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Buzzmove, a lead generation and price comparison company for the UK moving industry, has launched an industry consultation programme and opened up its service to all UK moving companies.

The latest news from Europe.

Vehicle-tracking specialist Quartix has launched a new UK website, www.quartix.net.

The price comparison site, reallymoving.com is offering members of AIM and Move Assured an extended free trial of 6 weeks for any company that uses its service for the first time.

Geoff Watson and Gordon Lyall have owned Doree Bonner for 20 years in November and, to mark the anniversary, have launched what they say is their most important initiative to date, ‘Customer Values - The Doree Bonner Experience’.

BTR International from Luton recently won the gold award in the International HHG Supplier category at the 2014 Brookfield Forum. The award was presented at the forum in Florida on 25 July.

Direct Save Telecom has announced a new service that could be useful to moving companies’ customers. The budget telecom provider is offering free line activation and low-cost line installation to new customers who are prepared to sign an 18-month deal.

Transport Minister Claire Perry has announced that the speed limit for HGVs will be raised from 40 to 50 MPH from early 2015.

The UAE is to introduce the TIR System across its territory. The guarantee agreement was made on 24 June.

Britannia Leatherbarrows gave their support to the annual Bournemouth Pier to Pier Swim on Sunday 13 July in aid of the British Heart Foundation.

Anglo Pacific has launched what it considers to be a best-in-business money transfer service for its customers.

Clockwork Removals in Glasgow has recently been accepted as a member of FIDI having achieved the FAIM (FIDI Accredited International Mover) accreditation.

On July 31 Bournes company headquarters in Rye, East Sussex held a fundraising quiz night in aid of the Removers Benevolent Association.

For years Bavarian politicians have been pushing for highway user fees for non-German cars. Now they may have come closer their goal.

Most airline heads of cargo expect volumes to increase and pricing to remain stable or improve over the next 12 months, according to IATA’s Business Confidence Index published in July.

Arpin Group, the parent company of Arpin Van Lines, in the USA, has been named by The Providence Business News as among the healthiest employers in the state of Rhode Island, for a second year.

On Monday 22nd September McCrorys Removals Ltd. of Nottingham won its case against NGRS in the Milton Keynes County Court.

Fees for annual vehicle tests on lorries, trailers and buses carried out at an Authorised Testing Facility (ATF) fell by an average of 3.5% on 1 October.