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Moving home, with the contents of just a few rooms and your family, is said to be one of the most stressful things anyone can do. If that’s the case, then imagine what the hassle factor will be like in moving your entire business, especially if it’s a London removals! Office moves can make or break a company, but London business removal specialist, Amber Moves, claim that they also provide the perfect opportunity to rethink some aspects of your business.
If you’ve decided that you’ve got to go through the upheaval of a physical move, aside from selecting a removal company that will make the process easier, you can also look at some of the fundamentals of your business to see if there are any opportunities for cost savings, consolidation of resources, or using new technology.
How do you know you do need to move your company or your home?For some it will be obvious: you take on new staff and find it hard to fit them in or the location you’re in proves to be less good for business than you’d first thought of. If that’s the situation, you’re into “extra time”.Ideally, you should contemplate a housing move before you get to the point that the premises constrains your business.  Indeed, precisely when you plan to move from your original offices should form part of your initial overall business plan, using simple triggers like number of staff or turnover. That way you can start planning the actual move early, which will deliver many more advantages and make the physical transitions much easier.
Your selected removal company should always survey your office prior to the move and assist in the planning and co-ordination right through to the unpacking of the last crate.  The simple plastic crate is the backbone of any office of business move:  ranging from a standard A3 crate to Computer Crates for IT equipment. Crates are usually quoted on a weekly hire basis which gives you time to pack and unpack.  Moving safes and fireproof cabinets is a very specialist job and requires expertise and experience.Any Confidential materials that do not need to be relocated should be destroyed in the right way, so make sure your removal company has the capacity for this.
If you decide not to move, but you still need far more space, it may make far greater sense to consider better ways of reusing your current property.  Small companies often grow in an organic, unplanned manner that mean space isn’t always optimum.  A chartered surveyor might be able to make better use of the space you have available or consult your IT supplier to see if there’s a way of consolidating systems to better use space. You could consider implementing flexible working or home working policies that cut the need for business travel, reduce required office space and improve your carbon footprint.
Another way to maximise the use of your own space is business storage. We’re all familiar with home storage companies which let you store unwanted items in a safe and enclosed environment for a small fee per month. For office equipment, furniture or many other items for that matter for which you’ve acquired but don’t currently need (but may in the future) using business storage can be a good option.