While scrabbling through a box of old photos the other day I came across one of an old friend, Brian Mitchell, who was the General Secretary of BAR until his untimely and shocking death on 31 August, 1996 on the morning of his daughter’s wedding.

Shelagh Bisceglia has joined Arpin International Group as an international relocation coordinator.

After three and a half years in Malaysia working with Intermovers Group, Julien Wilkinson has returned to the UK.

As SMART motorways reached their first birthday in the UK in April, the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) expressed concern that widespread confusion still exists amongst motorway users.

A Freight Transport Association survey has revealed that congestion on the UK’s roads is at its worst for over 10 years.

The new driving licence checking system - to be introduced by the DVLA this summer - will not meet businesses’ needs according to the Freight Transport Association.

Graebel Relocation recently sponsored the Big Idea Project, a fundraiser that helps young people who have helped the Denver metropolitan area communities, and the nation.

The first Forum for Expatriate Management of 2015 (organised by UniGroup Relocation Singapore) took on a very personal tone as Dr Yvonne McNulty from Expatresearch led a discussion on the effects of global mobility on expatriates and their families.

Move Management, Inc., a division of Graebel Companies, Inc., recently held its Third Annual Partner Summit.

The German Association of Movers and Logistics (AMÖ) will, once again, be sponsoring the MöLo trade fair in Kassel Germany. MöLo will be held from 18-20 June and will include the AMÖ general assembly.

When North Wales removals company Knightmovers set up its camera at the Menai Bridge to get a shot of its new Scania truck, it didn’t expect to be photobombed by one of the UK’s best known removals brands.

The Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) has announced its 100th new registration since the scheme became self-funded on 17 February 2015 and was established as a national scheme in March.

Bishop’s Move has completed the 54th Historic Commercial Vehicle Society Challenge from Crystal Palace to Brighton on Sunday 3 May.

PHS Group has launched a new website that gives visitors the opportunity of downloading a free guide to a smarter workplace.

Steve Fanning, a removals specialist at A-Staff Solution Ltd ditched boxes for running shoes on 26 April to compete in the Virgin London Marathon.

For the next three years Bishop’s Move Oxford, part of the Bishop’s Move Group is sponsoring a minibus for Springfield Special Needs School, based in Witney.

Over six hundred of the world’s finest mobility experts gathered at the Sheraton Hotel in the charming town of Porto in Portugal for the 2015 EuRA conference in April. It was an overload of information from the great and the good of the industry, all valuable but too much to comprehend at one sitting. For this reason The Mover will be including reports from EuRA in the next few issues: medicine a spoon at a time!

A recent notice issued by HMRC (Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs) in the UK appears to suggest that moving companies may no longer be able to customs clear household goods through the UK, for delivery elsewhere in Europe.

Typically, criminals will be searching for the easiest way into your data systems – but have you ever considered if the weak link lies within your supply chain? By James Moore, Senior Security Consultant for Phish’d at MWR InfoSecurity

Globe Moving & Storage Co Pvt Ltd in Bangalore, India has a new identity. Steve Jordan caught up with its Director, Ajit Venkatesh, at the FIDI conference in Cape Town to find out more.