Features

  • FIDI in San Diego

    May 10, 2018
    A report by Steve Jordan.
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  • Do you really need to know?

    Apr 30, 2018
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  • AIM: an alternative trade association

    Apr 25, 2018
    It is now four years since the Alliance of Independent Movers (AIM) was formed. Deputy Editor David Jordan travelled to Twickenham to meet its founder Scott Rust to see how the organisation, now renamed the Association of Independent Movers, was progressing.
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  • Getting it right

    Apr 25, 2018
    An interview with AJ Removals of Bath, by Steve Jordan
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  • On stage at IMA

    Apr 25, 2018
    The IMA conference did not start, as so many do, with a tedious roll call in which everyone gently drops off to sleep. Instead, it started with a short plenary meeting that was fully attended. Three speakers delivered short presentations on different subjects but all with a common thread: technology.
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  • FLT ‘Thorough Examination’ – what does it actually mean?

    Apr 18, 2018
    If you oversee fork lift operations you’ll be familiar with the term ‘Thorough Examination’, but what does it actually mean? Not knowing could come at a heavy cost, according to CFTS (Consolidated Fork Truck Services), the body that established a UK standard for the Thorough Examination of fork lift trucks.
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  • LACMA in Puerto Rico

    Apr 16, 2018
    From February 26 to March 1, LACMA met in San Juan – Puerto Rico for its 2018 convention.
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  • Why I gave up being a NIMBL

    Apr 16, 2018
    What do Artificial Intelligence, chatbots and automated self-service technologies have to do with the moving business? ... and what the heck is a chatbot, anyway? IAM's Ray daSilva gives his views on the march of new technology.
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  • You can make money from baggage

    Apr 16, 2018
    It’s been a problem in the moving industry forever: how to make money from baggage.
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  • A Twitter guide for moving companies

    Apr 16, 2018
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  • OMNI makes Dow Jones vetting compulsory throughout its network

    Apr 16, 2018
    OMNI (Overseas Moving Network International) has become the first mobility commercial network in the world to have 100% of its members, and their supply chains, vetted for risk and compliance through a third party.
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  • An extraordinary story

    Apr 16, 2018
    An interview with Andy Wells of Premier Relocation as his company shrugs off misfortune and carves its space in a competitive world, by Steve Jordan.
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  • Four nights in Bangkok

    Apr 16, 2018
    A report on the first ever IMA conference in Bangkok, by Steve Jordan
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  • Slim Pickings!

    Apr 12, 2018
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  • Moving into moving

    Apr 09, 2018
    Select Uniforms Ltd has been supplying workwear uniforms for over twenty years, but until recently has not been a major player in the removals business. Deputy Editor David Jordan took a trip to its factory in Leeds to see what it has to offer.
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  • Containing the industry

    Mar 20, 2018
    Lendon Containers Ltd has been supplying shipping containers to the moving industry since 1998. Deputy Editor David Jordan visited the company’s head office in Clapham, London to meet its eponymous founder and Managing Director Lendon Meaby.
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  • Are you sitting comfortably?

    Mar 15, 2018
    Do you get back pain when driving in a car or van? If so, top chiropractor Jonathan Grendelmeier has some good advice.
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  • Managing supply chain risk

    Mar 15, 2018
    Ray DaSilva from IAM’s Mobility Exchange explains how IAMX can help companies manage supply chain risk and compliance
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  • Rebuilding lifestyles

    Mar 15, 2018
    Steve Jordan talks to Katie Shapley about a five-star service that could help reduce the anxiety of moving, for those who can afford it.
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  • Marketing moving in a changing world

    Mar 15, 2018
    Danny Crowe, Planning Director for Twenty Ci, addressed The Movers & Storers show at the Seminar Theatre sponsored by The Mover. He looked at the UK property market and said that it was beginning to become more stable.
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