HOLD Self Storage has acquired a new site in Croydon for over £6m and will be opening its second, London-based facility at the end of 2026.

Maddi Solloway-Price has joined Logistics UK as the new head of road freight & English regions policy. Maddie previously worked as a chief of staff at the House of Commons.

Logistics UK has announced that, on 25 February, 2025, The Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) announced that standard category B licence holders will be able to drive electric vans without additional training.

For the first time ever, Volvo Trucks is the market leader in Europe for heavy trucks, 16 tonnes and above.

Arpin International Movers in the USA has taken on the business of Walkboard Technologies, Inc, a 10-year-old company, after it ceased operations.

Sirva Worldwide, Inc in the USA has appointed Carlyn Taylor as chief executive officer and a member of the Board of Directors. Carlyn succeeds Tom Oberdorf, who is retiring.

The Van der Ent Group in the Netherlands has announced that it acquired the economic unit of Hakotrans Mudanzas in Spain on 12 February, 2025.

The UK Warehousing Association (UKWA) is now inviting entries for its UKWA Awards for Excellence 2025, sponsored by DSV.

In a new initiative, FEDEMAC has declared Monday, 19 May 2025 as International Movers' Day. The day is intended as a celebration of the skills and dedication of on-road moving staff and an acknowledgement of the excellent work they do.

The RHA (Road Haulage Association) in the UK has called for clearer signage for electric vehicle charging sites based on a poll on 8,268 AA (Automobile Association) members.

The UK government has changed the regulations regarding apprenticeships.

As the Crown Worldwide Group, one of the world’s largest privately-owned logistics companies, turns 60, it is refocussing its emphasis for growth on services and divisions that are inherently local, as a changing geopolitical environment seeks to slow globalisation further.

Suddath in Jacksonville, Florida, has announced a partnership ecolegIT, a carbon offset programme designed specifically for the moving industry.

Harsch in Switzerland has announced the appointment of three strategic directors within its moving department: Jean-Sylvain Nicoud, Olivier Petit and Mathieu Anthoine. They assumed their new roles on 1 January, 2025.

The UK government has given the OK for the building of four new roads in Wiltshire, Leeds, Essex and Buckinghamshire.

Bill Lloyd, Managing Director of Asian Tigers Indonesia, has advised that the company’s e-mail server appears to have been compromised triggering automatic security measures to mitigate any risks.

European fuel card company UTA Edenred has expanded its acceptance network in Finland via a partnership with Vantaa-based energy provider Oy Teboil Ab (Teboil). This will add around 430 Teboil-branded stations to the UTA network in Finland.

The Young Movers Conference (YMC), organised by FEDEMAC, has announced that this year’s event, to be held at the Radisson Collection Hotel in Warsaw from April 10-13, will be open to all movers, not just those that are members of FEDEMAC.

Take a scroll through social media and it is awash with people telling you that they have started new jobs or moved to different companies.

I’m not complaining, I’m just saying. It’s has been hurting for a long time. Maybe a year. I don’t know why.