Port Bulgaria West launched a new Black Sea Roll-On/Roll-Off (RO/RO) service between the Bulgarian city of Burgas and the Georgian port of Poti on 13 August, 2014.

Crown Relocations has announced a Gift Box donation programme in conjunction with its long-term charity partner, The Salvation Army, Hong Kong.

Top management at Volvo Trucks’ Head Office in Warwick got a soaking last month as they took part in the ‘Ice Bucket Challenge’.

KPMG’s UK Head of Infrastructure, Building and Construction, Richard Threlfall, has recently reported the sharpest rise in housing construction in the UK since November 2003, which must be good news for the moving industry

On 23 August, 2014 Edward Bernstein died aged 97.

Phil Stewart has re-joined Clark & Rose after a two-year break. Phil had been with Clark & Rose for ten years before joining Constantine in 2012.

O’Neil Software in the USA, a provider records management software, recently announced management level promotions in its Australasia organisation.

Gosselin Mobility has appointed Barbara Savelli as its Director of Corporate Accounts Italy for a new facility in Rome.

Time is Money - By Caroline Seear, Managing Director of Red Recruit.

The French government has announced that it is suspending plans indefinitely for an HGV transit tax after several of the country's road haulage associations threatened industrial action from next week.

Managing Director of Anglo Pacific, Stephen Gray, has recently been appointed Deputy Chairman of the BAR Overseas Group.

Roy Fox died on the 19th August 2014 after his condition deteriorated rapidly following a long illness. He was just a few weeks past his 80th birthday.

Almost a year and a half after taking delivery of a new Scania 560 chassis, truck enthusiast Matt De Machen’s magnificent custom-built road train has finally taken to the road.

From 1 October, vehicles in the UK will no longer have to display paper tax discs to show that vehicle excise duty has been paid.

Last month, Natacha Bouchart, the Mayor of Calais threatened to block the Channel port if the British government does not send out “a clear message” to resolve the problem of the several hundred migrants that are gathered in her constituency with the intention of gaining passage to the ‘Eldorado’ that they believe the UK to be.

Graebel Relocation Services Worldwide, Inc. has earned the Gold Stevie® Award for Company of the Year - in Business Services for the 11th Annual International Business Awards (IBAs).

A new strategy to improve customs risk management, together with a detailed action plan, has been adopted by the Commission (25 August, 2014).