Compliance – a necessary evil?

It’s been said many times, in many businesses across the globe, that everything would be fine, were it not for the customers. It’s always they who cause the problems. Without customers making unreasonable demands on you, life would be a dream. Well, if you have ever said that, it just might be that a company in Germany could be the answer to your prayers.

According to property search website Home.co.uk house prices are rising in more regions than might be expected for the time of year and price discounting is at a four-year low.

The International Movers Convention (IMC) has announced a major rebrand including a new website and benefits for its members.

Latest news from Europe

The first (and only) casualty of the European Parliament hearings for Jean-Claude Juncker's new Commission so far, was Slovenia's Alenka Bratusek, who withdrew her candidacy for the post of Vice-President for Energy Union after being effectively vetoed by MEPs.

For the second time in three years Suddath has won the EMMA in the International Mover of the Year category for the American region.

Any business that has recruited new staff knows that it can be an interesting time filled with the unexpected. People will turn up with no real idea about what the job entails or they may have no experience or knowledge of your industry – despite what their CV might say. They may have unrealistic expectations or lack interest and enthusiasm. And some will be just plain weird.

Pickfords has appointed Steve Wilkins as Director Corporate Services. In this newly-created role, Steve will be responsible for serving the needs of Pickfords’ corporate clients.

Jerry Trusler has completed 40 years with Gerson Relocation.

Crown World Mobility has appointed Barrie Gilmour as the new Head of Sales for the UK & Ireland.

Over the years I have helped many people move and one thing I noticed is that most are not good lifters, especially when it comes to heavy objects such as household appliances and the direct result is most often damage to goods and personal injury.

The European Parliament Committee for Transport and Tourism has released a study on the ‘Technical Development and Implementation of Event Data Recording in the Road Safety Policy - PE 529.071’.

TriGlobal, the online lead generation company, attended the IAM conference in Orlando for the first time in the company’s ten-year history.

The funeral of Geoff Pygall, who died New Year’s Eve, will be held at 1.30pm on Tuesday 27th January at All Saints Church, 21a Grange Road, Eastbourne BN21 4HE.

Some time ago, the team behind the Movers & Storers Show mentioned to their friends at Currencies Direct that they wanted to organise a fun and unusual networking event for the industry.

Unveiling his new team Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the new European Commission said that his new organisation would be streamlined to focus on tackling the big political challenges Europe is facing: getting people back to work in decent jobs, triggering more investment, making sure banks lend to the real economy again, creating a connected digital market, a credible foreign policy and ensuring Europe stands on its own feet when it comes to energy security.

Enterprise Database Corporation (EDC) has released a free version of EDC-AgentLink® to help agents communicate better with US transportation service providers (TSPs).

UKWA, the United Kingdom Warehousing Association – has moved offices. The Association had been at its previous address in the Strand, central London, since 1977.