An overview of the IAM (International Association of Movers) conference in Chicago, by Steve Jordan

PAIMA rightly prides itself on its conference. Not because it is sophisticated or high budget, but because it allows its members to get together and spend real quality time with each other in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

Ever get angry? Me neither!

The issue of covert recording within the workplace has become a serious problem, as more people begin using mobile phones to secretly capture private conversations.

As the odds of a no-deal Brexit continue to shorten, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) considers the implications for employers if the UK leaves the EU on 31 October, 2019 without a deal.

The IMA conference next year will take place in Siem Reap, Cambodia, from 28 February until 3 March.

OMNI (Overseas Moving Network International) is a network of some of the world’s largest and most active corporate moving companies. In this article, Ian Waters, OMNI General Manager, looks at one way in which the corporate moving world has changed dramatically in recent years: the lump sum customer.

As the whole of the global moving industry heads off around the world to join in the annual conference season, here’s some good advice from the sleep and wellbeing expert at Hypnos beds, Natalie Pennicotte-Collier, to help keep the dreaded jet lag away.

Lenny Madussi, who sold his company, MS Move Management in Switzerland, to Sirva in 2015, is back with his own company again. Steve Jordan took a flight to Geneva to find out more.

Steve Jordan takes a trip to one of Europe’s tallest buildings to interview Dale Collins of Graebel Companies, Inc.

According to a recent study by Sterling Lexicon, the answer is a resounding yes. The study engaged several organisations in the luxury goods sector in a panel discussion to better understand which Global Mobility (GM) trends and issues are currently impacting companies and mobility programmes.

Ray daSilva of Mobility Exchange unlocks some of the jargon of modern communications technology.

The fashion industry is very clever, it is constantly changing the way it puts the individual fashion ingredients together, even the older generation are influenced by what the younger generation are wearing even though, by the time they get round to accepting it, the younger generation has moved on. Wide ties, narrow ties, no ties, things are constantly changing.

Mark Oakeshott, Mark Oakeshott Consulting LLC, welcomes visitors to IAM (International Association of Movers) in his adopted home town.

Austin Winner, a PR consultant working on behalf of Allied Van Lines, looks at why Americans are staying put these days.

Sometimes life bowls you a bouncer. Something you don’t expect and could never plan for. Here’s a short story from The Mover’s editor, Steve Jordan, about a life event that made him think. It will make you think too.

An interview with Jim Thompson at Woodhouse in County Waterford, his Irish country home, by Steve Jordan

​An interview with Self Storage Association CEO, Rennie Schafer, about the upcoming European Conference and Trade Show to be held in London, October 1 – 2.

It was back in 2002 when K2’s new Chief Operating Officer Rob McFarland first met its founders - Nick Plummer and Richard Rutledge - and became one of their early clients. Rob was working as a global mobility manager for an international law firm which demanded the highest standards of service.