In August 2023 the ESI Group in France bought LUX-CONNEX SA in Luxembourg giving the company’s owner, Alain Gallion, the opportunity of retirement. ​

Groupe Nasse - Demeco, the French removals company, has renamed itself Hexvia.

The UK government’s House Price Index fell in October 2023 (the latest month for which figures are available at the time of writing) by 1.2%.

Andreas Christ Spedition und Möbeltransport GmbH in Wiesbaden, Germany, has advised that from 1 January, 2024 it has closed its branch office in Berne, Switzerland.

Pickfords Move Management has won the ‘International Moving Company of the Year’ award at the EMMAs (Expatriate Management & Mobility Awards) for the EMEA region. The award was presented at a black-tie dinner and ceremony at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London.

AltoVita, the global corporate lodging platform, has unveiled the winners of The Altos London 2023 Awards.

Burke Bros in the UK has won the award for the ‘Family Business of the Year’ at the Black Country Chamber of Commerce Business Awards.

Henry Speight Removals in Sheffield has recently opened an additional warehouse to accommodate the company’s rapid growth in recent years.

Quality Service Standards (QSS), the UK certification body that provides and evaluates Quality Standards for the UK and international moving industry, is looking for new members to join its Impartiality Comittee. Could that be you?

Invictus Relocation in Portugal is 10 years old this year. Fabio Manuel started the company back in 2013 and has since built up the business and enhanced its image worldwide over the intervening years.

Pound Gates, an insurance broker for the removals and storage industry, has celebrated a decade of partnership and grant-making with its local Suffolk Community Foundation through the company’s Acorn Fund.

Bournes Relocation Solutions, headquartered in the UK, has been awarded the ‘Best Global Mobility Sustainability Initiative of the Year’ at the EMMA Awards (Expatriate Management & Mobility Awards, EMEA region), hosted by the Forum for Expatriate Management (FEM).

From 1‌‌‌ April‌‌‌, 2024, the National Living Wage in the UK will increase by 9.8% to £11.44 an hour for eligible workers aged 21 and over.

Logistics UK has announced a new partnership with ferry company Freightlink to be called: The Logistics UK Freight Ferry Service.

Hakotrans International Movers has announced its relocation to a new hub in Málaga after nearly 25 years of being located in Mijas.

EV Box, the EV charging company, has opened a new Training and Testing Centre in Essen, Germany.

Mike Harvey, Managing Director of 1st Move International in the UK, has announced the company’s 25th anniversary and return to pre-pandemic profits following COVID.

Gosselin in Belgium has announced that it will be providing guaranteed monthly groupage services to selected destinations including, initially: Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Israel, New Zealand, Thailand, Singapore, the USA, the UAE and India.

Corporate housing company AltoVita has won the EMMA award in the category ‘Most Innovative Use of Technology in Global Mobility - Bespoke Solutions’.

The latest available statistics from the UK government (October 2023) show a significant fall in non-seasonally adjusted residential property transactions, 17% lower than the same period in 2022 and 2% down on the previous month.