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  • Rightmove says property market to improve in 2013

    Jan 18, 2013
    A recent report from Rightmove says that its enquiries are up by 11% on last year, the Bank of England reports mortgage approvals are up by 9.2%, and there are good signs for the housing market in 2013.
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  • David Cameron meets Gliderol

    Jan 18, 2013
    Prime Minister David Cameron met Gliderol Self Storage Solutions Directors Peter O'Loughlin and Graham Lomax along with other British exporters at the Big 5 Dubai International Building and Construction Show.
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  • Loans to first-time buyers highest since 2009

    Jan 16, 2013
    The number of loans taken out in November 2012 by first-time buyers reached the largest monthly total since the end of 2009 according to figures release by the Council of Mortgage Lenders.
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  • New measures to bring down the number of fraudulent whiplash claims

    Jan 16, 2013
    Action has been taken after figures showed there had been a 60% rise in personal injury claims related to road accidents since 2006, despite vehicles becoming safer and a 20% reduction in the number of reported accidents over the same period.
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  • International Movers Conference 2013

    Jan 11, 2013
    IMC, the International Movers Conference is taking place again this year from 20-23 February in Bangkok
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  • Directors’ duties – your obligations explained

    Jan 11, 2013
    Lance Feaver, from Keystone Law emphasises the need for directors to understand their duties fully and seek advice when unsure.
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  • Flexible parental leave – good news or bad for movers?

    Jan 10, 2013
    Radical reforms are planned to allow both parents to share leave to look after their new-born children.
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  • Porters on demand

    Jan 10, 2013
    It was four years ago that Jonathan Wignell started his company Porter Assist. Steve Jordan caught up with him in the depths of Northampton, to find out how the business was doing.
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  • Moving north of the border

    Jan 09, 2013
    An insight into moving in Scotland.
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  • Getting PR right

    Jan 09, 2013
    As well as being the editor of The Mover, and having published magazines for the moving industry for approaching 20 years, Steve Jordan runs a successful PR company: The Words Workshop. Here’s some advice from him on how to give your press releases a fighting chance of getting published, not just in this magazine, but anywhere.
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  • George Dunn DFC, removals man and RAF Bomber Command pilot

    Jan 09, 2013
    David Jordan, Deputy Editor of The Mover, served his time as an apprentice maintaining Buccaneer bombers at Blackburn Aircraft in Yorkshire. His experience with military aircraft meant that it was no chore to run down to see George Dunn, the second-world-war Bomber Command hero, at his home in Brighton for a chat. This is George’s story.
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  • Move for Hunger

    Jan 09, 2013
    What the US moving industry is doing to make the world a better place.
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  • What has happened at Pickfords?

    Jan 09, 2013
    On 23 November, 2012, Moving Services Group UK Ltd (t/a Pickfords) went into administration. On appointment, the administrators sold the business and assets of Moving Services Group UK Ltd (MSG UK Ltd) to Pickfords Move Management Ltd.
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  • US East Coast port strike postponed

    Jan 02, 2013
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  • New battery rental scheme for fork lifts

    Dec 20, 2012
    The Hoppecke trak® rent scheme allows fork lift users to rent batteries to suit the needs and budgets of their business.
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  • Spotted at the Romsey Show

    Dec 20, 2012
    It’s a three-ton horse-drawn Tunnel Van designed with the top behind the fascia boards slightly curved to permit travel on flat railway cars and also enable to it go through the standard type railway tunnels and bridges of the late 19th century.
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  • Gone fishing!

    Dec 20, 2012
    Anglo Pacific's warehouse team caught more than they bargained for on a recent outing.
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  • Harrow Green moves music school

    Dec 20, 2012
    Harrow Green has been appointed by Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester city centre, to relocate the furniture, storage and resource materials from the old school premises to the new £31m, seven-storey school building.
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  • Bishop’s Move causes road block

    Dec 20, 2012
    Bishop’s Move ensured that its largest vehicle proved an obstacle for competitors during the 2012 Road Block Run held in Holyrood Park, Scotland on Sunday 23 September.
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  • Fork lifts

    Dec 20, 2012
    Sale of fork lifts is up and the FLTA has a new address.
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