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.

Volvo Trucks’ new FM model has won the Red Dot Award 2021 in the Product Design category for commercial vehicles. Volvo says its new FM has been designed to be the optimal work tool for a wide range of transport applications, with the driver always being the primary focus.

During the COVID crisis there has been much talk about how companies that have diversified into new business areas have been better set to meet the challenges as they have come along. One good example of this is Portan in Bogotá, Colombia.

Netherlands-based De Haan Project Movers has been awarded the Recognised Project Mover Award 2021 by the Dutch moving industry association’s Commercial Moves chapter Erkende Projectverhuizers (EPV).

Logistics UK is celebrating the 11-year anniversary of Van Excellence, the organisation’s scheme that promotes the safe and efficient operation of vans.

There’s a rather handsome but long suffering ginger tomcat that lives just down the road from us. He would do justice to any Lewis Carol book or even qualify to have a poem written about him by T S Elliot leading to a starring role in a musical by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber. There are very good reasons why Leo – for that is his name – is so long suffering.

William (Bill) Beuthin passed away on 20 February in Chantrigné, France, at the age of 79. Bill began his business career with North American Van Lines International in Fort Wayne, Indiana, with industry stars like Tom Harris and Roman Hildt.

2020 IAM Hall of Honor recipient Georgia Angell, principal at Trellis Vine Consulting, has joined the team at Formula Global Mobility and Granero Moving.