Anglo Pacific has been supporting bereaved children’s charity, Winston’s Wish, for six years, raising tens of thousands of pounds. However, Sales Consultant Chris Field recently went the extra fundraising mile (3,000 in fact) with a Rickshaw Run across India.

The Young Movers Conference took place at the Regent’s ParK Marriot Hotel from 1-3 May, 2014 with 170 attendees from across Europe and beyond coming together for networking – and a bit of fun.

The Hotel Leonardo De Vinci in Rome was the venue for the 2014 EUROMOVERS conference. Unlike any other event in the moving calendar, when you walk in it really does feel as if you have been invited to join a family celebration.

Like every capital city, Edinburgh has an atmosphere all of its own. As the train pulled in to Waverley station I snatched my first view of the castle, its granite walls clinging to the extinct volcano where it has dominated the skyline for the better part of a thousand years. Edinburgh is truly an historic, enigmatic city, an exciting venue for the 2014 EuRA conference.

According to Executing Growth, EY’s 2014 Africa Attractiveness Survey, Africa’s share of global foreign direct investment (FDI) projects has reached the highest level in a decade. Where investment goes, people follow, so the global mobility industry should sit up and take notice.

Many will remember Roy Yearly as the quiet man who worked diligently as BAR’s General Secretary Brian Mitchell’s assistant during the 1980s and early 90s. But there was another side to Roy’s life that few beyond his immediate circle could scarcely have imagined.

Last year’s Britannia Conference was held in Monaco, and topping it was always going to be a massive challenge. As a result, the group completely changed tack for the 2014 event, which took place 9-12 May at the Pomme d’Or Hotel in St Helier, Jersey.

According to research by the London Business School (LBS), in partnership with Deloitte, most Generation Y employees have no plans to stay with their employers for more than five years. The implication is that employers need to revise their offerings if they are to retain young talent.

It is no secret that container operators are currently fixated on cost savings, but the latest data on ship reliability report from Drewry, supply chain advisors, suggests that carriers are worryingly neglecting the product offering to their customers.

A daytime ban on trucks entering Manila, intended to reduce gridlock in the city, is causing serious disruption at the port and severely delaying container movements. According to Asian Tigers Philippines, the ban is growing into a serious problem for Philippine commerce and is continuing to affect both inbound and outbound traffic.

Jungheinrich has launched a completely re-designed generation of IC-engine powered counterbalanced fork lift trucks in capacities up to 3.5 tonnes and with lift height of 7.5 metres.

Luis Castagnino has joined Grospiron as the company's new specialist for South America and will be based at the Paris office.

After 23 years of hard work and commitment with Grospiron International, Philippe Raveau-Violette has decided to take his retirement and join his wife in India where they are happily whiling away their days in a little corner of paradise.

"Always remember - start at the beginning of the recruitment process with the end in mind," says Caroline Seear, Managing Director of Red Recruit.

Moody’s Investors Service, a leading provider of credit ratings, research, and risk analysis, has recently revised its outlook for the global shipping industry to stable from negative, for the first time since June 2011.

On 3 April, 2014, during their plenary session, the European Parliament adopted the Payment Package which is targeted at cheaper fees for Europeans when paying by credit or debit card and at the standardisation of the rules for online transactions.

A new independent corporate sales training and coaching programme for the international moving and relocation industry has been launched by a group of seasoned industry professionals.

The European Parliament (EP) has voted to end mobile phone roaming fees by 2016 and barred telecoms operators from prioritizing some Internet traffic over others. By Tony Richman

Robert Goodwill MP, the UK Transport Minister announced at the end of April that the UK government will make £500 million available as part of a comprehensive package of measures intended to support the introduction of ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs) between 2015 and 2020, including £4 million specifically for HGVs.

Following on from the plans already made for the Dartford crossing, an automated tolling system to allow HGV's to use the Humber Bridge without visiting a toll booth could be introduced sometime between this autumn and spring 2015, following the introduction of new toll booths.