Training companies in the UK are gradually seeing an increase in demand for courses following the almost complete shutdown of services during the spring and early summer.

Lindsay Ellis from Wright Hassall solicitors based in Warwickshire, UK, looks at legislation that may prevent a company terminating the supply of services, or demanding the payment of outstanding charges, if a customer becomes insolvent.

Steve Jordan speculates on what movers could do in the future as traditional markets change and makes a plea for more creative thinking.

Eric House from Worldwide ERC explains how research exploring global employee sentiment shows how employees are feeling about their future prospects, revealing that US employees are still interested in relocation, despite the challenges.

On Friday, 2 October, EUROMOVERS held its virtual meeting, which was a bit like a mini conference, with around 40 members taking part. This was the first time that the group had tried a meeting on this scale in a virtual setting. It was a great success.

Asia is a burgeoning market for the self storage industry with a population of over 4.6 billion people, many of whom are still to be awakened to the concept of self storage. Not surprisingly the region has been called the ‘Sleeping Giant’ by many industry pundits keen to tap into this potentially gigantic market.

AMSA (American Moving and Storage Association) is dissolving, with the membership to be given the opportunity to become part of the new Moving and Storage Conference of the ATA (American Trucking Associations).

On Thursday, 8 October, OMNI (Overseas Moving Network International) held the first of its World Series virtual meetings online.

New and flexible fuel cell technology can reduce emissions from shipping by 40 to 100%. Partners from shipping, R&D and oil and gas are now constructing a pilot system that can use different types of fuel.

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.