The European Union is implementing a new customs pre-arrival security and safety programme, underpinned by a large-scale advance cargo information system – Import Control System 2 (ICS2).

Workplace change specialist Business Moves Group (BMG) has won the Partners in Relocation award for its work with Aviva at the PFM Awards 2020 held on 17 March. The event had been delayed due to the pandemic. ​

Innovative green projects creating the next generation of electric trucks and hydrogen-powered buses are set to secure nearly 10,000 UK jobs and save millions of tonnes of carbon emissions, thanks to over £54 million funding announced on 22 March by UK Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng.

Maritime Transport Ltd has secured a two-year contract with global container operator and long-standing customer, A P Moller – Maersk to provide space for the movement of containers by rail across the UK.

Move4U Moving Technology has announced the signing of an agreement with California-based Pasha Group to help support service improvements to its current move program.

This month we’re celebrating here at The Mover. We can hardly believe it, but this is our tenth anniversary edition and we’re tickled pink that what started as something of an experiment and a huge commercial risk, has grown into what is arguably the most popular magazine in our industry.

Over 1.5 million UK households are currently wanting to move, moving soon, moving now, just moved or are settling in to their new home according to the latest Property & Homemover Report from property data and insight specialist, TwentyCi.

In April 2021, the annual increase in National Minimum Wage rates will take effect, but this year there is a significant difference.

A report by Rennie Schaefer, Chief Executive Officer at Self Storage Association UK and FEDESSA

Gosselin has won the award for international moving from Aires for the second year in a row.

A lead story in The Times newspaper on Wednesday, 24 February has speculated that UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak is planning to extend the Stamp Duty holiday until the end of June when he announces his budget next Tuesday.

According to the December Office for National Statistics (ONS) house price index, UK property prices increased dramatically in 2020 as the pandemic-induced Stamp Duty holiday and the nation's need to live and work at home kicked-in.

Business Moves Group (BMG) has won a major relocation contract with Three Mobile.

Bournes in Rye, East Sussex, has become one of the first removals companies in the UK to take part in the government’s rapid workplace testing programme, aimed at detecting COVID-19 in workers who are not displaying symptoms.

It is understood that the DVSA is currently experiencing technical issues with the OCRS system, which means that operators may not be able to access their OCRS reports for up to 8 weeks and reports may show inaccurate data.

The Mover has received many requests in the last few weeks from British moving companies that are looking for reliable custom agents to help with moves into Europe.

John Mason International, one of the UK’s largest independent removal, storage and shipping companies, has been sold to its former sales and marketing director, Simon Hood.

UK non-residents buying residential property face a sharp increase in Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) rates from 1 April, together with new residency rules and a tough payment window of just 14 days, warns accountants Hillier Hopkins.

The organisers of the Movers & Storers Show have confirmed that its 2021 event will take place at NAEC Stoneleigh, in Warwickshire, on 2-3 November and not at Hanger 42 in Bruntingthorpe as previously announced last year.

Following the Supreme Court’s ruling on 15 January, removals companies who took out Business Interruption (BI) insurance policies may be covered for at least part of their losses as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite having had their claims rejected earlier by their insurance companies.