As IAM (International Association of Movers) runs up to its second COVID-affected annual conference, Steve Jordan talks to Brian Limperopulos, the organisation’s vice president, about the plans for the event and the key issues in the industry today.

Thoughts from Larry Kruger, Customer Development, McWilliams Moving & Storage, Ontario, Canada, on resetting the moving industry post-pandemic.

Adopting to new working practices, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, has businesses exposed to more and increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks and brought underfunded cyber defences into the spotlight, according to the EY Global Information Security Survey 2021 (GISS).

Steve Jordan talks to Robby Wogan about his company’s new assignment management software and how it has the potential to bring the industry together as never before.

Atlas​World Group, Inc - the parent company of Atlas Van Lines, Inc - has announced the appointment of two senior members to its team.

Leading classification society DNV has launched its latest Maritime Forecast to 2050 as part of the Energy Transition Outlook (ETO) suite of reports to help shipowners navigate the technologies and fuels needed to meet global greenhouse gas (GHG) targets.

Richmond-based South London Movers Ltd has announced a two-year official sponsorship deal with local League One football club AFC Wimbledon.

Commercial relocation management company Business Moves Group (BMG) has appointed Marc Pearce as project manager.

The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has welcomed the positive response from the Department for Transport (DfT) to the trials of longer semi-trailers (LSTs), finding them to be safer, more economical, and better for the environment.

The BAR Young Movers will host its next conference at the Ten Square Hotel in Belfast from 7-9 October, 2021.

The government is consulting on proposed changes to the requirements to obtain a vocational driving licence to help address the current shortage of lorry drivers.

In the first quarter of 2024, A P Moller - Maersk will introduce the first in a ground-breaking series of eight large ocean-going container vessels capable of being operated on carbon neutral methanol.

DKV Mobility, one of the leading mobility service providers in Europe, has launched a new service to enable customers to settle toll charges electronically in Poland.

A report from The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) based on a global survey conducted in May 2021 of more than 360 business executives, studies the implications of remote working during the pandemic on organisations, their employees and productivity.

Jack Dorrington, trusted friend of the UK moving industry, who was the face of trade shipping with Anglo Pacific for many years, has died, aged 77.

The development of electric vehicle (EV) batteries with a range similar to internal combustion engines, and that can charge in as little as 12 minutes, were among projects awarded £91 million of UK government and industry funding on 18 August, 2021.

The DVSA (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency) has announced the launch of a campaign to recruit additional HGV driving examiners in England and Wales in an attempt to reduce the chronic shortage of lorry drivers, currently estimated to be around 100,000.

Richard Levine died on the afternoon of Monday, 24 May, at 76 years of age. He was buried the following day and is survived by his wife Sandra and daughter Gemma.

Global health insurance specialist Towergate Health & Protection is warning UK employers with workers overseas not to underestimate the severity of the COVID pandemic and the impact this will have on their health and wellbeing and what they can do to mitigate the effects.

Australia is one of the few countries that responded swiftly and effectively to the outbreak of COVID-19 from China and is also one of the few nations that is largely free of the virus.