Interem in Dubai is 25 years old this year. Steve Jordan spoke to CEO Rahul Pillai to find out more about the company’s growth and plans for the next 25.

AGS Guadeloupe was recently selected by the Caribbean Centre for Expression and Remembrance of Trafficking and Slavery (Memorial ACTe) to transport numerous artworks for display at an exhibition in Pointe-à-Pitre.

Grospiron International has announced the appointment of Celine Delrue to assist in developing its moving and relocation services. Celine is returning to the industry following a three-year break.

Commercial vehicle operators are struggling to decipher their brake test reports, according to the Freight Transport Association (FTA). To help operators understand the complex documents, FTA has launched an online guide titled Brake test report.

The Doree Bonner International Group has recently appointed Claire Rubly as general manger of its Edinburgh company, John Duncan Removals.

Specialist logistics company Momentous has appointed Dan Moore as its general manager.

Ricky Hibburt has joined the Gerson Relocation Client Service Team in the UK. He is responsible for working with Corporate HR and Global Mobility teams to help manage their employee relocation programmes and cases.

A new project, sponsored by SEAT, the Spanish Traffic Authority (DGT), the Barcelona City Council and ETRA (Electronic Traffic) will alert drivers in advance of the status of traffic lights so drivers can adapt their speed accordingly.

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has announced the appointment of Zoe McLernon as its multimodal policy manager; a newly created role to strengthen FTA’s position as the only business organisation representing all aspects of the UK logistics sector.

UK-based packaging specialist Simpson Packaging is now offering protective furniture blankets printed with the moving company’s name and branding.

The Brussels regional government in Belgium is banning diesel vehicles from 2030 and petrol vehicles from 2035.

Following the successful Global Moving and Mobility Standards Summit meeting at IAM (International Association of Movers) in October, OMNI (Overseas Moving Network International) has now confirmed that it will be joining forces with IAM and FIDI, under the name of the Moving Mobility Standards Alliance (MMSA), to support an initiative to develop standards for reliable data exchange so that more accurate shipment information can be exchanged between origin and destination partners and other stakeholders within the chain.

Elite Moving Systems Ltd (EMS), from London, has recently achieved double success with performance awards from two major Relocation Management Companies.

DKV Euro Service, which provides cash-free fuel and toll charge services for truck operators, has launched DKV BOX EUROPE, a system designed to invoice all relevant tolls in Europe.

Staff at Aspire Mobility Group recently joined colleagues from Bach & Salicath, Møbeltransport Danmark National and Møbeltransport Danmark Fine Art Reloc, for a company weekend at the Trinity Hotel, located on the beautiful island of Funen in Denmark.

Sterling Lexicon, a leading provider of global relocation services, has upgraded its popular household goods small shipment service with the introduction of Sterling Xpress.

Life is full of coincidence, or if your soul is more quixotic, perhaps you would prefer to call it fate. Anyway, I’ll come back to this subject in due course.

Even if Britain leaves the EU with ‘no deal’, UK professional drivers will still be required to have a Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC). Training must be completed in the usual way before the appropriate deadline.

Sterling Lexicon has expanded its sales and business development team with the introduction of Rolanzo Kinniebrew and John Young to the company.

On 25th September the Santa Fe group announced that it had sold subsidiary Santa Fe Group Limited, which holds the group's relocation activities, to Santa Fe Intressenter AB, a company controlled by Lazarus Equity Partners with support from Proventus Capital Partners.