Commercial relocation management company Business Moves Group (BMG) has appointed Marc Pearce as project manager.

The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has welcomed the positive response from the Department for Transport (DfT) to the trials of longer semi-trailers (LSTs), finding them to be safer, more economical, and better for the environment.

The BAR Young Movers will host its next conference at the Ten Square Hotel in Belfast from 7-9 October, 2021.

The government is consulting on proposed changes to the requirements to obtain a vocational driving licence to help address the current shortage of lorry drivers.

In the first quarter of 2024, A P Moller - Maersk will introduce the first in a ground-breaking series of eight large ocean-going container vessels capable of being operated on carbon neutral methanol.

DKV Mobility, one of the leading mobility service providers in Europe, has launched a new service to enable customers to settle toll charges electronically in Poland.

A report from The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) based on a global survey conducted in May 2021 of more than 360 business executives, studies the implications of remote working during the pandemic on organisations, their employees and productivity.

Jack Dorrington, trusted friend of the UK moving industry, who was the face of trade shipping with Anglo Pacific for many years, has died, aged 77.

The development of electric vehicle (EV) batteries with a range similar to internal combustion engines, and that can charge in as little as 12 minutes, were among projects awarded £91 million of UK government and industry funding on 18 August, 2021.

The DVSA (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency) has announced the launch of a campaign to recruit additional HGV driving examiners in England and Wales in an attempt to reduce the chronic shortage of lorry drivers, currently estimated to be around 100,000.

Richard Levine died on the afternoon of Monday, 24 May, at 76 years of age. He was buried the following day and is survived by his wife Sandra and daughter Gemma.

Global health insurance specialist Towergate Health & Protection is warning UK employers with workers overseas not to underestimate the severity of the COVID pandemic and the impact this will have on their health and wellbeing and what they can do to mitigate the effects.

Australia is one of the few countries that responded swiftly and effectively to the outbreak of COVID-19 from China and is also one of the few nations that is largely free of the virus.

Gerson Relocation in the UK has announced the appointment of Tony Dullaghan-Stone as director-general manager.

Len Cox, a leading light in the UK moving industry and past president of BAR and chairman of IFWRI, died on 21 June in his adopted home in Spain.

Maersk and Hyundai Mipo Dockyards have agreed on a contract for Hyundai Mipo to build a feeder vessel with a dual engine technology enabling it to sail on either methanol or traditional very low Sulphur fuel.

Aires and KPMG have jointly been awarded Best Partnership Between Two Service Providers by the Forum for Expatriate Management (FEM) at the EMEA Expatriate Management & Mobility Awards (EMMAs).

Sofrapack, the packaging company from France, is to launch a new product in the new year called PleatWrap.

International relocations brand MoveHub.com reviewed 89,000 international relocations between March 2020 and March 2021 to see how the pandemic has affected international moves.

A rush to beat the UK stamp duty deadline on 30 June caused a 200% increase in demand for removals services according to online marketplace AnyVan.