With the London 2012 Olympic Games in full swing, we bring you some inspiring examples of how our industry is keeping the relocation show on the road during this summer of celebration, plus details of Re:locate’s new online serviced-apartment finder, which will be invaluable to companies needing last-minute accommodation for relocating employees during the Olympics and Paralympics. Our News in Brief section includes practical advice on ensuring your employment policies are all set for the Olympics, tips for managing home working during the Games, and details of lighthearted new research that shows how ‘going for Gold’ can benefit UK property buyers.

How is your company dealing with this summer’s relocation challenges? Whatever aspect of relocation you’re involved in, we want to hear from you! Please email editorial@relocatemagazine.com with your contributions, which will be considered for inclusion on www.relocatemagazine.com 

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Fiona Murchie
Managing Editor

TOP STORIES THIS MONTH

Relocation industry flies the flag during London 2012 Olympics 

After years of preparation and months of mounting excitement, the London 2012 Olympic Games are finally underway, giving people up and down the country a real boost in difficult economic times and UK businesses a welcome chance to showcase themselves to an international audience.

Though the arrival of so many visitors, athletes and officials in London and the South East is bound to bring with it some logistical challenges, companies throughout the relocation sector – many of which have long had innovative Olympics strategies in place – are shrugging them off, determined to conduct ‘business as usual’.

• Olympics legacy ‘will see flood of serviced apartment supply in Stratford 
• London and the South East: summer 2012 relocation updates 
• Relocation 'thriving' during 2012 Olympics 

How is your company keeping the relocation show on the road during the Olympics and Paralympics? Whatever aspect of relocation you’re involved in, we want to hear from you! Please email editorial@relocatemagazine.com with your contributions, which will be considered for inclusion on www.relocatemagazine.com....

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Last-minute Olympics accommodation: online serviced-apartment finder launched 

As part of Re:locate’s drive to support HR and the relocation industry during the London 2012 Olympics and beyond, we’ve been asking a range of companies for their perspective on how this huge international event is affecting relocation. Read what some of them had to say here. 

For some time, commentators have been predicting accommodation shortages not only during the Olympic and Paralympic Games but also immediately before and after them. However, it appears that these shortages have, to some extent, failed to materialise, as have the vast price increases that were expected for long-term rentals during the Olympics....

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Unleash the power of talent mobility at the Worldwide ERC® 2012 Global Workforce Symposium! 

Once again, Re:locate is delighted to be a Mobility Media Partner of the Worldwide ERC® Global Workforce Symposium.

Held this year from 3–5 October in Washington DC, the event will bring delegates from around the globe together to learn from one another in dynamic and interactive educational sessions, be inspired by the keynote speaker, best-selling author and strategist Kaihan Krippendorff, and browse an extensive exhibition hall for the latest in employee mobility innovation.

If you’ve never attended a Worldwide ERC® Symposium before, and you are a corporate HR professional responsible for workforce mobility for your organisation’s own employees, you can benefit from a special complimentary registration offer.... 

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Cartus releases 2012 Trends in Global Relocation Survey results 

Despite the challenging global economy, 57% of multinational companies expect to increase the number of employees they transfer this year and next, according to the 2012 Trends in Global Relocation Survey from global relocation services company Cartus Corporation.

The survey, which was conducted during the first quarter of 2012 among 122 multinational firms based in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, also highlights a trend towards tightening expatriate benefits and a shift to alternative, temporary assignments....

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HR Mobility Knowledge Share Conference, 24 October 

As part of its support for The Jubilee Hour, Re:locate will be running a free one-day knowledge-sharing conference for HR representatives from the charity and not-for-profit sector, to be held at Knight Frank’s Baker Street offices on Wednesday 24 October.

We’ll be asking leading experts to give their hour of time to this worthwhile cause for the benefit of the charities. HR professionals from the private sector are also invited to attend without charge, to share their knowledge.

In return, those from the charitable sector will have expertise to impart about sending employees to particular countries – cost-saving measures and immigration knowledge, for example.

High-profile charities Oxfam, Save the Children and VSO have already signed up.

Places are strictly limited. If you are an HR professional and would like to join us, please reserve yours as soon as possible by emailing events@relocatemagazine.com

The programme for this special event will be announced on the website.

Report highlights rentals market in key global business centres 

With corporate global mobility on the increase, two newly-published reports from property company Knight Frank, which examine the rentals market in key business centres around the world and look in detail at the increasing demand for prime rental properties by assignees working for multinational firms, will be useful tools for those managing global mobility and international assignments.

The Knight Frank Global Corporate Lettings Review 2012 finds that economic instability, and more specifically the Eurozone’s debt crisis, is the factor most critical to future demand in corporate global lettings....

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HR Excellence Summit, September 2012

The HR Excellence Summit will take place on 18 and 19 September 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Washington DC, USA. The inaugural summit brings together over 100 cross-industry leaders in the field of HR across the Americas to discuss the most pressing human resource issues facing the industry.

The leading vhief HR officers, HR directors and HR professionals from across North America will be gathering to examine the latest business and strategic developments in the industry....

Jubilee Hour: Re:locate holds technology event for local community 

The idea of Re:locate’s technology training afternoon, held on Friday 20 July, was to open up the advantages of technology to older people in the local community, help with technical problems, or simply allow participants to see and use some of the new devices around, including Ipads and state-of-the-art mobile phones.

Informal workshop sessions allowed people to learn about emails and websites, from online shopping to eBay and booking tickets to visit Buckingham Palace. The more internet savvy showed great interest in the benefits of an iPad, while some simply wanted to know how to download photographs more effectively.

We also recruited a young volunteer on the first day of his school holidays. He was able to demonstrate everything with lightning speed, while honing his listening skills, which will be useful in his future training as a medic....

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