The National Audit Office (NAO) in the UK has issued a report into the preparedness of the UK for the end of the Brexit transition period describing the government's progress in implementing changes required to manage the border after 31 December, 2020.

Atlas World Group, the parent company of Atlas Van Lines, Inc, has announced the appointment of Stacy Draper as chief security officer of Atlas Van Lines. Most recently, Stacy was the chief information security officer at the University of Southern Indiana.

The findings of the new Low Emissions Freight Trial (LEFT) report published on 18 November, 2020 by the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership acknowledges that Heavy Goods Vehicles fuelled by biomethane (gas) can provide significant carbon reductions.

An interview with Jim Petzel of GetStored, as the company sets out its stall in competition with self storage.

Neftaly Rodriguez has been a familiar face on the household goods conference circuit for many years. But back in February 2019 he left his old company La Rose del Monte in Puerto Rico and made a short hop and a skip over the Caribbean to The Dominican Republic to launch Mega Movers.

Joleen Lauffer is executive vice president at Aires in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Aires is a Relocation Management Company (RMC) with its roots firmly planted in the moving industry. Steve Jordan talked to her about COVID-19 and the long-term outlook for the industry.

Charles White, President of IAM, was centre stage (if that’s the right expression) for his traditional ‘State of IAM’ address during the virtual IAM conference in October. It was a somewhat strange environment for Chuck, to be speaking without an audience, but he carried it off well.

I was there … were you? By Editor Steve Jordan.

Steve Jordan interviews Anne Bradley and Simon Kirby from Agility as the MOD contract turns 10 years old and COVID-19 takes its toll.

Can this be right? Steve Jordan asks whether the practice of RMCs paying movers only after they have been paid by their corporate account clients is right.

The chief financial officer (CFO) will emerge as one of the C-suite’s most critical roles in reframing the future of the enterprise post the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, according to the 2020 EY DNA of the CFO, a survey of more than 800 global CFOs and senior finance executives.

NAEA Propertymark has joined forces with sector partners to write to the UK Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to highlight the emerging crisis in residential transactions, as sales progression and conveyancing are overwhelmed by demand in the race to complete before the end of the Stamp Duty Holiday on 31 March 2021.

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Road Freight and Logistics has published a report recommending that the plan for rollout of nationwide Clean Air Zones (CAZ) is paused.

Loading bay equipment manufacturer, Thornworld Industries, has introduced a new, low-cost Standard Ramp to its range.

Kangaroo Holdings Ltd, the owner of Scotland’s Kangaroo Self Storage and sister company Smart Storage, with units across North West England, has appointed Scott Christie as non-executive chairman.

Nuss Relocations Australia has announced it has attained ISO 27001 certification, the international Standard for the management of information security. This is the latest addition to Nuss Relocation’s ISO-related achievements.

This year marks 35-years since weighing equipment specialist RAVAS introduced the first weighing hand pallet truck. To mark the occasion the company is offering a limited-edition pallet truck, at a special price of €1,235 until 31 January, 2021.

I’ve seen some sites …

Euromoving 2000 has announced a merger with the Phoenix Relocation Group SRL. The Milan-based company joined the Group on 30 September, 2020.

The Iraqi Customs authorities have suspended tax exemption approvals for Diplomatic, Government, Humanitarian and Military shipments destined for all areas across Iraq.