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.

The Mumbai Maersk has set a new record for the deepest draft vessel to call at Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe in the UK.

What has now become an annual event, for the last two years hosted by ReloAdvisor in The Netherlands (Rotterdam and Amsterdam), is now planned for Lisbon in Portugal.

New research from overseas property consultants highlights that Brits are coming to terms with post-Brexit restrictions, applying for visas and retiring to favourite European destinations in ever greater numbers.

UK moving company Ballards has helped international rugby players move house during this year’s Rugby World Cup.

Ballards Group companies, Steeles of Stamford and Ballards Removals celebrated their respective 75th and 45th anniversaries in 2023.

Logistics UK has announced that it has been approved by the Apprenticeship Provider and Assessment Register (APAR) and is now able to provide government-funded apprenticeship training.

Pamica Group, the majority owner of Alfa Mobility in Scandinavia, has announced that it has acquired Freys Express Group.

Frachtmeister International has announced that Ladislav Urban is to step down from his position as general manager.