As published in The Mover, February 2019, Bobby Black from Black’s of Brechin completed his Inverness Etape cycling challenge around the world-famous Loch Ness.

Bishop’s Move has helped dental charity Dentaid relocate from its former site near Salisbury in Wiltshire to new accommodation in Totton, Hampshire, by providing its services free of charge.

FORS is offering funded places on a selection of its driver specific training courses, to help FORS members upskill their driving workforce.

Uruguay’s Alejandra Briano Moving & Relocation has moved to new premises just five minutes from Montevideo airport and 30 minutes from the capital’s port.

Arpin Group has announced the promotion of Mario Lemme from director of programming services, to senior vice president of information technology and the hiring of Sebastian Sommer as MD in Germany.

Helsinki-based Travelcargo International Removals has announced the appointment of Tuomo Rekola as business development manager.

Heléne Mellquist, formerly president of Volvo Trucks International, was appointed president of Volvo Trucks Europe with effect from 1 April, 2019.

Steven Meyer, a driver with Arpin Van Lines, spoke at this year’s Memorial Day observance in Montross, Virginia held on Monday, May 27, at the Old Westmoreland Courthouse.

German, Austrian and Polish antitrust authorities have given the green light for Charge4Europe, a joint venture founded on December 11, 2018 by DKV Euro Service and Innogy; a leading German energy company.

Members of the Latin American and Caribbean International Movers Association (LACMA) gathered in Panama City in February to celebrate the Association’s 50th anniversary.

Deputy Editor David Jordan takes a trip to London’s Docklands to revisit Top Removals five years on.

Sygic, the Slovakian GPS navigation vendor, has unveiled a new Driver Scoring Software Development Kit (SDK) for fleets. The device works offline and is easy-to-integrate into existing fleet management systems, including mobile apps, without any additional hardware costs.

Cartus Corporation has announced a number of new appointments recently.

Sara Lyrum has taken over as group director for Aspire Mobility Group in Copenhagen, Denmark, following the retirement of Gunnar Moeskjaer after over 30 years in the moving industry.

In just 10 years, Bliss has becomes a significant player in the Italian and global moving world. Here, Francesco Argirò explains why he has been successful.

The keynote speaker at the FIDI conference in Amsterdam was Patrick Schwerdtfeger. Patrick is an expert on technology trends. His brief was to talk about technology in general, and Blockchain in particular, to explore how it could change the way in which the moving industry works.

Seville in south-west Spain was the venue for the 2019 OMNI conference. Despite the inclemency of the weather (very unusual for Andalusia in springtime), the friendship between the delegates was as warm as ever.

For some truck operators and drivers, a roadside stop might be seen as an inconvenience. But most understand it’s an essential part of keeping our roads safe and so cooperate with enforcement staff.

Telematics plays an important role in optimising efficiency in the transport industry, but is the ever-watching eye of the TM making driver recruitment more difficult? Deputy Editor David Jordan believes it is.