US-based moving specialist Trünk Moves has announced the launch of a Lead Retargeting Program designed to enable moving companies to reassign stale or dead leads in return for a commission.

UK-based international moving specialists Britannia has appointed Charlotte Parslow as its new marketing and communications manager, based at its Surrey shipping hub. Charlotte will have responsibility for a range of projects, including the Group’s annual conference and events, digital reputation, and brand identity.

David Jordan looks at the GDPR issues around the recent rise in remote surveys.

Steve Jordan talks to Angels Gallardo from Inter S&R in Barcelona as she talks about taking the helm of her mother’s company and steering a course through the pandemic storm.

Why volume discounts are making quality obsolete in the moving industry, by Larry Kruger, McWilliams Moving & Storage, Canada.

Venezuela is a country in crisis. Despite having the world’s largest known oil reserves the country has been wracked by a bitter power struggle between its socialist president Nicolás Maduro - elected in 2013 by just 1.6 percentage points – and opposition leader Juan Guaidó, who declared himself acting president on 23 January 2019.

Sebastian Laporta from Ward Van Lines in Chile looks at how the use of a risk matrix can help people negotiate life’s difficulties.

Steve Jordan talks to Heidi Rasmussen, Managing Director of Alfa Quality Moving in Denmark, about her company’s recent acquisition of Settwell Relocation.

According to certification organisation QSS, there has been a marked increase in enquiries for ISO 22301 – the Standard for Business Continuity Planning – since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

On Thursday, 1 April, FIDI presented a webinar to discuss the ‘State of the Industry’. The event was hosted by Dominic Weaver, Editor of the FIDI Focus, ably assisted by Magali Horbert, FIDI Marketing and Communications Manager.

Fitting sails to cargo ships and sailing more slowly could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the shipping industry by up to 40% or possibly more as technologies improve, according to a new report from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

Platooning, when vehicles group together in a column, is not a new concept, after all, trains have been doing it for hundreds of years!

Debbie Bartlett from Felixstowe was so incensed by the amount of litter she saw on the roads and lay-bys in her area that she decided to do something about it.

The Self Storage Association Asia (SSAA) recently presented its Annual Survey for 2020. The survey was introduced to members by the Executive Director, SSAA, Andrew Work at an online conference on Thursday, 4 February 2021.

British astronaut Major Tim Peake CMG will lead an impressive line-up of inspirational speakers for Logistics UK’s Future Logistics Conference, which will be held alongside the inaugural Information & Technology in Transport (ITT) Hub exhibition in June.

Demand from homebuyers for conveyancing quotes was 101% higher at the end of March this year than the average for the same date during the previous four years, according to data from the comparison site for home movers, reallymoving.

Pickfords has appointed Daryl Rogers as international agent partner relationship manager. His role will be to provide a central point of contact for Pickfords’ partner relationships on a worldwide basis.

Jacksonville-based global moving and logistics company, The Suddath Companies, has launched a new local moving brand, MoveDay, which it says will modernise moving and solve some of the moving issues that cause the most consumer anxiety and pain.

Workplace change and relocation specialist Business Moves Group (BMG) has won a major relocation contract with Leeds Building Society.

Charge4Europe, the joint venture between DKV and innogy eMobility Solutions, is further expanding its infrastructure for emobility in Italy by integrating Ekomobil's charging network.