The UK government is pressing for EU law to create a Europe-wide legal position on nicotine-containing products (NCPs) through the revision of the Tobacco Products Directive. The European Commission has said it expects the new legislation to be adopted in 2014 and to come into effect in the UK from 2016.

PPS Crate Hire will exhibit at the UK’s biggest removals and storage event to be held at the iconic Silverstone Circuit, home of the British Grand Prix in October.

The independent Low Pay Commission’s (LPC) recommendations for this year’s adult and youth National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates come into effect in October.

From 1 October, 2013 changes will be introduced to the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) that will simplify the mandatory reporting of workplace injuries for businesses, while ensuring that the data collected gives an accurate and useful picture of workplace incidents.

Harrow Green has recently won the commercial moving contract for the London Probation Trust.

Measures to help improve corporate transparency and strengthen director disqualification laws have been outlined with the publication of a discussion paper by the Business Secretary Vince Cable.

Robert Gordon University’s ‘Masterplan’ is a £120 million campus development project at its Garthdee campus which will provide all students and staff with state-of-the-art teaching and learning facilities.

When it comes to moving valuable pianos there are few companies better equipped to handle the job than piano specialist G&R Removals.

I met father and son team Anthony and Adam Keil from ATK Removals in Hereford, 22 miles away from their base in the picturesque town of Hay-on-Wye, which straddles the border between England and Wales in the Black Mountains. By David Jordan

Raymond Dobbe from World Moving & Storage in New Zealand, recently spotted an interesting problem with his workforce and developed an equally innovative solution.

Try to describe India. What could you not say? What could you say that wouldn’t be right or wrong? No matter what, it is impossible not to be astonished by the place.

Agility won the MOD contract in 2010. At that time the company was still somewhat unknown in the UK and the industry held its breath. The contract comes up for renewal next year so Steve Jordan took a look at how Agility has performed and talks the agents who have operated the world’s biggest single-source household goods moving contract.

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Becky Adams is no ordinary keynote speaker, in fact she is unique. Her former profession as a brothel keeper is, even in these enlightened times, still a taboo subject that few would publicly admit to, let alone talk about on television and to business groups around the UK.

It’s unlikely that you, as a mover, will be investing in Jordan. But here Mohannad Al-Refai, Managing Director of Medex Express Service in Jordan explains some of the reasons that other companies might and, therefore, why you might get the chance to move their staff.

John Mason’s Gill Allward rescues lost dog!

In reaction to the recent announcement by the Highways Agency to upgrade the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon, The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is calling for the industry to be closely involved in discussions about how the scheme will be funded.

O’Neil Software, Inc. has announced that David Holt, formerly Executive Vice President responsible for software development and support services, has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer.

The latest development from Mitsubishi Fork Lift Trucks is an all-new pedestrian stacker series, AXIA ES which, it claims promises exceptional productivity in every setting.