With less than 40 days until the UK is due to leave the EU, goods vehicle operators must ensure they are fully prepared for a No-Deal Brexit. To provide hauliers with the information they need to keep their EU-UK operations running as smoothly as possible, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) has launched a series of free half-day workshops, taking place throughout September and October 2019 in venues across the UK.

Newcastle, Gateshead and North Tyneside councils have submitted to government revised options to tackle pollution in the region, which scales back a wider Clean Air Zone (CAZ) after a public consultation revealed little enthusiasm for the plans.

When the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) stopped a vehicle during a routine check, the officer found that it was displaying a licence disc that wasn’t in the name of the business operating the vehicle. The firm didn’t have its own O licence.

On 25 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.

Cartus has launched a new service for small shipments that it claims offers faster transit times, fewer claims, exact-day delivery for eligible customers, and potential cost savings for clients.

Insurance specialist Basil E Fry & Co Ltd has announced the recent promotion of Amy King to its Board of Directors.

The Freight Transport Association’s (FTA) Van Excellence scheme, which promotes the safe and efficient operation of vans in the UK, has announced a partnership with FleetCheck, fleet management software.

Aires has announced that Dr. Rakesh Thapar has joined the company as Vice President, Product and Technology.

Pickfords Business Solutions has completed a complex relocation of the entire Royal Papworth Hospital.

Scania is launching a limited edition of 25 flagship S-series Highline tractor units in celebration of the 50th anniversary of its V8 engine.

According to reallymoving.com’s annual Cost of Moving research released on 12 September, the cost of moving home in the UK has hit a record high of £10,414 in 2019, meaning homeowners buying and selling a property are having to dig deeper than ever before.

The fashion industry is very clever, it is constantly changing the way it puts the individual fashion ingredients together, even the older generation are influenced by what the younger generation are wearing even though, by the time they get round to accepting it, the younger generation has moved on. Wide ties, narrow ties, no ties, things are constantly changing.

In the summer of 2009 Adam Lowry, while working for the family removals company in New Jersey, founded a non-profit organisation dedicated to reducing the huge mountain of food wasted in the US every year and delivering it to the thousands of hungry people across the country.

According to Xeneta, the ocean freight benchmarking and analytics company, if you look beneath the surface of a relatively calm month for long-term contracted ocean freight rates you’ll see a maelstrom of activity, adjustments and market uncertainty.

Scott Cook from RELOcruitment looks at staff retention in the moving and relocation industry and offers a few tips to keep those key employees loyal.

As the removals and transport industry contend with the increasing shortage of HGV drivers, West Midlands-based Burke Bros Moving Group has created its own solution to the skills shortage and decided to grow its own talent.

Annual growth in house prices in England and Wales will reach 3.1% in September and 2.8% in October, the highest level seen since November 2018, according to the reallymoving House Price Forecast released today, as buyers race to complete deals before the Brexit deadline of 31 October.

At the time of writing we have no idea whether the UK will leave the European Union on 31 October as planned. But, even if it leaves 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.

Mark Oakeshott, Mark Oakeshott Consulting LLC, welcomes visitors to IAM (International Association of Movers) in his adopted home town.

Austin Winner, a PR consultant working on behalf of Allied Van Lines, looks at why Americans are staying put these days.