With the youth of today seemingly obsessed with online social media, it’s surprising to learn that Generation Y, tech-savvy young people apparently ‘dislike’ online training.

International moving specialist The EuroGroup has appointed Darren French as its business development manager for the United Kingdom.

A high-performance powertrain with a working life of up to 20,000 hours, up to five years’ warranty and outstanding all-round view, even from the fully enclosed cabin.

The 18,000 TEU CMA CGM Georg Forster has entered service sailing under the UK flag.

A recent report issued by EUROMOVERS International says that over the last two years 95% of its customers rated its member companies’ services good, excellent or outstanding. The results were presented to members at the EUROMOVERS annual conference in Barcelona in April.

The winners of the FTA everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards for 2015 were announced at a ceremony held in London on 3 June.

Members of the Alliance of Independent Movers (AIM) met at the organisation’s headquarters in Twickenham on 12 May to discuss the group’s progress during its first 18 months of operation and its plans for development.

We have all seen the mayhem that was caused by the French strikers who held the transport industry and the whole of the travelling public to ransom. Some of you were caught in it yourselves. In my opinion this is unacceptable. It’s time we acted.

PODS, the Manchester-based containerised removal and storage company, has joined The Alliance of Independent Movers.

The Freight Transport Association is pressing the French government to take action on the migrant situation in Calais, which has been described as ‘like a war zone’ by some of its members.

Goplasticpallets.com has announced the appointment of Ben Messingham as UK sales manager.

Steve Jordan dropped in to meet Ingrams of Bishop Auckland and the two brothers who run it, Malcolm and Ian Ingram. It’s not your average moving company, but it’s the way they like it.

Mark Ratcliffe and Andy Pearson have set up a new company called The Next Level. It has been created to help small moving companies become bigger by focussing on the practical side of what they do.

When every other company seems to be talking price, some Australians are discovering a point of difference to grow business. Brett Epstein from Hire A Mover explains how you can stand out without cutting prices.

In just a little over 18 months John Sargant has built his trade organisation Move Assured into a network of 55 removal companies covering much of the UK.

The Movers and Storers Show returns to Silverstone on Tuesday 15 and Wednesday 16 September. This event, established in 2008, remains the UK’s biggest trade show for the removals and storage sector.

AS24 bills itself as being the No.1 network for HGVs across Europe. With 750 service stations throughout the continent, it’s probably true.

A totally biased report of the Santa Fe football tournament by Steve Jordan, Football Manager.

Juerg Degenmann, General Manager of Mudanzas Internacionales Global in Venezuela has advised that the social and business situation in Venezuela continues to worsen and that shippers and their customers should be aware of the position as a way of managing the expectations of assignees.