Dominic Marlow from The Business Board explains what you need to do when the time comes to sell your business.

Matthew Woodley from New Zealand Van Lines looks at how Facebook advertising can work for moving companies

Steve Jordan interviews Mark Herrington after he left Pickfords to start something new.

As India moves up the World Bank 'Ease of Doing Business Index' and Google continues its push into the region, companies are urged to consider cultural difference. Here, Crown World Mobility offers some tips to help meetings and negotiations go smoothly.

It seems that, if movers really tried, they could spend almost all their working lives attending conferences around the world. This season, however, has been disrupted by changes to venues causing a knock-on effect. A volcano in Bali, unrest in Rio and hurricane Maria all conspired to throw the diary into disarray and create plenty of headaches for the organisers. It’s all sorted now though – we hope. Here, is a summary of the major ones.

David Jordan interviews Nicola Mason as she returns to the moving industry as general manager for U-Move Group.

Matt Rhodes from Quiss Technology suggests how you can prove to your clients that you have done all you can to protect against a cyber attack.

More than 750 people from the UK and overseas visited the Movers & Storers Show last November, helping to make it one of the best shows in the event’s ten-year history.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), will replace the Data Protection Act on 25 May and will affect all businesses, large and small. Speaking at the Movers & Storers Show, James Backhouse from Backhouse Jones Solicitors gave a taste of what the new rules will mean and how businesses must prepare if hefty fines are to be avoided.

The Tesla Semi is due to be launched next year in the USA.

Ray DaSilva from IAM’s Mobility Exchange explains IAMX, a universal directory for the mobility industry.

The world’s first autonomous electric container ship, Yara Birkeland is due to begin operating in the latter half of 2018 according to its Norwegian builders Kongsberg.

The number of gap-year managers is on the rise with international assignments being turned into ‘adventure moves’ to attract young talent. Lisa Johnson, Global Practice Leader (Consulting Services) from Crown World Mobility tells the story.

Canadian corporation, AMJ Campbell Inc., announced that it would not be renewing its licensing agreement with the international franchisee doing business under the name ‘1776963 Ontario Inc.’. This was effective from December 31, 2017.

There are very few family owned companies anywhere in the world that have survived into their eighth generation, but OMNI member De Haan can proudly claim to be one of them.

Last August Mac’s Truck Sales moved to its smart new factory on the outskirts of Huddersfield. Deputy Editor David Jordan took a trip to Yorkshire to meet its founder Alex McDade to find out how the business grew from a one-man operation to become one of the largest suppliers of used removals trucks in the UK.

Menno Martens, Head of Surveying at Gobuzzsurvey, reports on his experience of attending the IAM convention.

Steve Jordan interviews Neftaly Rodriguez from La Rosa Del Monte and Aida Robles from Rodi Cargo, both in Puerto Rico, just three weeks after Maria destroyed their island home