From 21 May, 2022 any goods vehicle over 2.5 tonnes that transports goods from the UK to the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein will require an International Operator’s Licence.

On 31 March, 2022, Worldwide ERC launched its initiative to ensure the global workforce mobility industry plays its part as governmental and corporate sustainability requirements become more rigorous in response to growing concerns about climate change and its wide-reaching effects.

Graebel in the USA has recently announced the appointment of Patti Wasson as its chief people and ethics officer.

Allen Lu from AMR Relocation Service in Shanghai has advised that the city-wide lockdown in Shanghai has been extended indefinitely.

Conroy Removals explains how New Zealand is finally opening up again to its own nationals abroad and, from April, to overseas visitors.

The onset of the pandemic in 2020 resulted in a year of change in migration patterns as millions of Americans made relocation decisions with COVID-19 in mind.

Sir Alastair Robin ‘3rd Baronet and 9th Laird of Strathgarry’ Stewart, died peacefully, aged 96, on Sunday, 13 February at home in Walters Cottage with his beloved wife Patricia and his daughters Judith, Lucy and Catherine beside him. He had been quietly ‘winding down’ for several months and the end was very gentle.

Steve Jordan reports on the industry’s first post-COVID international get together, organised by ReloAdvisor in Rotterdam.

Grant Daniel from iBidOnStorage UK gives an alternative option for disposing of customers’ goods if they default on payment.

An interview with Jordan and Chloe Bignell of Britannia Quickmove as they ease into running their own moving business.

Steve Jordan asks whether there are too many international moving associations and conventions and what the alternative might be.

Fourth generation family removals company P.W. Archer & Son has won the prestigious BAR (British Association of Movers) Commercial Mover of the Year award 2022.

OMNI (Overseas Moving Network International) held the latest in its World Series of online educational workshops on 29 March, 2022.

Corporate accommodation platform AltoVita has appointed Jessica Land as head of client partnership to lead the company’s expansion in global mobility and business travel, and Tara Scrivener as global accounts manager.

A team of removals operatives from Burke Bros Moving Group recently headed for Wales to climb Mount Snowdon and raise funds for Compton Care, a hospice close to the company’s headquarters in Wolverhampton.

Worldwide ERC® President and CEO Lynn Shotwell issued the following statement welcoming the news that the United States and the European Union have agreed in principle on a new US-EU data flow framework.

‘Sustainable Packaging is Coming Home’ was the eye-catching message from manufacturer Protega Global at the IntraLogisteX exhibition held at the Coventry Building Society Arena on 29-30 March. Here the UK company launched Hexcel Wrap, an eco-friendly alternative to plastic bubble wrap.

New EU rules from 21 May, 2022, will mean that operators or users of vans and other light goods vehicles over 2.5 tonnes and up to 3.5 tonnes in weight that transport goods for hire and reward from the UK into, or through the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein, will need an International Operators’ Licence.

Delegates at this year’s UK Warehousing Association’s National Conference (UKWA), held on 8-9 March in Chester, heard from a series of high-profile speakers offering advice, insights and inspiration on the theme, Building Tomorrow’s Workforce Today.

Pat Benson from nuBridgeRelo in Shanghai has advised that, from Monday 28 March, Shanghai has been locked-down for eight days.