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.

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.

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.

It may be hard to find many positive aspects of the COVID-19 lockdown, but it seems that the reduction in pollution caused by emissions from vehicles and fossil fuelled power stations has made a massive difference to the air we breathe and resulted in dramatically fewer deaths from respiratory diseases.

Sean Bradley, Managing Director of Freightworks, has provided an update on business in Dubai.

GAC in Dubai has come up with a fun idea to help keep children occupied during the recent enforced lockdowns: playhouses made of cartons. Shawn Wood, Regional Manager in Dubai, said it was the idea of Klaus Holmager from the company’s Bahrain office.

ISS Relocations in Dubai has announced the acquisition of the relocations business from Inchcape Worldwide Movers.

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

No matter how experienced you are at moving, there are always things to learn and alternative ways of doing things.

Thailand’s sought-after Thailand Elite Residence Program has seen a significant increase in applications from US citizens since the start of the year and the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.

Weekly currency market update from Hawk FX

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.