The International NGO Safety and Security Association (INSSA), a non-profit association committed to improving the quality and effectiveness of safety and security for humanitarian relief and development assistance workers operating in dangerous environments around the world, has announced a partnership with The DeWitt Companies to bolster its growing NGO Security Professional Development Program.

The US Department of Defense (DOD) has put out a Request for Information (RFI) on the feasibility of outsourcing the US Military household goods contract to a single company. This extraordinary development owes its origin to a post on social media only six months ago.

The minimum amounts you and your staff pay into your automatic enrolment pension scheme will increase from 6 April, 2019.

The Senior Traffic Commissioner for Great Britain, Richard Turfitt, has reinforced the importance of continuous professional development for those responsible for managing haulage, bus and coach operations.

The UK Communities Secretary Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP has welcomed figures published in November showing over 222,000 new homes were delivered in 2017 to 2018.

I left the function promptly at 11:00 pm because, in a moment of madness, I’d decided to take the bus home and I knew that the last bus was due at 11:10 pm. I suspected it was going to be a rather alcohol laden evening so maybe I’d made the right decision. In addition, because it had become rather bulky with the addition of a new birthday present leather case, I had left my mobile phone at home.

A report on the presentation by James Backhouse of Backhouse Jones solicitors, at The Movers and Storers Show in November last year.

FIDI is expecting a high turnout for its 2019 conference which takes place in the Dutch city of Amsterdam, 31 March-2 April.

Dan Lafferty, Director of Voice and Music at PHMG, looks at how audio branding can help removals companies stand out from the crowd.

Steve Jordan explains why The Mover is changing to a digital format.

Drew Coolidge has recently moved to the UK and taken on his role as president Europe for SIRVA, one of the world’s largest relocation and moving companies and parent of Allied Pickfords.

Bobby Bartle, resident immigration attorney and Director of Immigration & Legal Affairs at Aires, provides an overview of the process for hiring Foreign National Students in the United States.

Michael Gerson explains how the Lockerbie plane crash will be long remembered by the London moving industry in particular.

Asian Tigers honoured Peter Schaefers on his retirement at the Cadillac Ranch in National Harbor, Maryland on Sunday, 7 October 2018.

Scania has opened a new service centre in Bridgewater, Somerset. The facility was opened on 5 December 2018 by His Excellency Mr Torbjörn Sohlström, Sweden's Ambassador to the UK.

The German Bundestag has amended federal highway toll law to exempt trucks powered by natural gas from tolls from 1 January, 2019 for a period of two years. The change is intended help to reduce the country’s growing CO2 emissions from the transport sector and provide a stimulus for the natural gas vehicle sector.

Volvo has recently launched a range of improvements to its trucks including the map-based I-See software that uses map data to preview the topography of the route, and takes care of gear selection, acceleration and engine braking.

CVC Capital Partners Fund VII (“CVC”) recently signed an agreement to acquire a 20% stake in DKV MOBILITY SERVICES Group (“DKV”).

A recently released report, European Road Freight Transport 2018, claims that Europe has a shortage of HGV drivers of around 150,000. The UK is the worst affected with 52,000 vacancies and Germany has 45,000 vacancies.