A summary of the annual conference of the UK trade association, by Steve Jordan.

An article throwing some light on the murky world of selling services to procurement professionals, by Steve Jordan – and friend.

Ray daSilva from IAM Mobility Exchange offers the first in a series of three articles focussing on selling for moving professionals.

Steve Jordan interviews consultant John Roller about his views on the industry today and some of the lessons he’s learned over his long experience in US moving.

Steve Jordan reports on the message from the keynote speaker at the FIDI conference in Edinburgh.

FIDI gathered together a panel of six at the Edinburgh conference to discuss the tricky question of how to build a young, resilient workforce.

Anchor Removals and Storage in Manchester has left Britannia Movers International. Steve Jordan interviewed the company’s managing director, Chris Smallwood, to find out why.

The UK’s transport managers have the opportunity of keeping up to date at one of ten Transport Manager conferences, presented by Logistics UK, taking place this autumn.

As a leading exhibition service provider in Thailand, Boonma Expo Logistics was recently invited to share its knowledge and experience with the students and professors at Dusit Thani College in Bangkok.

EVBox, a leading provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions, has been awarded the Gold sustainability status from EcoVadis, an international assessment that evaluates a company’s sustainability practices.

On 9 July, 2024, Simon Hood, owner of John Mason International in the UK, attended a Royal reception at Windsor Castle in celebration of his company being awarded the prestigious King’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade.

A P Moller-Maersk (Maersk) has launched a new ocean shipping service between China and Bangladesh.

John Mason International in the UK has introduced Makaton training for its moving crews and surveyors across the UK.

The Mover has today learned of the untimely death of Max Chorus from Streff in Luxembourg, aged just 65 years old. Apparently he suffered a heart attack.

Quality Service Standards Limited (QSS) in the UK, the company that audits and assesses moving companies against recognised Quality Standards, has achieved 25 years in business having been incorporated on 9 July, 1999. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Association of Removers (BAR).

DeWitt Move Worldwide has announced the appointment of a strategic partnership with Charles ‘Chuck’ White, a renowned expert in the international household goods sector, as its new representative.

ISS Relocations in Dubai has announced the promotion of Anish D'Souza to country manager for Saudi Arabia.

Arpin International Group in the USA has announced that that its VP of Global sales and Business Development, Mark J Burchell, had been reappointed as chairman of the FIDI Quality Supervisory Committee (FQSC).

On 4 July, 2024 the Federal Association of Furniture Forwarding and Logistics (AMÖ) e. V., an organisation that represents 800 German furniture forwarding and special logistics companies with 25,000 employees, applied to rejoin the European association FEDEMAC e. V. with effect 1 September, 2024.

The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has advised that, following a meeting of the London Councils, the grace period for complying with the new Direct Vision Standard (DVS), due to come into operation on 28 October, 2024, is likely to be extended to six months, rather than three months.