For many young people, this time of year marks the start of university life and the beginning of an academic adventure they hope will lead to a degree and a bright future in their chosen profession.

An alternative look at conventions from industry consultant Mark Oakeshott.

Jéan Paul Meiring (JP), The Moving Company, New Zealand, has terminal cancer. In this story he gives his thoughts on the life he had led, is living and will live in the future, however long that might be.

Rob O’Donnell, Vice President, Organisational Development, Aires, offers some advice on what makes millennials special and how to treat them during a relocation

An alternative to auditing: this might be the holy grail for many corporate movers. In this story Steve Jordan talks to PricePoint, a US-based company that just might have the answer. For many, it already has.

Ron Waddling from Tippet-Richardson in Canada explains how Peter Naylor helped provide electricity to the village of Atorkor in Ghana.

At the end of December this year, Terry Head, IAM’s charismatic president (International Association of Movers), will retire from the role. Steve Jordan spoke to him to get his thoughts after 50 years in the industry and 21 years working with the world’s largest moving association.

So that’s it really. Summer is almost over for most of us in the Northern Hemisphere. Next stop ‘The Season of Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness’, as publicised by John Keats. For those of you in the southern half of the globe, please use your imagination or perhaps read this article in six months’ time.

Peter Gower, from Pickfords, explains why, 26 years after its introduction, the £40/item liability limit for moving companies is probably still about right.

An opinion by Steve Huggins of AIM (Association of Independent Movers)

Steve Jordan interviews David Woodhouse, General Manager of Quality Service Standards Ltd (QSS) to discuss the relevance of Standards in today’s market and what the future holds.

The Mover will be available online via PageSuite, a state-of-the-art market-leading platform that transforms the way The Mover appears on screen and gives extra functionality to make viewing and navigating the magazine even easier.

How the industry deals with staff retention, by Steve Jordan

Thoughts on the moving industry’s greatest asset, by Martin Giles, Director of Quality for Armstrong.

Are you happy to get your news from social media? Here, David Jordan, Deputy Editor of The Mover, suggests that maybe it’s not a good idea.

David Jordan, Deputy Editor of The Mover, argues that the moving industry should lobby for an exemption to Clean Air Zones across Europe.

Peter Gower, from Pickfords, explains why, 26 years after its introduction, the £40/item liability limit for moving companies is probably still about right.

Lucas F Thierfelder, a HR consultant and writer with a lifelong interest in automation and Artificial Intelligence, discusses how the moving industry could be set to leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning.

It had just turned 11:30 pm on a dark and humid night. We were driving back from a jazz concert in Tunbridge Wells with our friends Mike and Dawn and full of the joys of a very entertaining evening.

Mr Box Director Sarah Jones had a varied career before joining the Ipswich-based container company and discovering her true vocation: this is her story.