VK Removals & Storage Ltd in Cookstown, N. Ireland has joined the Alliance of Independent Movers, the first removals company in the Province to do so.

Tracey Rowland from Reason Global Insurance completed the Brighton marathon on 12 April raising over £800 for Macmillan Cancer Support.

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Maidmans has recently added a newly refurbished truck to its fleet; the new vehicle is an 18-tonne Scania, which can also carry five storage containers and benefits from having air ride suspension.

How many kisses are appropriate when texting one’s bank manager? I’m not sure what the protocol is these days but it seems to change exponentially.

Judi Schaffner has joined Arpin International Group as senior pricing analyst.

Momentous Relocation has appointed Mick Byrne as its Logistics Manager.

Bjorn Carlsen of NFB International Relocations, Norway become a Regional Director for the European region of PAIMA.

Rahul Pillai has been promoted to the role of chief executive officer for Interem Relocations Group having previously served as the company’s regional director India & Middle East.

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.