According to Rob Lane, Exeter-based director of removals firm Britannia Lanes, looking for new opportunities has helped the company grow its way out of the recession.

Driving is by far the most dangerous activity most of us experience in our everyday lives and although casualty rates are falling in the UK, around 2,000 people are killed every year on our roads - over 20,000 are seriously injured. Here, David Jordan, Deputy Editor of The Mover, offers ten tips for staying alive.

Removal firms dealing with customers moving to or returning from overseas could be earning valuable extra cash by referring clients with money to transfer to a specialist currency broker.

A snowy Westminster bridge last winter.

Leeds-based Crown Relocations Packer, John McNamara, has won the title of ‘Best packer in the UK and Ireland’ at Crown’s annual ‘Packer of the Year’ competition.

In the November issue of The Mover Matt Faizey talked about how the often very short time between exchanging contracts and completion is making planning difficult for professional movers and his crusade for a compulsory 21 day gap.

The British Association of Removers (BAR) North West Region has become the latest members of the Lancashire Constabulary Partnership Against Crime (LANPAC), joining many blue chip companies in supporting LANPAC.

After 2011’s robust recovery in truck demand, and a notably strong final quarter, there was no let-up in January.

Rick Garrison, owner of Newscourier Delivery Service near Harlow has been voted the UK’s best White Van Man by uShip.com.

An interview with Steve Jordan.

Great advice from Britannia Movers International.

New appointment.

Joining a global movement of literally hundreds of thousands of gents worldwide, the men folk of Anglo Pacific spent the month of November sprouting some fine moustachery.

HMRC is urging employers, who plan to take on more staff for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, to check their labour providers.

According to the Forum for Private Business news that the government will implement ‘radical reform’ to the public procurement system is good news.

With truck and van sales up and the service and repair sector serving a busy road transport business, confidence is building for the 2012 CV Show and its dedicated Workshop zone.

VOSA has launched a new service – VOSA Direct - to keep the industry bang up to date with information they need to stay compliant.

Interdean has recently announced two new appointments in Switzerland.

Plans for a lorry road user charging scheme to create a fairer deal for UK hauliers were announced today by Roads Minister Mike Penning.

Interdean’s UK Sales Director, Barrie Gilmour, was delighted to introduce Sharron Davies MBE as the headline guest speaker at the Forum for Expatriate Management’s Global Mobility Summit on Friday 3 November, 2011.