Jack Dorrington, trusted friend of the UK moving industry, who was the face of trade shipping with Anglo Pacific for many years, has died, aged 77.

The development of electric vehicle (EV) batteries with a range similar to internal combustion engines, and that can charge in as little as 12 minutes, were among projects awarded £91 million of UK government and industry funding on 18 August, 2021.

The DVSA (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency) has announced the launch of a campaign to recruit additional HGV driving examiners in England and Wales in an attempt to reduce the chronic shortage of lorry drivers, currently estimated to be around 100,000.

Richard Levine died on the afternoon of Monday, 24 May, at 76 years of age. He was buried the following day and is survived by his wife Sandra and daughter Gemma.

Global health insurance specialist Towergate Health & Protection is warning UK employers with workers overseas not to underestimate the severity of the COVID pandemic and the impact this will have on their health and wellbeing and what they can do to mitigate the effects.

Australia is one of the few countries that responded swiftly and effectively to the outbreak of COVID-19 from China and is also one of the few nations that is largely free of the virus.

Gerson Relocation in the UK has announced the appointment of Tony Dullaghan-Stone as director-general manager.

Len Cox, a leading light in the UK moving industry and past president of BAR and chairman of IFWRI, died on 21 June in his adopted home in Spain.

Maersk and Hyundai Mipo Dockyards have agreed on a contract for Hyundai Mipo to build a feeder vessel with a dual engine technology enabling it to sail on either methanol or traditional very low Sulphur fuel.

Aires and KPMG have jointly been awarded Best Partnership Between Two Service Providers by the Forum for Expatriate Management (FEM) at the EMEA Expatriate Management & Mobility Awards (EMMAs).

Sofrapack, the packaging company from France, is to launch a new product in the new year called PleatWrap.

International relocations brand MoveHub.com reviewed 89,000 international relocations between March 2020 and March 2021 to see how the pandemic has affected international moves.

A rush to beat the UK stamp duty deadline on 30 June caused a 200% increase in demand for removals services according to online marketplace AnyVan.

Indian moving and relocation company, PM Relocations (PMR), has appointed Sumit Bawa as director of logistics & supply chain.

The all-electric version of the world’s best-selling cargo van – the new Ford E-Transit – has undergone a punishing testing regime designed to recreate the effects of a lifetime of intensive customer use, ahead of going on sale early next year.

The headline in my newspaper laconically announced ‘World Shortage of Chips’.

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) is looking forward to welcoming the moving and storage community to the first in-person event with the ATA Federation. The Moving & Storage Conference National Event – scheduled November 15-17 at the Hilton Downtown in Austin, Texas – is a powerful platform for the community to discuss policies that will help sustain and grow their businesses.

The organisers of the 2021 Movers & Storers Show have announced that the visitor registration portal is now open.

The Self Storage Association Asia (SSAA) announced on Monday, 9 August that Janus International Group, Inc has agreed to become a new title sponsor of SSAA through its European subsidiary, Janus International Europe Holdings, Ltd. Janus is a leading global manufacturer and supplier of turn-key building solutions and new access control technologies for the self storage industry.

As we begin to see an exit out of the global pandemic what have we learned, adopted, and innovated within our industry? Lucinda Burman, from relocation company, Cornerstone, looks at the key trends for the rest of 2021 and beyond.