What makes a great company great? Sometimes it’s hard to tell. The moving industry is notoriously competitive yet Abels Moving Services has a history of rising above the crowd. By Steve Jordan.

In conversations up and down the land with removal companies a common theme has emerged: the difficulty in recruiting good staff.

In today’s digital world and with technology developing at an ever more rapid pace, some companies are being left behind in the race to promote their business. By Natasha Robson.

The market for containers is growing despite the downturn in the economy and pressure on margins.

The Past in Pictures.

Driver training company MDR Training UK predicts a last minute rush for Driver CPC as the 2014 deadline approaches.

Working late hours.

State of the moving industry.

Sales focussed organisation or Operationally focussed organisation? Which will your company become? An interview with Anthony Robinson, by Steve Jordan.

Packing feature.

Why has Alexanders succeeded while other fail.

Mark Radcliffe rose from being a man with a van to running a successful international removals business. Now he’s back driving a van – this is his story.

The Past in Pictures with Pickfords.

An insight into online reviews. By Rosemary Rogers of Reallymoving.com

A chat with Dan Start, Trainee Manager for Pickfords. By Steve Jordan.

A two-year project to show the practicality of Bio-DME as a vehicle fuel has shown that the gas has the potential to reduce CO2 emissions by 95%.

There can’t be anyone in the UK that hasn’t had enough of high fuel prices. At every turn, it seems, we are faced with yet another world event that puts the prices at the pumps up again: war in Libya, rumblings in Iran, gas leaks in the North Sea and now, as I write, the tanker drivers threatening to strike over nebulous ‘health and safety’ issues that concern Unite but leave the HSE unruffled. Whether, by the time this issue of The Mover goes to press, we’ll all be commuting by bike, it’s too early to tell. By Steve Jordan.

Make sure you don’t get caught out when employing foreign workers.

After months of trying to track down Aussie Man and Van, Steve Jordan finally succeeded – but got more than he expected.

It seems that moving companies are abandoning the old fashioned paper pad and biro in droves in favour of more digitally efficient means of collecting information. But are they all they are cracked up to be?