Harrow Green recently won the contract to relocate a rare and very delicate piece of Roman history. The project was to perform the transfer and installation of a 290kg replica marble dedication slab from the Roman Legion Museum in Wales to the Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents in Oxford.

When a contingent from the 9th Kenton Scout Group went on their first international camp they looked for ways of transporting their equipment as safely and securely as possible.

Three quarters of drivers are concerned that the use of Intelligent Speed Adaptations (ISAs) will compromise safety, according to research by the Institute of Advanced Motorists.

The Highways Agency, which looks after the motorways and major A-roads in England, has help and advice for everyone travelling this winter – especially in severe weather.

Don-Bur, designer and manufacturer of commercial vehicle trailer bodies, is offering xlite super single forged aluminium wheels as an option on its vehicles. The wheel, which has a reduced weight and increased load index, has been fitted for several clients on the company's innovative, aerodynamic Teardrop™ trailer range.

Human Resource Executive, a US publication that focusses on strategic issues in HR, has selected Mary Stoik Dymond, Senior Vice President of Human Resources, from Graebel as one of its top five Human Resource Executives for 2013.

Driver CPC needs to be improved, but we should be careful what we wish for in changes arising from the Driver Training Directive. Adding additional constraints could prevent responsible, professional vehicle operators from training drivers in the knowledge and skills they need to do their job effectively - that’s the view of the Freight Transport Association.

In what must have been a humiliating climb down, the French government suspended the unpopular ‘ecotax’ that would have imposed new levies on all vehicles over 3.5 tonnes operating in France. It was due to come into force in January 2014 and would have raised an estimated 800 million euros in tax revenue.

PPS Crate Hire recently exhibited for the first time at the Movers and Storers Show, which ran alongside The Mover Conference at the Silverstone Circuit.

Team Relocations has recently announced a three-year commitment to a major fund raising initiative in support of Plan, the UK headquartered global children’s charity. Founded over more than 75 years ago, Plan is one of the oldest and largest children's development organisations in the world.

The Mover has become aware of some companies engaging in what is probably illegal and certainly immoral practice of employing people ‘through the back door’.

Williams Moving & Storage in Canada wishes to make its customers and agents aware that, although it has recently closed its branches in Kamloops, British Columbia and Edmonton, Alberta to gain operational efficiencies, the company itself is alive and well and thriving in nine western Canadian cities.

Crown Worldwide Group has recently opened branches in Hamburg and Sri Lanka.

The Mover Magazine met with father and daughter team of Glasgow’s Lomond Removals at the EUROMOVERS conference in Istanbul earlier this year to learn about their business whilst also getting to know one of the removal trade’s youngest and brightest new members.

The Transport Select Committee has announced recommendations to the government regarding Local Authority Parking Enforcements in England.

The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency’s Remote Enforcement Office (REO) is a different method of following up VOSA’s encounters with your vehicles.

From the 1st November, 2013 it will be possible to pay the Hungarian toll ‘HU-GO’ using an On Board Unit.

Mr Gudmund Håkull, owner of Håkull AS, was recently presented with the King’s Silver Medal of Merit.

The Mover Magazine's Christmas story

Cyril Worth & Son has added a sixth vehicle to its fleet. The new vehicle is a DAF CF 250 BHP Euro 5 space cab from Mac’s Truck Sales.