Graham Green has recently completed 40 years of service with Gerson Relocation in the UK. He is the fourth person to achieve this milestone with the company.

Philippa Robinson has joined the OMNI Board. She was officially voted to the position by the OMNI membership at the network’s annual conference in Seville in April.

Volvo Trucks’ electric, connected and autonomous vehicle ‘Vera’ has gone to work transporting goods from a logistics centre to a port terminal in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Australian-based software company Zapala Go has used a Singapore Landing Pad, organised through Austrade, to expand into the Asian market.

In these days of wall-to-wall social media, many of the skills and techniques for getting a story published in the mainstream press have largely been forgotten and consequentially the chances of companies gaining free publicity in magazines, newspapers and electronic media have been severely reduced. Sadly, here at The Mover, we have to reject submissions every day.

Tokyo-based Relo Group, Inc and BGRS have announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which an affiliate of Relo Group will acquire BGRS, a leading global talent mobility management firm, from Brookfield Business Partners.

Richard Travisono, Arpin Van Lines’ Director of Safety and Driver Services, has been appointed chairman of the American Moving and Storage Association’s safety management committee (AMSA). His two-year term as chairman began in March 2019.

Philippa Robinson has joined the OMNI Board. She was officially voted to the position by the OMNI membership at the network’s annual conference in Seville in April.

A new study from Juniper Research found that 14 billion B2B cross-border transactions will be processed by 2023; rising from 13.5 billion in 2019, a 7% increase. This will be driven by the introduction of blockchain-based payment networks.

In June, Transport for London (TfL) launched a consultation on plans to introduce lower speed limits on all TfL roads in the Congestion Charge Zone (CCZ) by May next year.

The Road Haulage Association (RHA) says that the UK government needs to rethink its approach on improving air quality.

PALLITE, the manufacturer of lightweight, strong and environmentally friendly paper pallets and shipping crates, has secured over £620,000 funding in its first week of fundraising on Crowdcube.

Pickfords has won the award in the ‘Best Moving Company’ category at the ARP awards presented on 20 June at the St Ermin’s Hotel in Westminster.

Motor fraudsters in the UK have adopted a dangerous new tactic to trap unsuspecting drivers in ‘crash-for-cash’ scams according to anti-fraud experts at AX, a provider of intelligent vehicle protection and management technologies for the automotive and insurance industries.

On 23 June, The Department for Transport launched a consultation about its proposals to ban tyres over 10 years old from certain vehicles, including removals trucks.

Mike Price, who was training director for the British Association of Removers from December 1987 until June 2003, died on 24 March, 2019. He was 81.

Crown World Mobility has appointed Giovanni (Gianni) De Carlo as business development director Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA).

On 26 March, MEPs passed a law that will literally change the face of trucks in Europe – from brick-shaped cabs to rounder more streamlined designs.

At the end of 2018, Teamwork International Moving committed to support The Fundação Dorina Nowill (Dorina Nowill Foundation for the Blind) with logistics, transportation and labour to collect, separate and distribute books to blind children in Brazil.