For trucks with trailers, slippery winter roads and downhill gradients represent a tough challenge for even the most skilled of drivers. There is always the risk of the rig becoming unstable and, in the worst-case scenario, starting to jack-knife. Volvo Trucks has now developed a system that significantly improves safety.

Roads Minister Robert Goodwill has visited the 15ft-deep sinkhole on the M2 and pledged to get remedial works done to UK road as quickly as possible. The hole is just one of the results of the string of severe weather which has been battering the country and opened up between the carriageways of the M2 between junction five and six on Tuesday.

Last Friday 7 February, Angus and Ria Russel 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). The organisation was in desperate need to find donations to help the local residents who had been flooded out of their homes by the recent atrocious weather and for a distribution centre to help gather and distribute the supplies. Ria and Angus’s warehouse is only a few miles from some of the worst-affected areas so they immediately set about doing all they could.

French minister, Frédéric Cuvillier, has written to EC transport commissioner, Siim Kallas, demanding that he "take measures as soon as possible" to address infringements of cabotage regulations in the sector.

Intermovers Malaysia was short-listed in the annual Sustainability Awards for Supply Chain & Logistics.

According to Move with Us, the network of independent estate agents, homebuyers and sellers can reduce the amount of time it takes to buy or sell property by up to 11 days using a new online conveyancing system, which speeds up the legal part of the transaction and brings conveyancing into the 21st century.

2014 will be a big year on the Freight Transport Association (FTA) calendar as the Association celebrates its 125th anniversary.

Turning yoghurt pots into diesel and making jet fuel out of household waste are just two of the ideas in the spotlight as part of the government’s new ‘call for evidence’ on advanced fuels.

A new agency with responsibility for maintaining vehicle standards has been launched as the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, Transport Minister Robert Goodwill has announced.

Errol Gardiner shares his observations on New Zealand's positive economic shift and optimism for the future; Ed Roberts looks at the growth of Conroy Removals.

New Zealand (NZ) is so far away from England that if you travelled beyond its islands you’d actually be travelling back home again from the other direction. The Mover Magazine’s Ed Roberts visited for four months back in 2007 and he still retains strong links to the fabled land of fire and ice.

Bob Clarke & Cris O’Hara retired from John Mason International at the end of 2013. Simon Mason took over as CEO in January 2014 with support from Noel Briscoe who takes on the role of COO. Caroline Mason is the new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO).

Peter Doman has recently become a Director of Basil E. Fry Company Ltd. after six years working as an Account Executive with the company. Peter’s role will be to use his business experience to help continue the company’s growth in the removals and self storage sectors.

According to Red Recruit, one of the UK’s leading recruitment companies for the removals market, 2013 saw a surge in recruitment as businesses invested to meet both their current and future requirements. But during the difficult times, companies’ efforts to make ends meet might have created HR problems that need attention if good morale is to be maintained.

The Mover Magazine’s Steve Jordan talks to Kieran and Michelle Whitehead from Manchester’s Osbornes Removals: a traditional company that is becoming increasingly 21st century.

Libel laws in England and Wales were significantly reformed on 1 January 2014 to provide clearer, better protection for people publicly expressing opinions.

Pack & Send is a company new to the UK that just might be able to provide a valuable service to moving companies. Steve Jordan met with Keith Demner from the company’s Milton Keynes office, for a chat.

I have watched The Mover magazine evolve and mature into what I think is one of the best, if not the best, trade magazines now serving the removals and storage industry. So, as you can imagine, I was delighted when Steve Jordan invited me to air ‘sticky’ topics at an EU level.

On Tuesday 25 February, at 3pm, an online webinar, hosted jointly by Jane Finch of Moving etc... Network and Michelle Clarke, a former Head of Leadership Development for Retail at Marks & Spencer PLC, will explain Talent Dynamics - a technique for unlocking the full potential of your team, your business and yourself.

Following a recent UK pricing survey conducted by KPMG, the consulting company is advising businesses that they need to move on from recession-driven, volume-at-all-costs pricing or risk long-term damage to their company’s revenues and profits.