Moving Your Company
Moving from your family home, even with just a few rooms and accumulated possessions, is said to be one of the most stressful things you can do. Imagine what the stress factor is like if moving your entire business, especially if it’s a London removal!
Office moves can either make or break a company and its staff.But they can be a blessing in disguise (although sometimes heavily disguised), presenting the perfect opportunity to rethink some operational and organisational aspects of your business.Planning for an office move is the best time to think about how to make cost savings, consolidate resources, or use new technology to reduce the amount of clutter you’ve got to transport and to improve future working practices.Ask yourself whether you really need to move offices in the first place. You also need to consider if moving will affect your office insurance policy or not?
When it comes to removals, it may make more sense to consider better ways of using your current property.Small companies can often grow in an unplanned manner which often means that office space isn’t always used to its best effect anyway.Consider hiring a professional to advise you on making better use of the space you’ve already got.You could consider bringing in flexible working hours, “hot-desking” practices or home working policies that reduce the amount of space required for a fixed number of people.Another way to improve the way you use your space is to consider business storage for equipment and furniture that you don’t need, but may do in the future.
However, if your staff are falling over each other and none of the above options are viable, then it’s time to look at an office move.Ideally, office moves should be on the agenda before you reach that point and when you plan to move from your original offices should form part of your initial business plan.Even if that means using simple triggers like number of staff or turnover, you should begin planning the actual move as soon as possible. Youll also need to inform your business insurance company as soon as you have made plans to move so they can update your policy. Your selected removal company should survey your office prior to the move and be prepared to assist in planning and co-ordination right through to the unpacking of the last crate.