A children’s story for Christmas, by Steve Jordan.

Packaging suppliers are coming up with new ideas to make movers' lives easier all the time. Here are a few of the latest.

In difficult times tenants might need to reduce their property costs. Commercial property solicitor, Jason Goldsmith, reviews a number of approaches and highlights key points and the latest developments for businesses to consider.

Employment law has long been a hot potato. Depending on where you sit, it is either hopelessly ineffective at protecting vulnerable employees against immoral employers, or a huge legal and administrative burden that allows well meaning employers to be unfairly pursued by former employees with spurious claims.

Lord Heseltine launched his long awaited government commissioned report, ‘No Stone Unturned in Pursuit of Growth’, on 31 October. Among the 80 or so recommendations Hestletine sighted the close involvement of trade associations with government as a key element in the nation’s road to recovery with lead associations appointed to represent specific industry sectors.

No business ever runs perfectly smooth. But sometimes, along the way, we meet people who help us in a totally selfless way without apparent reason. There are also times when it seems the odds are being stacked against us. Here Steve Jordan talks to Derek Milner from Intransit in Trowbridge about the ups and downs he’s had along the way - and some he’s still having.

Staff have no 'right of first refusal' when it comes to buying the company they work for.

An interview with Nigel Dews, MD of Harrow Green

An interview with Felix Relocations of Malaysia

Feature: Northern Ireland

The Mover asked some of the UK’s major players how they were faring and if any new trends had emerged as a result of Europe’s fragile economy.

Following up from the May edition of The Mover, which looked at Anthony Ward Thomas’ take over of Aussie Man and Van and its use of short-term hire vehicles, we’re taking a closer look at the use of short-term leases in the removals industry.

With the general public still cautious of spending and as a result the house market continuing to move slowly, for smaller to medium sized businesses within the moving industry, streamlining measures are likely to remain necessary.

PPS Midlands is an established crate hire company, new to the office and commercial moving sector.

Not everything is as clear as it seems. By David Jordan.

Co-operative driving is the vision that traffic and transport can become safer, more efficient and more environmentally friendly if cars are allowed to communicate with each other and the roads they move in.

You may well be facing one of the most difficult business decisions you have ever had to make. By Jacqui Mitchell, Baxi Partnership.

After three years gathering experience in the USA, Simon Mason has now John Mason International, one of the UK’s largest moving and storage companies and trade groupage operators. Steve Jordan caught up with him to find out what he’d learned on his travels and how he planned to apply it within the family firm.

Survey by reallymoving.com reveals the cost of moving.

Santa Fe Group CEO, Lars Lykke Iversen, is celebrating 40 years in business this year. As his name suggests, Lars is Danish however he has lived overseas for more than 36 years including living in Hong Kong for over 20 years.