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    Digital forwarder Beacon expands in Asia

    2020-11-18T17:29:25Z

    Forwarder and finance provider Beacon has doubled the size of its team and expanded its presence into Asia by opening a new office in Hong Kong.Since March, Beacon’s headcount has increased from 35 to 75 while the new office in Asia."Asia-Europe is Beacon’s biggest trade lane and so establishing a ...

  • Fraser Robinson, Beacon
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    Digital forwarder Beacon sheds light on its finance USP

    2020-09-02T14:03:59Z

    Fraser Robinson, BeaconIn June this year, UK-based digital freight forwarder Beacon made logistics headlines when it secured $15m in its Series A fundraising round, from investors including, and most notably, Jeff Bezos, the founder and chief executive of Amazon.Beacon’s other high-profile investors included Uber founders Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp, ...

  • Brenton Booth, Beacon
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    Forwarder Beacon appoints Booth to finance role

    2020-04-03T08:56:22Z

    Brenton Booth, Beaconfreight forwarding and supply chain finance company Beacon has appointed Brenton Booth as head of supply chain finance.Booth joined the company on April 1 having previously run his own strategy and product development consultancy working with financial services companies. He also spent several years working at Barclays Bank.Beacon ...