All the latest news from OMNI

The Schunck Group turns 100 and launches brand campaign
3rd July 2019

The SCHUNCK GROUP, one of the leading industrial insurance brokers in Germany, celebrated its centenary on 19 June 2019 and launched a new promotional campaign.

SCHUNCK. Make it easy
SCHUNCK. ‘Make it easy’ was conceived together with communications agency Cyrano as part of a brand development. The campaign targets both internal and external target groups and communicates the maxim of the SCHUNCK GROUP ‘We make the complex insurance business understandable for customers and their world easier’.

Graebel expands Mobility Strategy service
2nd July 2019

Graebel has expanded its consulting service that helps Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies imagine and introduce a tailored mobility strategy designed entirely around their business needs.

Graebel’s Mobility Strategy Service responds to the needs of global mobility professionals who want to elevate their roles and programmes. In fact, Graebel Global Mobility Summit research found mobility professionals today spend 80% of their time on reactive tasks such as managing administration and transactional or service issues. However, they want to set goals, measure ROI and enhance relationships.
That’s why Graebel expanded its Mobility Strategy service, to deliver an even more comprehensive suite of practical tools and collaborative practices, along with its proven expertise, to help mobility professionals demonstrate the full value of their programme with a direct connection to their company’s business goals.

Six new companies accepted into the OMNI network
27th June 2019

OMNI (Overseas Moving Network International) has recently announced that it has accepted six new probational members into the network as they have achieved the high standards required for membership. The new members are:

Kings International Removers (Pty) Ltd, Cape Town, South Africa
Gerson Relocations, London, UK
Freeline Movers, Islamabad, Pakistan
M. Dyer & Sons, Inc., Hawaii, USA
Clover International C.A., Caracas, Venezuela
Vinelli & Scotto, Milan, Italy

As Probationers the six companies are required to fulfil their obligations of membership for a period of two years before being accepted as Guarantors of the OMNI network.

Gerson Relocation thanks Graham Green for 40 years of service
27th June 2019

Showing appreciation to our employees is an important part of who we are. This week we want to thank Graham Green and to recognise his 40 years of service with us. Retaining and developing talented employees is important to any business, so we wanted to recognise everything that you have achieved so far. Thanks Graham!

Graham is the fourth employee to have reached this milestone at our company.

Delays to UK Transfer of Residence (ToR)
14th June 2019

OMNI Would like to thank Gerson Relocation for providing the following update…

We have received reports of delays in relation to the processing of ToR applications by UK Customs (HMRC) on household goods shipments into the UK.

In the build up to the summer peak period, Gerson Relocation is advising clients and overseas partners of
these potential delays and the steps that can be taken to reduce the risk of incurring additional charges.

Graebel Companies, Inc. Expands Mobility Strategy Service
11th June 2019

Mobility professionals can tap Graebel’s expertise, collaboration and hands-on tools to elevate their role and programs

Denver, Colo. (June 3, 2019) – Graebel Companies, Inc., a leading provider of talent and workplace mobility solutions, today expanded its consulting service that helps Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies imagine and introduce a tailored mobility strategy designed entirely around their business needs.

OMNI talks business in Seville
5th June 2019

Seville in south-west Spain was the venue for the 2019 OMNI conference.

Despite the inclemency of the weather (very unusual for Andalusia in springtime), the friendship between the delegates was as warm as ever. The venue
was the Alfonso XIII hotel, a short amble from the city centre, the Guadalquivir river, the Seville University and the old tobacco factory that was the inspiration for the opera Carmen.

Alfa Quality Moving Norway acquires Oslo Relocation
4th June 2019

On 1 June 2019 Alfa Quality Moving Norway AS acquired Oslo Relocation AS. Oslo Relocation has a strong background with long traditions in the Norwegian Relocation arena. The company is widely known in Norway and recognised among agents around the world.

Increasing your business profitably
3rd June 2019

OMNI looked at ways in which companies could expand their businesses profitably during the conference in Seville with a panel discussion, moderated by Mark Oakeshott and featuring Joleen Lauffer from Aires and Cedric Castro from the Mobilitas Group.

Mark Oakeshott gives advice at OMNI
23rd May 2019

Mark Oakeshott, from Mark Oakeshott Consulting LLC, addressed the OMNI conference in Seville to give his slant on the market, how it’s changing and how movers can be more effective

Mark Oakeshott has been involved in the moving industry all his working life. He started with Pickfords in 1978 and stayed with the company when it bought Allied Van Lines in 1991 and through the SIRVA years. He spent a short time working with Crater pioneering video survey technology before setting up his own consultancy in May 2018.