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.

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.

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.

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.

Organiser Keith Merrett explains what’s in store for visitors to this year’s show.

Taking an international assignment is tough. For the spouse, and the children, it’s often even tougher. But there is a service that can help. What’s more, it’s one that you can earn from. Interested …?

It was a warm day as I pointed my trusty Nissan down the M3 to visit Schepens International in Hampshire. I knew nothing about the company but just had a feeling that they had a story to tell. I was right. By Steve Jordan.

Crown World Mobility is set to offer assignees virtual home searches, part of a significant strategic global investment in IT.

Todd Watson is one of the moving industry’s young, high performers. But what makes his business successful and what does he think are the biggest challenges for the industry? Steve Jordan interviewed him to find out.

Colin Martinho, Head of Marketing, Buzzmove, draws a comparison between lead generation and job conversion services for moving companies.

Deputy Editor David Jordan took a trip to rural Nottinghamshire to visit Ballards Removals, a family business now prospering after the dark days of recession.

Xeneta, the Oslo-based benchmarking and market intelligence platform for containerised ocean freight, has quizzed its worldwide database of contributors to uncover the main reasons businesses end agreements with container ship carriers.

The vote has been counted, the UK will be leaving the EU and this has a range of implications for anyone managing vehicles.

This is a story about a great idea that very nearly didn’t happen. About modern business, red tape and financial challenges. And about how if a group of people really, really want to make something happen, they probably can, by Charlotte Parslow of Animo Events, organisers of The Movers & Storers Show.

As we go to press there is still very little hard information about the future of online moving company Movinga following the resignation of its founders Bastian Knutzen and Chris Maslowski in June.

This year’s BAR Conference held at the Pullman London Hotel 19-21 May managed to maintain the successful tradition of an all-round high quality annual event.

On 1 July, 2016 the amendments to the SOLAS (International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea) regulations came into force requiring all shippers to provide a Verified Gross Mass (VGM) for each container.

The Global Shippers’ Forum has said that there is no justification for carriers and terminal operators to apply any charge for a shipper making an accurate VGM declaration under the new SOLAS regulations that came into force on 1 July, 2016.

Tony Richman, gives his thoughts on BREXIT and its affect on the UK moving industry