Team Relocations has recently announced a three-year commitment to a major fund raising initiative in support of Plan, the UK headquartered global children’s charity. Founded over more than 75 years ago, Plan is one of the oldest and largest children's development organisations in the world.

The Mover has become aware of some companies engaging in what is probably illegal and certainly immoral practice of employing people ‘through the back door’.

Williams Moving & Storage in Canada wishes to make its customers and agents aware that, although it has recently closed its branches in Kamloops, British Columbia and Edmonton, Alberta to gain operational efficiencies, the company itself is alive and well and thriving in nine western Canadian cities.

Crown Worldwide Group has recently opened branches in Hamburg and Sri Lanka.

The Mover Magazine met with father and daughter team of Glasgow’s Lomond Removals at the EUROMOVERS conference in Istanbul earlier this year to learn about their business whilst also getting to know one of the removal trade’s youngest and brightest new members.

The Transport Select Committee has announced recommendations to the government regarding Local Authority Parking Enforcements in England.

The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency’s Remote Enforcement Office (REO) is a different method of following up VOSA’s encounters with your vehicles.

From the 1st November, 2013 it will be possible to pay the Hungarian toll ‘HU-GO’ using an On Board Unit.

Mr Gudmund Håkull, owner of Håkull AS, was recently presented with the King’s Silver Medal of Merit.

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Cyril Worth & Son has added a sixth vehicle to its fleet. The new vehicle is a DAF CF 250 BHP Euro 5 space cab from Mac’s Truck Sales.

Brake, the road safety charity, is inviting small business owners with employees who drive for work to attend its free online training session on cutting costs by improving road safety.

Ex-pat American, Jennifer Sloan is the General Manager at European Relocation Services, based in Marseilles and Paris, France. The Mover Magazine caught up with her to talk about some of the differences she’s found working and living in Europe over the last 20 years.

Sometimes ordinary men have great responsibility thrust upon them. I think that’s how the saying goes. Whilst quote mangling is my thing, I also enjoy sneaking out of my comfort zones on a regular basis. One such recent occasion was when I attended the Movers and Storers Show 2013 at Silverstone Race Circuit a few weeks ago.

However well you run your business it is inevitable that from time to time a customer will find a reason to complain. Some, perhaps most, managers see complaints as negative and sometimes view them simply as an attempt by the customer to get a reduction in the price or some other kind of compensation. By David Jordan

According to the Ernst & Young ITEM Club, the chances of the UK experiencing a housing bubble as a result of the government’s Help to Buy Mortgage Guarantee Scheme are slim.

For some reason I was expecting Michael Gerson not to be working from the old company offices in darkest Whetstone when I booked the appointment for, what was for me, one of the key interviews of my journalistic life.

Delegates from a wide cross section of the moving industry gathered at Silverstone’s brand new multi-million pound exhibition and banqueting centre on 21-22 October for The Mover magazine’s first conference.

After David Jordan's introduction there was a lively session focussed on ways of increasing profitability by offering additional services that don't require capital investment. These are some of the topics discussed.

MovingJapan.com has advised The Mover of new Importer Filing regulations for shipments into Japan that come into effect in March 2014.