H&R Group

Well, another year has passed for the H&R Group (including Relo Japan) and Relo Network Asia companies. We must be thankful that we are managing our way through this pandemic and will be much stronger on the other side. For Japan, it has been a particularly tough year. We lived it in preparation for border openings that give or take a few weeks of relaxation, never happened. With the border still closed, our business lines in Japan have suffered, our clients unable to move in many of their people. There have been some exceptions, and we are pleased to service those clients who have been allowed entry into Japan. Still, it has been a frustrating year, made all the more difficult by less government support and the rising costs of doing business. However, the future is definitely not doom and gloom, with 100s of assignees waiting outside Japan for our help once the borders do open. We look forward to getting busy soon, as we manage an influx of those keen to begin or re-start their Japan experience. In contrast, for Relo Network Asia, the business has boomed. We end the year having surpassed 2019 initiations and completed services close…