As the Crown Worldwide Group, one of the world’s largest privately-owned logistics companies, turns 60, it is refocussing its emphasis for growth on services and divisions that are inherently local, as a changing geopolitical environment seeks to slow globalisation further.

Suddath in Jacksonville, Florida, has announced a partnership ecolegIT, a carbon offset programme designed specifically for the moving industry.

Harsch in Switzerland has announced the appointment of three strategic directors within its moving department: Jean-Sylvain Nicoud, Olivier Petit and Mathieu Anthoine. They assumed their new roles on 1 January, 2025.

The UK government has given the OK for the building of four new roads in Wiltshire, Leeds, Essex and Buckinghamshire.

Bill Lloyd, Managing Director of Asian Tigers Indonesia, has advised that the company’s e-mail server appears to have been compromised triggering automatic security measures to mitigate any risks.

European fuel card company UTA Edenred has expanded its acceptance network in Finland via a partnership with Vantaa-based energy provider Oy Teboil Ab (Teboil). This will add around 430 Teboil-branded stations to the UTA network in Finland.

The Young Movers Conference (YMC), organised by FEDEMAC, has announced that this year’s event, to be held at the Radisson Collection Hotel in Warsaw from April 10-13, will be open to all movers, not just those that are members of FEDEMAC.

Take a scroll through social media and it is awash with people telling you that they have started new jobs or moved to different companies.

I’m not complaining, I’m just saying. It’s has been hurting for a long time. Maybe a year. I don’t know why.

On Wednesday, 16 January, eight members of the Bishop’s Move team dedicated their day to supporting the British Heart Foundation (BHF) in Kingston as part of AGM Group’s volunteer initiative.

After more than 17 years as the managing director of the international operations at Janus, Colin Jeromson stepped down as managing director of Janus International on 31 December, 2024, after over 17 years in the roll.

AltoVita has launched a new self-serve version of its AltoVerse system, designed to transform the way businesses manage extended stays (7+ nights).

The UK Warehousing Association (UKWA) has made two senior appointments to the executive leadership team.

Mover Alerts looks at the dynamics of the UK property market in 2024 and makes predictions for 2025.

DKV Mobility has integrated fast chargers from Applegreen Electric in the UK and Ireland to provide an additional 390 charging points for electric vehicles.

A recent story in Loadstar, talking about IATA’s (International Air Transport Association) OneRecord communication system on which IAM’s (International Association of Movers) approach to future communications in the moving sector are based, will require everyone to be ‘on board’ for it to work.

James Tomlin and Oleh Voronko, industry experts in business travel visas, have launched VisaDoc, a London-headquartered AI-powered global business visa processing platform.

Laura Moxham from YBA (Your Business Angels) helps moving and self storage companies understand how to get the best from Google Ads.

According to an article on the website www.thisismoney.co.uk, UK banks could offer more large mortgages as Labour urges regulators to relax the rules.

Aubrey McCarthy, who is the owner and founder of AMC Removals, has added another string to his bow.