Make sure you join around 800 of your industry colleagues this week, 21 – 23 October, in what will be the industry’s biggest event of 2020.

The Japanese have a most instructive axiom which states the following: You have one mouth and two ears; speak once, listen twice!

A recent survey shows that the UK is seeing a marked shift towards different ways of working. It’s a shift that is being mirrored worldwide and will have a profound effect on the market for household and office moving.

The Mover has always been much more than a magazine. Today, through its new website, The Mover represents the biggest searchable database of moving industry stories in the world.

It has been two years since Juerg Degenmann opened Relocation Services Global Colombia. Since then the world has changed and so has the company.

It was a classic beginning: a couple of guys who had been around the block a bit but for whatever reason were attending their first conference in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Both standing in the hotel lobby with one of those awkward interactions.

Rachel Houghton, Managing Director of Business Moves Group, considers the long-term effects of COVID-19 and the outlook for the future.

Steve Jordan talks to people in the industry about the prospect of a virtual IAM, what they are expecting and, most importantly, will they be taking part?

During the past few months while the world has been transfixed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the once never-ending debate about Brexit has largely been forgotten. But as the transition period draws to an end, the stark realization that a satisfactory alternative to the UK’s 40-year relationship with the EU is far from settled, is rapidly snapping into focus.

Steve Jordan talks to Steve Lewis about his career in moving, the development of technology, training, consultancy and the IAM Hall of Honor.

I remember as a child how the last few expectant days before Christmas would seem like a lifetime. Of course now I have a much better understanding of what a lifetime actually is. Although the reality seems to have gone much more quickly than original childish expectation.

Jean-Luc Haddad from Grospiron in Paris explains why he and his son, Axel, decided to expand into the fine art moving and storage business.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt life around the world, many expats are returning home to weather the storm and take shelter in more familiar surroundings. For those with children there are the added complications of changing schools and the trauma of leaving friends behind, to say nothing of the family pets who may not be able to travel, at least not at the same time.

Helping international employees stay healthy, especially during a pandemic, is a major challenge for managers. Here healthcare specialist Towergate Health & Protection discusses some of the problems and how to protect overseas workers.

There is a lot of talk about the New Normal. It’s a phrase that is run out whenever there is a change in the way things are to be done and, in many cases, it’s accurate. I remember it being used over the C-TPAT scheme that came in a few years ago and in all those column inches we gave over to the IMO SOLAS regulations back in 2016/17.

Steve Jordan talks to Thomas Juchum of EUROMOVERS International about how his group has helped its members during the crisis.

Steve Jordan, who has attended and helped organise just about every moving industry conference on the planet over the last 40+ years, speculates on the rise of video technology and its possible effect on the international conference scene.

Edwin Ooms took up a new position as managing director of AGS-KHZ Movers in the Netherlands in June. Steve Jordan talks to him as he starts his new role and returns home to his native country.

Steve Jordan looks at new technology that appears to move the world of video surveys on to another level.

IAM President Chuck White explains the decision to hold the 2020 IAM conference as a virtual event, how it will work and how much it will cost to take part.