Tyre and vehicle equipment manufacturer Continental has launched a radar system that detects vulnerable cyclists and pedestrians and can be quickly and easily retrofitted to commercial vehicles.

CapRelo has named Patti Smith Keeler as its chief operating officer. Patti brings a wealth of operational and organisational leadership experience gained at large and small companies within the relocation industry. She most recently served as a consultant to a variety of companies, providing guidance on a number of operational matters.

Road Haulage Association (RHA) Chief Executive, Richard Burnett is concerned that Government’s latest Brexit campaign 'The UK's new start: let's get goin' fails to address the magnitude of what is needed to manage customs complexities as businesses race to ensure their ‘border readiness’ ahead of post-transition trading.

Norway’s NFB International Relocations AS has been awarded a contract by the Norwegian Parliament to supply domestic relocation services for its elected representatives. The duration of the contract is two years with a possible extension for a further two-year period.

The British Association of Removers (BAR) has published a new ‘coffee table’ book depicting the development of Britain’s removals industry during the Association’s 100-year history.

Dale Collins from Graebel was approved by the FIDI General Assembly to serve on the Board of FIDI.

In his statement today (8 July, 2020) the UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak has raised the threshold for stamp duty tax on house purchases from £125,000 to £500,000 between now and 31 March, 2021.

Angie Boreham has recently joined Edward Miles Removals in Battersea, London.

It’s been completely redesigned to give it a fresh new look and make it even easier to navigate.

On 2 July The Mover received a copy of a letter, addressed to the President and General Manager of FIDI, from an anonymous group simply calling itself a ‘Group of concerned FIDI Members’. The letter complained that, during the COVID-19 crisis FIDI had not provided adequate support to its members.

The US Military household goods contract has now been confirmed as awarded to Team ARC, the American Roll On Roll Off Carrier Group, of Parsippany, New Jersey. Team ARC includes UniGroup (United Van Lines & Mayflower Transit), Suddath, Atlas Van Lines, The Pasha Group, and Deloitte. The contract is worth $7.2 billion over three years.

If you were to spend your life living in a padded cell, you’d probably never break a leg, or for that matter never get run over by a bus. But would such a life really be worth living?

With 38 years of moving industry experience under his belt, Noel Glavin, who’s been with Santa Fe for the last five years, is taking on a new challenge with the company to support its agent/partner development in the UK.

Truck drivers on Austrian motorways and expressways have been provided with free protective masks and disinfectant during the coronavirus pandemic.

It’s been nearly two months now since the UK government gave moving companies the green light to start work again. Since then there is plenty of activity reported with enquiries to estate agents going off the scale, potentially stacking up demand for movers in the very near future.

While most removals companies in the UK closed their doors when the COVID-19 lockdown was announced and put their employees on the government’s furlough scheme, one company, Matthew James Global Relocations Limited, decided to take a different approach and with the blessing of their staff, carried out a limited number of moves during the lockdown. Here, Managing Director Matt De-Machen explains why.

Edinburgh-based Broughton Removals has capped its 50th year of service by being crowned Scottish Family Business of the Year at the National Family Business Awards organised by Family Business United (FBU).

I heard some very heartening news yesterday. While conducting an interview I was told that many in the industry have taken to paying suppliers much faster than usual. This includes corporations paying movers and agent-agent transactions too. Great news. Last month I was banging on about that very subject and hoping that the industry would work together to get through the crisis. It appears people are doing just that. Marvellous!