A new nationwide study commissioned by Eskenzi PR, and carried out by OnePoll, examined how video conferencing has changed workers’ perception of their colleagues. The results, announced in May, found that 40% of UK workers judge their colleagues on how their house looks over video conferencing.

Lay-offs and redundancy activity has accelerated in the Middle East’s construction sector as it contends with the economic impact of COVID-19, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

International mobility specialist G-Inter has announced major changes to its operations in the United States and Brazil.

EuRA has postponed its conference in Seville, planned for May this year, and rebooked it at the same venue for 23-26 March 2021, that’s two months earlier than usual.

Max Kreynin, from Voxme, one of the leading suppliers of video surveying technology, explains the difference between conducting a survey on Zoom, Skype, FaceTime or WhatsApp and the real thing.

Asia-based logistics company Dimerco Express Group has supported a donation of 80,000 (PPE) masks from China to help combat the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy. The company collected the masks from across China and successfully coordinated their delivery to Italy.

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As the COVID-19 lockdown continues in the UK, the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown dependency, issued operational guidance on 28 April for removals companies wishing to return to work on the islands.

HMM (Hyundai Merchant Marine) has named the world’s largest containership HMM Algeciras. The vessel is the first of 12, 24,000 TEU-class vessels scheduled to be sequentially delivered between now and September 2020.

As the global economy reels from the ongoing impact of coronavirus, hard work and strategic thinking from the carrier community appears to have mitigated immediate damage to long-term contracted ocean freight rates according to Xeneta, the market intelligence organisation.

Maersk has launched a new intermodal container service connecting the port of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea with the dry port Vorsino near Moscow (Kaluga region).

PwC has launched a new app that is available free to help people adapt to new ways of working while social distancing measures continue. The app is already used extensively by PwC employees.

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Many celebrities and businesses have taken to social media platforms to offer free or discounted access to support others self-isolating during the COVID-19 pandemic; whether it’s weekday PE with Joe Wicks, music tuition with Myleene Klass or audiobooks read by David Walliams.