Features

  • Mark Muss - reborn

    Nov 10, 2016
    Mark Muss has joined Packimpex in Geneva. It’s his first change of employer for over 20 years. As he prepared to get to grips with his new role, Steve Jordan spoke to him about his continuing ambition in the industry that has been a way of life for him since schooldays.
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  • Acceptable norms

    Nov 03, 2016
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  • Wood's Packaging: new kids on the block.

    Nov 02, 2016
    Deputy Editor David Jordan takes a trip down memory lane to visit one of the UK’s burgeoning suppliers of packaging to the removals industry.
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  • The new DVSA guide to drivers’ hours & tachograph rules

    Oct 26, 2016
    John Heaton of Backhouse Jones Solicitors looks at the startling changes in the guidelines from DVSA that seem to have been introduced ‘under the radar’.
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  • Pay up – or the data gets it!

    Oct 13, 2016
    A warning about the ever present dangers of ransomware to your data, systems and business, by Darren Frostick, of Leading Edge Market Solutions
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  • SurveyBot set to revolutionise home surveys

    Oct 12, 2016
    For many movers, personal contact and physical in-home surveys are the cornerstone of their business: but is it time to think again?
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  • The Changing Nature of Corporate Relocation

    Oct 12, 2016
    Tad Zurlinden – Chief Executive of the Association of Relocation Professionals and the European Relocation Association (EuRA) - explains why relocation companies can expect continued growth, especially in repatriation support.
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  • Mounting Global Instability Impacts Latest Liveability Ranking

    Oct 12, 2016
    The latest findings of The Economist Intelligence Unit's Global Liveability Ranking – which provides scores for lifestyle challenges in 140 cities worldwide – show that although Melbourne has retained its crown as the world's most liveable city, liveability has deteriorated in 29 of the 140 cities (20 per cent) surveyed over the last 12 months.
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  • Trucksmith: maintaining a Devon tradition

    Oct 12, 2016
    Deputy Editor David Jordan took a trip to Britain’s West Country to visit one of the UK’s most successful vehicle bodybuilders.
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  • Inside story

    Oct 12, 2016
    An interview with Charlotte Parslow and Keith Merrett, organisers of The Movers & Storers Show, as the 2016 event approaches.
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  • Plus ça change …

    Oct 12, 2016
    Adam Chudley is one of the many thirty-somethings that are taking over from the previous generation bring new ideas and vitality just as their predecessors did. The industry is changing dramatically but, in Adam’s opinion, in vitally important ways, it stays the same. Steve Jordan visited him to find out more about him and his attitude to the industry.
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  • Graebel: strategy in practice

    Oct 12, 2016
    Graebel in the USA has introduced a new product for its mobility customers: the Graebel Mobility Quotient Insight (MQ Insight); it’s a new diagnostic tool that provides a fast, in-depth analysis of the overall strategic health and maturity of a company’s mobility programme.
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  • Perchance to dream?

    Oct 09, 2016
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  • The Insurance Act 2015 – Demystified

    Oct 01, 2016
    The provisions set out in the Insurance Act 2015 impact all insurance policies purchased by removal and storage contractors who are based in the UK (including Marine policies).
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  • Brexit Implications on UK Employment Law

    Sep 26, 2016
    The votes are in and we have a historic result with a seismic impact on the UK. The referendum has been a hotly contested campaign on both sides of the debate but now that the UK is leaving the EU, what implications will there be on UK employment law?
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  • New advice booklet helps customers

    Sep 18, 2016
    Lisa Rogerson was very nearly born in a removals truck. Her dad was working for Pickfords at the time and took her mum to hospital in the lorry. Since then she became an army wife and has, so far, moved home 16 times. That makes her qualified to give advice to people who are moving, so she’s written a booklet all about it.
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  • In, Out, Shake It All About?

    Sep 13, 2016
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  • Sleep Apnoea – New Minimum Medical Standards

    Sep 13, 2016
    Changes to EU legislation providing new minimum medical standards for drivers with Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Syndrome (OSAS) came into force in Great Britain on 31 December, 2015. Here, Heather Lunney from Backhouse Jones Solicitors explains.
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  • Shine a light on dark data - and utilise its hidden value

    Sep 13, 2016
    In a world where the explosion of data is already becoming a huge challenge, the big questions are how do you get it under control and how can you derive benefit from it? John Culkin from Crown Records Management, offers advice.
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  • Will the expanded Panama Canal mean lower rates for shippers?

    Sep 13, 2016
    The newly expanded Panama Canal officially opened for business on 26 June with the appropriately named MV Cosco Shipping Panama making the inaugural transit through the 80km waterway.
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