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).

Arpin Van Lines in Rhode Island has won the Logistics Management 2014 Quest for Quality Award.

Van Girls, featured in the August issue of The Mover, has joined AIM (Alliance of Independent Movers).

London-based Top Removals had some rather unusual clients recently including Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar and Shrek!

Pickfords Move Management Ltd has been awarded the Order of Distinction from the Royal Society for the Protection of Accidents (RoSPA), in recognition of sixteen years of excellence in health and safety at work.

Paul Williamson and Wayne Sidell, from Atlantic Corporate Relocation (ACRL) in Walton on Thames have successfully challenged an injunction from Cartus that would have precluded them from publishing alleged defamatory statements about the organisation. The action has, however, been stayed for two years.

Klaus Zapf, the German millionaire, founder and co-owner of moving company Zapf Umzuge in Germany died unexpectedly of a heart attack on 20 August, 2014 while on honeymoon with his third wife. He was 62.

In addition to reporting strong performance for the first 6 months of 2014 the Santa Fe Group announced the news that its CEO Lars Lykke Iversen would retire in 2015 based on a structured succession plan as the company looks forward to implementing the next stage of its business plan.

It has been 20 years since Geoff Watson and Gordon Lyall bought Doree Bonner. In that time the company has grown beyond recognition. As the company slips quietly into its 3rd decade under their stewardship, Steve Jordan stopped by the group headquarters in Dartford to see how they did it and what the future holds.