It should have been a simple thing really. My wife, Sheila, to whom I have been wed for well over 30 years, decided she would like to go swimming.

WestJet Cargo in Canada has expanded its pet transportation services to three major European airports: London Gatwick (LGW), London Heathrow (LHR), and Edinburgh (EDI).

Logistics UK is providing transport managers with access to its online version of its educational event, Logistics UK’s Transport Manager 2024, sponsored by Brigade Electronics.

The Grace Group in Australia has announced that Nicki French, Director of Moving Services at Grace Removals, has been appointed as the new president of the Australian Furniture Removers Association (AFRA).

The MOBILITAS Group has officially opened its doors in Kuwait under its AGS brand. The expansion forms part of the conglomerate’s regional strategy to cater to the entire Gulf Peninsula.

The EUROMOVERS Worldwide Alliance has announced that Stephan Strauss has succeeded Holger Thomas Juchum as Chairman of the Executive Board with effect from 1 September 2024.

Loughborough University has carried out extensive tests on Durite’s Progressive Safe System (PSS). The results confirm that Durite’s PSS meets the specifications set out by Transport for London (TfL).

A short tribute, by Steve Jordan.

Paul Mander from UK solicitors Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP, provides a detailed look at some of the Labour party’s key proposals and what lies ahead for employers and their advisers over the coming months.

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. But we thought, at The Mover, that it might be useful to bring all these movements together in one place.

After over 50 years in the moving industry, Joseph Song, from Asian Tigers Korea, has stepped into retirement.

Information received from Tippet-Richardson has confirmed that the Canadian authorities have officially ended the temporary public policy that permitted visitors to apply for work permits from within Canada. The change became effective on 28 August, 2024.

Fleet transport and commercial insurance broker, McCarron Coates, has created its own board game to provide commercial HGV and van fleet operators with more food for thought about the legal framework in which they are operating.

Manchester City Council is to begin trialling cameras that automatically detect distracted drivers.

Bishop's Move in the UK, has announced the appointment of Janette Mackay as the company’s new sales director. Janette joins the sales team at the headquarters in Surrey.

Quality Service Standards Limited (QSS) in the UK, the company that audits and assesses moving companies against recognised Quality Standards, has achieved 25 years in business having been incorporated on 9 July, 1999.

Steve Jordan visits Voerman in the Netherlands, to take a look at the company’s new, purpose-built building, and explore its nine-year journey to get there.

In the second in a series of three articles, Ray daSilva from IAM Mobility Exchange offers more advice on selling for moving professionals.

Steve Jordan talks to Brian Loud from Planes in Cincinnati about how the company developed its unique culture and the way in which it affects the success of the business.

OMNI (Overseas Moving Network International) has two new members of its Board: Eric Tate from Aires in the USA and Ido Barner from Mobilitas.