A new survey has recently been launched by Atlas® Van Lines in the USA. The annual Corporate Relocation Survey reveals the ongoing COVID-19 impacts; economic shifts, including inflation and housing prices; and personal and workplace priorities as the main factors driving career relocation decisions.

On Tuesday, 28 June a new law came into force in the UK to close a loophole that allowed drivers who cause permanent disability or injury through careless driving to avoid prison, substantial fines or bans.

Africa Mobility Services will be attending the IAM (International Association of Movers) convention in November and will be campaigning to collect pens to help with children’s education in Africa.

Zero emission truck producer, Clean Logistics, has recently presented its first hydrogen-powered, zero-emission truck ‘fyuriant’ to the public at the Stade airfield in Germany. The company says this heralds a new era in environmentally-friendly road transport.

Materials handling equipment provider Linde has unveiled a new safety system for forklift trucks designed to prevent accidents involving pedestrians in the warehouse environment.

Steeles Removals from Barrow in Furness in Cumbria, UK, has recently added to its fleet of vehicles with a new Scania for long-distance removals built by SBR Specialist Coachbuilders in Preston.

Altair Global’s Senior Vice President of Global Reporting and Compliance, George Powdar, has earned a Meritorious Service Award from Worldwide ERC, the workforce mobility association.

Gerson Relocation BV has announced the appointment of Marco Bongers as operational director.

Global relocation specialist Aires has announced the promotion of Andrew Meadowcroft to vice president of customer experience. In this new role, he will provide strategic oversight to all client services as they relate to people, process, and technology while ensuring global consistency in corporate customer experience.

Lawmakers in the European Parliament plenary have voted to mandate that all new car and van sales should be zero emissions from 2035 as part of efforts to clean up road transport.

In a long and eagerly awaited decision, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) handed down a landmark judgment on 8 June, 2022 approving the Road Haulage Association’s application for a Collective Proceedings Order (CPO) in respect of damages claims arising from the European Commission’s Trucks Cartel decision.

The International Road Transport Union’s (IRU) annual driver shortage survey shows unfilled commercial driver positions continue to increase at alarming rates across the globe.

Italy’s Franzosini International Movers has announced that it has joined forces with Mercier Srl, forming a new group, FMN Logistics. The merger took place on 1 June, 2022, having been stalled for two years due to the COVID pandemic.

Matthew James Global Relocation Ltd has taken delivery of a Mercedes-Benz Econic with impressive direct visibility credentials that make it ideally suited to removals work in and around London.

The American Trucking Associations has announced the hiring of transportation and government affairs professional Ryan Bowley as the executive director of the ATA Moving & Storage Conference.

Grospiron International hosted a party on the free evening of the FIDI conference to entertain its partners from around the world.

“Well,” said the daughter as we were sitting in the garden some three weeks ago, “you and Mum are probably the only two people I know who haven’t had COVID!”

AltoVita has announced the appointment of Novum Capital Partners’ CEO and Founder, Gabriele Gallotti, as Board Observer.

AltoVita, the corporate accommodation company, added geotagging technology to its platform to promote sustainable travel and eliminate the risk of industry-wide greenwashing.

MOBILITAS has opened new facilities in Yaou, Côte d’Ivoire, in the presence of Vice-Chairman Paul Massardier and the town’s First Deputy Mayor, Sylvestre Toppé.