OMNI (Overseas Moving Network International) has recently announced that it has accepted hasenkamp in Spain into membership. The company joins SIT to become the second OMNI member in the country. hasenkamp in Germany has been a member of OMNI for many years. The hasenkamp group also has offices in Belgium, Poland, Moscow, UAE, Qatar and Cuba.
The sixth and final episode of the OMNI sustainability series of online workshops, hosted by academic, consultant and trainer Johan de Kam took place on the 18th January 2023. It was attended by OMNI and FIDI members.
Robinsons in the UK has announced the recent death of Ian Brown who had been with the company since 1994. He died on 7th February following a short illness. His family were by his side. Anthony Robinson commented. “We will all miss him more than words can express, he was not just an employee but a mentor, wise counsellor and friend to everyone.”
Photo: Ian Brown
Aires has promoted Jennifer Murr to vice president for the Gulf Coast Region. In her new role, she will continue to oversee regional operations, sales, and profitability, while expanding her work on the executive leadership team.
Jacques Monier, CEO of IMS-Brytor, has announced that the company’s new branch in Seattle is now fully operational. The new branch has also achieved FIDI Certification.
Juan Romero oversees the Seattle branch, in addition to those in Vancouver and Calgary. Robson Granero, as Business Development Director, will use his success in Florida and apply it to the Washington State. Customers will be supported by move consultants Fabiana Costa and Geraldine Taboada.
K C Dat in Singapore, trading as Asian Tigers Singapore, has announced the promotion of Patrick Goh and Kelvin Yap to the positions of Senior General Manager and General Manager respectively for moving services. Both Patrick and Kelvin have been working in business development for the company for almost 20 years. In their new roles, they will continue to oversee client relationships and all things moving services.
AGM Relocation Ltd (AGM Group) has announced the acquisition of The Senior Move Partnership, a specialist senior relocation services provider based in the UK.
Celebrating its tenth anniversary this year The Senior Move Partnership provides high quality, sensitive, bespoke, specialist relocation services to the senior living sector. This acquisition sees AGM Group adding to its portfolio of market leading removal and relocation brands.
The Senior Move Partnership will further expand AGM Group’s service support nationwide and is a perfect fit to the group’s strategy to meet the diverse needs of their clients.
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Russell Start, AGM Group CEO, commented: “We are excited about the prospect of The Senior Move Partnership brand integrating into the AGM Group of companies. This will allow us to expand our relocation services into an exciting new market and extend our service offerings across the brands. We look forward to welcoming The Senior Move Partnership to the AGM family as we continue to deliver great service and value to our customers, whatever their moving requirements.”
About The Senior Move Partnership
Formed in 2012 The Senior Move Partnership provide high quality, sensitive, bespoke, specialist relocation services to the senior living sector. The Senior Move Partnership have a network of Senior Move Managers across the UK working to ensure that a later life move is a positive experience.
Over the past ten years The Senior Move Partnership have been helping make life-changing moves happen for thousands of their clients. Supporting senior movers in all kinds of circumstances – from those moving down the street, to clients relocating to the other side of the country. The adaptability of their bespoke service they offer is one of the founding principles intrinsic to senior move management.
Photo: Russell Start
The 23rd November 2022 saw the fifth in OMNI’s series of six sustainability seminars hosted by academic, consultant and trainer Johan de Kam. Whereas the first four in the series looked at strategy, reducing waste, employee management and developing low carbon corporations, session five focussed on organisational culture and sustainability. The session was open to all OMNI and FIDI members.
The Suddath Companies (TSC) in the USA was recently honoured for making significant global business contributions to northern Florida. The JAXUSA Partnership, the economic development division of JAX Chamber, selected TSC as the 2022 recipient of its International Company of the Year award.
Asian Tigers is working to help provide relief to the people of Cianjur, West Java, following a major earthquake in November last year. Indonesia is prone to earthquakes because it is on the Ring of Fire, an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Ocean basin. The shoe-shaped area stretches for 40,000 kilometers (25,000 miles) and is the site of most of the world’s earthquakes.