Macmillan is one of the leading cancer support charities in the UK. In The Mover we have written a number of stories about Reason Global Insurance’s support for the charity in recent months. You probably think you know what the charity does but, I suspect you don’t. If you are wondering why I am writing about this in a moving magazine, please read on.

Philibert Challan Belval, Director, Founding Partner and majority owner of Asia Relocation in the Philippines (Manila) attended his first EUROMOVERS conference this year.

The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) has published findings from a recent survey by its benchmarking club Logmark, on the current driver shortage.

Logistics specialist Stephen Hayward has recently acquired Pearson Home Moving from Grahame Winter of The Vogue Group.

Dutch online marketing agency Yonego has launched a new lead generation service for the UK removal industry.

Whilst I sit down to write this month’s column for The Mover magazine, the trucks that have been stuck on the M20, are starting to move again after several days of being held in ‘Operation Stack’ and things will probably be back to some sort of normality again by the time you read this article.

There are two issues here that set my blood into a rolling boil, and that of many others: how can a bunch on ferry workers be allowed to disrupt the only practical route to the UK from the mainland, and apparently commit acts of criminal damage, without being rounded up by the authorities; and secondly, why are truck drivers and the companies they work for penalises because of Europe’s governments inability to solve the illegal immigrant problem?

The Arpin Group’s Charitable Fund recently announced that its second annual Arpin Strong Golf Tournament, held at the New England Country Club in Bellingham, Mass., successfully raised $22,898 for charity.

An article published in The Daily Telegraph on 15 June tells of how private papers owned by Baroness Thatcher, have been saved for the nation (UK) after her family donated them in lieu of inheritance tax on her £4.7million estate.

Commercial mover Quicksilver has moved several hospital departments, from three hospitals into one specialist emergency care facility. The entire move was completed on time and on budget.

Moving the world's tallest freestanding composite masts through some of the tightest channels in Portsmouth Harbour was always going to be a challenge.

Samsung has begun trials of a ‘see-through’ safety truck that allows vehicles driving behind it to view the road ahead, claiming that it could revolutionize road safety.

Struggling companies will be given a second chance to improve their financial situation under new rules on insolvency approved by MEPs on 20 May.

Ray Hammond predicts the future at the EuRA conference in April in his ‘Key drivers for the future’ speech. By Sophie Neal.

It was on 11 June in Boston that a young man, Max Cormier, had a life changing experience. At the tender age of 12 he presented the results of his own survey into the reactions of children to the trauma of relocation to the annual meeting of the New England Relocation Association (NERA).

With increasing numbers of illegal immigrants attempting to board lorries in Calais and other Channel ports, James Tennant, Managing Director of Walsall-based removers MoveCorp Ltd. is urging other removal companies to make sure their checking procedures are fit for purpose and are adhered to by their drivers.

By Gavin McCarthy, Sales Director, Britannia Movers International