After 36 years at the helm of Anglo Pacific, a company he founded in 1978, Steve Perry has recently sold the business to Yogesh Mehta and family.

It has been ten years since Denise Magson formed the Steve Magson Memorial Trust to raise money to help the victims of the Tsunami that struck Thailand on Boxing day, 2004.

David Trenchard from Britannia Leatherbarrows, recently contacted The Mover to tell of a meeting he had attended with the British Prime Minister David Cameron on 15 December in Poole.

Bromley-based Coppards Removals has been working with the Freddie Farmer Foundation to help raise funds for a specialised physiotherapy centre in South-East England for children with cerebral palsy and severe mobility issues.

Johnsons Moving Services Ltd achieved initial OHSAS 18001:2007 accreditation in September 2013 and has recently undergone its first external verification audit.

Following a decision by the Employment Appeal tribunal (EAT) last August which confirmed that the overtime payments and commissions should be considered to be part of an employee’s normal pay when calculating holiday pay entitlement, the UK government has swiftly introduced new legislation to protect employers.

Pickfords was appointed the official removals partner for The Paddington Trail, a London-wide event from VisitLondon.com, STUDIOCANAL and NSPCC, which saw 50 statues of the famous Paddington bear placed across the capital from 4 November – 30 December.

Ian Thomas, Operations Director of Ship-Stuff.com, looks at the development of the sales leads industry for movers and considers what the future might hold.

Following her article in The Mover in January, Bethany de Montjoie Rudolf CFILEx Soc Legal Services Consultant at De Montjoie Consulting Ltd tries to explain why conveyancing lawyers are not complete idiots.

Jonny Griffith from Currencies Direct explains how you can make extra money, for no extra work, and keep your customers happy too, just by making a simple recommendation ... even if you don’t win the removal job. Interested?

Geoffrey Frederick Pygall died, just before midnight, on New Year’s Eve at Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon from multiple organ failure. He was 87.

In a little over three decades Arrowpak International has grown from a small family business into a global organisation with worldwide connections. Deputy Editor David Jordan interviewed director Terry Cobbin at their HQ in Suffolk.

If there were such a thing as a top-ten chart of business lies ‘the cheque’s in the post’ would almost certainly be number one. By David Jordan.

The latest news from Europe.

Matthew James Removals has commissioned a 1:50 scale model of its award winning Scania road train. The model will be available to collectors for around £179.

FTA Ireland has hit out at the proposed toll increases on routes across Northern Ireland saying that there is no justification for an increase on the motorway tolls. The organisation said that the increases will encourage drivers to avoid motorways.

UK-based rocking horse manufacturer Classic Rocking Horses has just completed a third international delivery using Anglo Pacific. Having already shipped precious equine cargo to Canada and Australia, Anglo safely delivered a dappled-grey horse called ‘Sabre’ to New Zealand – much to the delight of his new owner.

Crown World Moblity is to host a seminar in Aberdeen on Wednesday March 4 discussing issues affecting the city’s rotator population and analysing how best to serve them.