Matthew James Global Relocations Ltd has recently taken delivery of four new low loader Luton vans from Maxi Mover.

For many young people, this time of year marks the start of university life and the beginning of an academic adventure they hope will lead to a degree and a bright future in their chosen profession.

UKWA – the United Kingdom Warehousing Association – has welcomed the government’s recently published guidance for British businesses on trading with the EU in the event that a Brexit deal cannot be reached.

In a new crackdown announced in August by UK Business Secretary Greg Clark, directors who dissolve companies to avoid paying workers or pensions could face hefty fines or be disqualified from running a business.

Self-driving and electric vehicles, drone technology, Wi-Fi connectivity, artificial intelligence and more: the world around us is changing fast, and the transport industry is in the thick of it.

An alternative look at conventions from industry consultant Mark Oakeshott.

Jéan Paul Meiring (JP), The Moving Company, New Zealand, has terminal cancer. In this story he gives his thoughts on the life he had led, is living and will live in the future, however long that might be.

Rob O’Donnell, Vice President, Organisational Development, Aires, offers some advice on what makes millennials special and how to treat them during a relocation

An alternative to auditing: this might be the holy grail for many corporate movers. In this story Steve Jordan talks to PricePoint, a US-based company that just might have the answer. For many, it already has.

Ron Waddling from Tippet-Richardson in Canada explains how Peter Naylor helped provide electricity to the village of Atorkor in Ghana.

Peter Naylor, best known for his leadership of Tippet-Richardson in Canada, died on Thursday, 16 August resulting from complications from having suffered a stroke the previous week. The Naylor family has been a respected thread of Tippet-Richardson since 1927.

At the end of December this year, Terry Head, IAM’s charismatic president (International Association of Movers), will retire from the role. Steve Jordan spoke to him to get his thoughts after 50 years in the industry and 21 years working with the world’s largest moving association.

So that’s it really. Summer is almost over for most of us in the Northern Hemisphere. Next stop ‘The Season of Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness’, as publicised by John Keats. For those of you in the southern half of the globe, please use your imagination or perhaps read this article in six months’ time.

Peter Gower, from Pickfords, explains why, 26 years after its introduction, the £40/item liability limit for moving companies is probably still about right.

Errol Gardiner joined Transworld International in New Zealand to handle business development on 24 September 2018. Until recently Errol ran New Zealand Van Lines and became FIDI President in 2013.

At the recent SIRVA Global Network Supplier Conference, the Doree Bonner International Group were awarded the prestigious Customer’s Choice Award for Europe.

The Arpin Charitable Fund has announced that its Fifth Annual Arpin Strong Golf Tournament, held at the New England Country Club in Bellingham, Massachusetts, has successfully raised $27,479 for charity.

A report by conference host Anne Van Gils on the Young Movers Conference in Brussels.

According to consumer website HonestJohn.co.uk, insurers are powering up premiums for electric cars, leading to a drop-off in demand for the cleanest and greenest vehicles on the road.