The Department for Transport has announced the opening of three new COVID testing sites at the following service stations:

James Firth, Head of Road Freight Regulation Policy at Logistics UK, has responded to the announcement on 21 February that the UK government will not implement an EU ruling known as ‘Vnuk’, that would have required all motor vehicles operating on private land to have motor insurance.

Denmark’s Aspire Mobility Group has announced the return of Martin Jönsson to the company after a break of six years.

According to an article in Military Times, US troops wont be getting a new household goods contractor until at least the back end of 2022.

The Suddath Moving & Logistics division has won silver and bronze awards in the 15th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service.

According to the December Office for National Statistics (ONS) house price index, UK property prices increased dramatically in 2020 as the pandemic-induced Stamp Duty holiday and the nation's need to live and work at home kicked-in.

Last October, Scania participated in two comparison tests organised in Germany by European trade magazines. The results for the 1000 Punkte Test (1000 Point Test) and European Truck Challenge (ETC) have now been published with Scania´s 540 S tractor taking first place over its competitors.

Relocation specialist CSS Homeward Bound has announced the appointment of Pushkar Palande as Manager-Relocations at its office in Dubai.

Business Moves Group (BMG) has won a major relocation contract with Three Mobile.

Commercial relocation specialist Business Moves Group (BMG) has appointed Derek Binnie as a non-executive director.

Bournes in Rye, East Sussex, has become one of the first removals companies in the UK to take part in the government’s rapid workplace testing programme, aimed at detecting COVID-19 in workers who are not displaying symptoms.

For as long as I can remember, I’ve always cleaned my teeth before going to bed at night. This has always been a semi-religious ritual which I pride myself in never having broken. That is up until now!

​Altair Global has announced that Rob Johnson, Senior Vice President of Client Services, has won the 2020 Saul Gresky Relocation Professional of the Year Award from North Texas Relocation Professionals (NTRP).

From 1 March, 2021 all vehicles over 12 tonnes GVW will require a Direct Vision Standard (DVS) and safety permit to operate in Greater London.

East Sussex-based Bournes Removals has announced that two of its employees, Aaron Craig and Charlie Birnie, have completed HGV Driver Apprenticeships and have now become full-time removals drivers.

The DVSA is advising HGV operators to get their vehicles MOTd in February or March to avoid a bottleneck at Authorised Test Facilities (ATFs) later in the year.

The Harmony Relocation Network has announced that Move One Inc has become a member with effect from 1 February, 2021.

De Haan Relocation in the Netherlands has recently converted three of its 11 vehicles to run on HVO100 (100% Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil). It is claimed that HVO100 reduces CO2 emissions by 90% when calculated across the entire supply chain (well to wheel).

It is understood that the DVSA is currently experiencing technical issues with the OCRS system, which means that operators may not be able to access their OCRS reports for up to 8 weeks and reports may show inaccurate data.

The Mover has received many requests in the last few weeks from British moving companies that are looking for reliable custom agents to help with moves into Europe.