The Mover Magazine was eager to catch up with one of its key speakers from the upcoming Mover Conference 2013 in October. The Self Storage Association’s (SSA) new UK CEO – Rennie Schafer - took time out of his busy schedule to talk about the future, industry changes and what benefits the organisation can bring to its members.

I met father and son team Anthony and Adam Keil from ATK Removals in Hereford, 22 miles away from their base in the picturesque town of Hay-on-Wye, which straddles the border between England and Wales in the Black Mountains. By David Jordan

Raymond Dobbe from World Moving & Storage in New Zealand, recently spotted an interesting problem with his workforce and developed an equally innovative solution.

Try to describe India. What could you not say? What could you say that wouldn’t be right or wrong? No matter what, it is impossible not to be astonished by the place.

Agility won the MOD contract in 2010. At that time the company was still somewhat unknown in the UK and the industry held its breath. The contract comes up for renewal next year so Steve Jordan took a look at how Agility has performed and talks the agents who have operated the world’s biggest single-source household goods moving contract.

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Becky Adams is no ordinary keynote speaker, in fact she is unique. Her former profession as a brothel keeper is, even in these enlightened times, still a taboo subject that few would publicly admit to, let alone talk about on television and to business groups around the UK.

It’s unlikely that you, as a mover, will be investing in Jordan. But here Mohannad Al-Refai, Managing Director of Medex Express Service in Jordan explains some of the reasons that other companies might and, therefore, why you might get the chance to move their staff.

There are lots and lots of recruitment agencies, in the UK alone there are over 135,000. But what’s the point of using an agency when you can simply advertise for the people you need and do the whole thing yourself? Ray Inskip, managing director of Flame Recruit, explains some of the reasons why using an agency – for both the employer and employee - makes sense.

Twickenham based Central Moves started life in 1997 when Scott Rust left his job working for a small family removals company, bought a small panel van and began sub contacting for some of the larger removals companies in the area. “The contract work helped pay the bills in those early days and I was able to build up my own business at the same time,” said Scott.

Most businesses strive to deliver excellent customer service and to operate as efficiently as they can.

On 22-26 May, 2013, in the timeless city of Istanbul, Thomas Juchum, Manager of the Head Office of EUROMOVERS International, welcomed delegates to the 9th EUROMOVERS conference in the classic Ottoman Legacy Hotel. It was a perfect venue for what is always a friendly and productive meeting of the EUROMOVERS family.

Time to be inspired

By Kirsty Terry, recruitment expert at Milestone Operations

The Mover magazine’s Nikki Gee moved house recently. On this occasion she chose to use a removal company as opposed to braving the ad hoc route of hiring a van, a willing pal and a heap of potential bother. We spoke to her about whether or not the famous myth ‘Moving house is as stressful as getting married’ came to pass.

You see, we are all very nice chaps, us removals lads and lasses. We look after our customers, polish our trucks, send or mums flowers every March and have, for decades, failed to charge enough for what we do. It’s an industry disease. By Steve Jordan

A chat with Lee MacKenzie of Compass Moving Services

When Rob Horrobin took a Saturday job helping out at John Lomas Removals in Cannock when he was 14, he never thought that one day he’d be running the company. But sometimes dreams come true and in 2011 at the age of just 27 Rob took over as managing director.

Dubai has become the business and cultural hub of the Persian Gulf with its core economy built on oil, now bolstered by financial services, property and tourism.

For three days in Amsterdam the Young Movers worked and played as only they know how.