PNSO and hope to bring more dinosaurs to Cheshire from their range of models.” Speaking about Neon Freight, Mike added, “Working with Neon Freight has been a great experience. Ian and his team have delivered an exceptional job, and we know we are safe in their hands with our extremely valued T-Rex. We hope this is the beginning of a long-term business partnership”.;

We applaud Neon Freight for their great achievement!

For shipments from/to Manchester, do not hesitate to contact them. They are looking forward to any new challenges that lay ahead!

Ian Mallon
ian.mallon@neonfreight.co.uk
www.neonfreight.co.uk

 

Neon Freight fab sponsorship

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Neon Freight, a member of The COOP in Manchester, England, is giving back to their community, as they sponsor the Middlewich Folk and Boat Festival

The Middlewich Folk & Boat Festival attracts over 30,000 people and takes place across various venues including the canals of Middlewich, Cheshire. As well as attractions alongside the canal, the whole town becomes part of the festival, with street performers, a parade, dance workshops and artists performing from all over the world!

Neon Freight is proud to be getting involved with their community by sponsoring this event. Their Managing Director, Ian Mallon, stated: “We are very excited to sponsor such a wonderful community event. Neon Freight believes in building healthy and trusting relationships.” Ian continues, “As FAB Festival is a trusted community event, we saw a lot of similarity with our own company ethos.” 

The sentiment is reciprocated by the Middlewich Town Mayor, Pam Farrell, who commented: “I am thrilled to know that Neon Freight is a silver sponsor for FAB Festival. Companies like Neon Freight are the exact type of company we want to be able to promote.”

The COOP member, Neon Freight, offers a variety of freight services including national and international exports and imports, airfreight and sea freight. We invite members with shipments in Manchester, England, to get in touch with the team. 

IAN MALLON

ian.mallon@neonfreight.co.uk

 

One good turn deserves another

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Neon Freight Ltd, a member of The COOP in Manchester, recently came to the rescue of a group of Cheshire Fire Cadets after a shipment of knitted hats intended for Nepalese children affected by the 2015 earthquake, was left undelivered in the UK.

The group had intended to take the hats with them for the children of Nepal, who were much in need of warm clothes, when they flew from Manchester to Kathmandu on Saturday 24 October 2015 to help finish off a much needed school in a remote village. Whilst they had packed their bags to bursting, the number far outweighed the group’s allocation.

Ian Mallon, the Managing Director of Neon Freight heard about this and offered to transport the cargo free of charge. “By chance, a good friend of mine overheard someone at the fire station wondering how to get a whole pallet of woollen goods to Nepal. We were delighted to be able to have put the final part of this puzzle together as knitting really isn’t our thing! ” 

Cheshire Fire Cadets had this to say “I would like to thank Ian at Neon Freight for his help in distributing the hats for us, it’s very much appreciated. Without this assistance we would have struggled to get the hats to the children in time for when they needed them most.”. 

The COOP would like to commend Ian and Neon Freight and invite members with shipments in Manchester to get in touch with the team.

IAN MALLON 

Cooperating to succeed

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At THE COOPERATIVE LOGISTICS NETWORK, we preach that members need to be ‘cooperating to succeed’ and today’s Friday news is a perfect example. Shortly after joining THE COOP in March 2015, UK GLOBAL LOGISTICS(Leeds-Bradford, UK), was contacted by NEON FREIGHT LTD (Manchester, UK) welcoming them to the network.

 

 

With Manchester and Leeds-Bradford less than two hours apart, Ian Mallon (Neon Freight) and James Boyce (UK Global) decided to meet up and, after a few drinks, decided to share contacts and help each other’s companies out when the opportunity occurred.

Completely by chance, James came across an opportunity to handle imports for Ebay and Amazon. “With little experience in handling pallets, I contacted Ian (20 years’ experience in importing and exporting) to see if he could help and of course we would share the profit on the jobs. The combination of my warehouse space and Ian’s knowledge was perfect for this job,” explained James.

Between the two companies, they offer Amazon and Ebay suppliers an ‘all in service’. “The overseas forwarder can appoint us as the UK importer and sit back knowing that shipments to the UK’s largest E-commerce websites will be handled without issues or rejections and, most importantly, ensures no need for a UK importer. After a slow start, two months on, the news is getting out and we are seeing a steady increase in business through this channel,” said James.

We invite all members with customers that are manufacturers of consumer goods that wish to sell to Amazon or Ebay to contact Ian and James. 

JAMES BOYCE                                                          IAN MALLON 
james@uk-gl.com                                                    ian.mallon@neonfreight.co.uk 
www.uk-gl.com                                                        www.neonfreight.co.uk