Certificate to Work, the employer led initiative launched by Skills for Logistics (SfL) in partnership with Pearson - that claims to be the world's leading learning company - will standardise the training of new LGV drivers, and show that they have the knowledge, competence and skills to be safe and eco-practical drivers in the future.

UniGroup Relocations in Singapore recently won a bid to become a choice vendor for Asian real estate company CapitaLand.

In February 2014, the European Parliament’s Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection decided that every new car in Europe will be installed with a device, known as the eCall, which alerts medical, police and fire services automatically after a road accident.

On 25th February, Jane Finch gathered a select group of movers together in the boardroom of Interdean in London to present her ideas for another new trade association for the moving industry.

Matthew James Removals & Storage Ltd has joined the UK’s newest trade association, the Alliance of Independent Movers (AIM).

A new ruling coming into effect this month in April means that anyone buying commercial property will be required to make certain steps to qualify for future tax breaks.

A new book charting the history of Maersk Line ‘Creating Global Opportunities: Maersk Line in Containerisation 1973 - 2013’ is to be published by Cambridge University Press in early May.

A BBC report has highlighted the rise of the UK’s self storage business over the last thirty years and how many of its pioneers have become millionaires simply be selling empty space.

The government has got a long way to go to convince drivers that they have the pothole problem in control as 67% of motorists think that they are doing a bad or a very bad job of maintaining the nation’s roads, according to the latest research published by road safety charity, the Institute of Advanced Motorists.

Small and medium sized enterprises which have yet to start planning for the introduction of pension auto enrolment legislation, may struggle to secure a supplier, according to KPMG. The professional services firm is advising SMEs to be fully prepared ahead of a number of key staging dates in 2014.

Last February Angus and Ria Russell from Britannia Lanes of Somerset and Bristol received a call for assistance from a local Facebook group called FLAG (Flooding on the Somerset Levels Action Group).

Britain has always been a strong source of skilled migrants for companies ‘Down Under’, but today the need for overseas workers is reaching a peak.

A year searching and 15 car viewings later, Glyn Williams from Buckinghamshire finally located an immaculate Triumph TR4A – in Malta! Not wanting the lengthy process to fall at the last hurdle, he entrusted the car’s shipping to Anglo Pacific.

EU VAT: One Stop Shop solution on the horizon?

Many removal companies have suffered over recent years due to the recession. A lot of companies have cut back and may now be considering additional borrowing to grow their business as the house market is picking up. One loan the banks push to help borrowers is the Enterprise Financial Guarantee Scheme (EFGs). Here, Mike Smith, Director of Jameson Smith & Co, provides some advice.

Steve Jordan visited Gary Fontana, Managing Director of Kent’s Fontana Moving: a company that places an emphasis on giving a quality service above all else.

It was on the 3rd February that the famous Russell Hotel in London’s Bloomsbury played host to the 2014 Corporate Relocation Conference and Exhibition. Steve Jordan went along to find out what’s hot in the relo world.

Ed Roberts learns about positive challenges at Intermovers and finds out about 30 years of success for Felix Relocations in Malaysia.

Malaysia is a fantastic land of dramatic contrasts. Steeped in cultural and ancient religions, it is also famous for having one of the most advanced and robust economies in Southeast Asia. Our well-travelled writer Ed Roberts opens the door to one of Southeast Asia’s most fantastic countries.

Steve Jordan went back to his Yorkshire roots to visit custom artist Andy Scott in Barnsley, the company responsible for much of the exotic artwork seen on vehicles brightening up the roads of Britain.