Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Relocate Awards ceremony was held at London's Science Museum on Thursday, 11 May. 

The Best International Removals Provider category was open to international removals companies that specialise in moving household goods internationally and which demonstrated that they provide an excellent and effective removals service to corporate clients and their assignees.  

The evening’s host, Maggie Philbin, said, “The award was introduced by Relocate for the first time last year and has been enthusiastically supported. Managing international removals becomes ever more complex in response to global growth, but these professionals rise to the challenge of new locations, compliance and regulations to support their corporate clients and relocatees every day.”  

Jesse van Sas, of FIDI Global Alliance, presented the award to Andy Elson, Director of Sales at Gerson Relocation.  

The judges described Gerson Relocation’s winning entry as, “An example of a firm that puts people before process - and its commitment to a people-centred approach shines through in this entry. Using work rotation and mentoring programmes to train and develop its staff, promoting employee diversity, and employing foreign language speaking professionals to aid client communication are just some of the many examples of the efforts made by this firm to improve service provision and provide a highly responsive approach to client needs. Integration between companies in the Group is demonstrated to provide a seamless and consistent level of service delivery. A clear winner!” 

AGM Group Chairman Paul Evans commented, "We are delighted that the hard work put in by all the Gerson staff has been recognised. We aim to provide exceptional quality moving services consistently to our clients and their families moving overseas. This award truly reinforces the quality of our staff and the services we provide."  

Also shortlisted in this category were: Bishop’s Move Group, Bournes Relocation Solutions, Fox International, Packimpex and Pickfords. 

Photo: Left to right: Andy Elson, Maggie Philbin, Paul Evans and Mark Rising, Group Sales and Marketing Director AGM Group.