Jerry Trusler has completed 40 years with Gerson Relocation.

Crown World Mobility has appointed Barrie Gilmour as the new Head of Sales for the UK & Ireland.

Over the years I have helped many people move and one thing I noticed is that most are not good lifters, especially when it comes to heavy objects such as household appliances and the direct result is most often damage to goods and personal injury.

The European Parliament Committee for Transport and Tourism has released a study on the ‘Technical Development and Implementation of Event Data Recording in the Road Safety Policy - PE 529.071’.

TriGlobal, the online lead generation company, attended the IAM conference in Orlando for the first time in the company’s ten-year history.

The funeral of Geoff Pygall, who died New Year’s Eve, will be held at 1.30pm on Tuesday 27th January at All Saints Church, 21a Grange Road, Eastbourne BN21 4HE.

Some time ago, the team behind the Movers & Storers Show mentioned to their friends at Currencies Direct that they wanted to organise a fun and unusual networking event for the industry.

Unveiling his new team Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the new European Commission said that his new organisation would be streamlined to focus on tackling the big political challenges Europe is facing: getting people back to work in decent jobs, triggering more investment, making sure banks lend to the real economy again, creating a connected digital market, a credible foreign policy and ensuring Europe stands on its own feet when it comes to energy security.

Enterprise Database Corporation (EDC) has released a free version of EDC-AgentLink® to help agents communicate better with US transportation service providers (TSPs).

UKWA, the United Kingdom Warehousing Association – has moved offices. The Association had been at its previous address in the Strand, central London, since 1977.

Gerson Relocation received the Gold Award for Commitment to Excellence at the Cartus 2014 Global Network Conference in Chicago in October.

Geoff Pygall, one of the UK moving industry’s elder statesmen and most charismatic characters, died on New Year’s Eve in Huntingdon.

Pickfords was appointed the official removals partner for The Paddington Trail, a London-wide event from VisitLondon.com, STUDIOCANAL and NSPCC.

London-based crate hire specialist Mastercrate has developed a new logo as part of a wider marketing campaign that will include press advertising and new promotional literature.

Vehicle tracking specialist Quartix Ltd has won the Growth award at the Powys Business Awards for the second year running.

The DVLA has announced that the driving licence counterpart will be abolished on 8 June, 2015. The abolition was to have taken place in January.

With the first cycle of Driver CPC training now complete, Driver First Assist (DFA), a road safety organisation, has launched a programme to train drivers in life-saving first aid as part of their ongoing CPC obligations.

To help mitigate the consequences of serious road accidents, the EU has committed to putting in place an emergency call system known as eCall. Based on in-vehicle communication technology, such an electronic safety system will automatically call emergency services in case of a serious crash.

Dutch companies will soon become the first in the world to be able to use a reliable, standardised, digital bill of lading and sign for the receipt of goods via a mobile phone, the European Shippers’ Council (ESC) has revealed.