Every company has sales leads that need to be followed up. But what’s the best way to develop a systematic approach to turning those leads into paying customers? Here, Darren Frostick, a director of Leading Edge Market Solutions - a company that supplies leads to clients in the removals, office fit-out and telecoms industries about companies planning to relocate - gives his advice on how to run a successful campaign and get the best return on your investment.

How can you be sure your business would survive in the event of a catastrophe? Could you keep trading until things get back to normal? Dan Reynolds, Account Executive at specialist insurance broker Reason Global explains how he makes sure customers have the right level of cover in place.

At age 75, Colin Gordon has decided to retire from the moving business.  Steve Jordan caught up with him in his company’s meeting room at the IAM convention, to chat about old times, and what the future holds for this beacon of the international moving industry.

The risk of potentially costly duty of care problems is increasing, according to The Fuelcard People.

Most people only move a handful of times in their life, so the ‘happy customers equals returning customers’ business philosophy doesn’t necessarily hold true for moving companies. However, this doesn’t mean companies should neglect building strong and happy relationships with their customers.

The International Road Transport Union (IRU) has begun its work to define the commercial vehicles that will operate on the infrastructure of the future

International moving companies need to plan ahead by looking at where people might be moving to in years to come. In this article Lamudi, a global property portal that focusses exclusively on emerging markets, looks at where the megacities of the world might be in the future and, therefore, where people will be moving to.

On October 16 Graebel Companies, Inc. was honoured with the Gold Environmental Leader award at the 16th annual Environmental Leadership meeting at the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum in Denver, Colorado.

A capacity audience of 240 people descended on Wherstead Park near Ipswich, Suffolk on 24 September for the Ipswich Sporting Lunch Club event to raise money for SportsAid, the national charity for rising stars of British sport.

The Suddath Companies recently announced that Chief Financial Officer, Jim Barnett, will retire in January 2016, after 41 years of dedicated service.

Irish Relo in Dublin has been awarded both the Commitment to Excellency Gold Award and the Cartus Masters Cup, the highest accolade in the relocation industry.

Rising global container port demand and ever larger vessels are driving terminal operators to make significant investments in additional capacity, according to the Global Container Terminal Operators Annual Report 2015 published by global shipping consultancy Drewry.

Switchboard staff at Manchester- based Osbournes Removals were delighted to receive a call from one of the UK’s longest serving soap stars.

Sterling Relocation, the London-based relocation company, has recently announced its intention to re-brand the company following its acquisition of a North Carolina-based relocation company.