According to a Migration Patterns Study by Atlas Van Lines, 23 US states registered as balanced (meaning that moves in and out of the states were roughly equal), 12 as outbound, and 15 as inbound, in addition to Washington, DC.

I suppose my first intention here is to hope that you have so far had a Happy New Year. Apparently only 10% of us adhere to our often ill thought out resolutions, so by now you’re probably well on the path back to where you started.

Kevin Shaw, National MD Sales, and Michael Cook, National MD Lettings from Leaders Romans Group, one of the UK’s largest property lettings services groups, look at the UK property market in 2021.

Steve Jordan talks to Chris Mackley who has spent most of his career with Michael Gerson Ltd in the UK, a company renowned for its ability to serve the corporate and high net worth markets by doing moving the way it should be done.

Mention BS and ISO standards to a roomful of removers and you’ll get a very mixed reaction. People tend to fall into one of two camps; those that wholeheartedly embrace the idea of formal standards, and those that wouldn’t touch them with a Corona-sanitised bargepole.

Julia O’Connor from IAM hosted a session at the Virtual IAM conference entitled Female Leadership in Global Moving & Mobility.

The Virtual IAM conference in October included a panel discussion on a subject dear to the hearts of most moving companies: how to manage financial risks. With the challenges everyone experienced during 2020 it was a particularly poignant message.

The Virtual IAM conference in October included a group session asking what RMCs want from moving companies.

Steve Jordan interviews Bertil Durieux, President of FEDEMAC, to look at the way the organisation has reinvented itself for the modern era.

The name Neil Matthews is synonymous with insurance and the removals industry. Having spent over 26 years in the insurance business he is now relationship manager for removals clients at Pound Gates. Here Neil describes some of the common errors removal companies make when arranging their insurance cover.

What a year it’s been so far! After a series of recent grim old days, weather-wise that is, suddenly the sun shone and our spirits lifted. No more rain on the horizon and we were allowed out for exercise.

An interview with Jim Petzel of GetStored, as the company sets out its stall in competition with self storage.

Neftaly Rodriguez has been a familiar face on the household goods conference circuit for many years. But back in February 2019 he left his old company La Rose del Monte in Puerto Rico and made a short hop and a skip over the Caribbean to The Dominican Republic to launch Mega Movers.

Joleen Lauffer is executive vice president at Aires in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Aires is a Relocation Management Company (RMC) with its roots firmly planted in the moving industry. Steve Jordan talked to her about COVID-19 and the long-term outlook for the industry.

Charles White, President of IAM, was centre stage (if that’s the right expression) for his traditional ‘State of IAM’ address during the virtual IAM conference in October. It was a somewhat strange environment for Chuck, to be speaking without an audience, but he carried it off well.

I was there … were you? By Editor Steve Jordan.

Steve Jordan interviews Anne Bradley and Simon Kirby from Agility as the MOD contract turns 10 years old and COVID-19 takes its toll.

Can this be right? Steve Jordan asks whether the practice of RMCs paying movers only after they have been paid by their corporate account clients is right.

The chief financial officer (CFO) will emerge as one of the C-suite’s most critical roles in reframing the future of the enterprise post the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, according to the 2020 EY DNA of the CFO, a survey of more than 800 global CFOs and senior finance executives.

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