Ensuring The Move Goes Smoothly
Moving office might seem simple if you’re a solopreneur or microbusiness – just unplug the computer, move the furniture, and you’re ready to go. However, once your business grows beyond a few employees and you have more substantial equipment to manage, the process quickly becomes far more complex. Attempting to coordinate everything yourself can turn into a logistical headache with multiple moving parts that need careful planning to ensure everything is relocated smoothly and your team experiences minimal disruption.
Hiring an office relocation company can ensure the move runs smoothly and minimises the impact on your daily operations, allowing you to stay focused on your business.
How to Successfully Relocate Your Office
There are several reasons why hiring a professional relocation firm can make the difference between a move fraught with stress and delays and one that runs smoothly from start to finish.
Greater efficiency – A professional company will carry out the logistical planning, create an implementation plan and book the removals and specialists as required. Any move will be planned in phases to minimise the impact on your staff and keep them abreast of the changes.
Lower stress levels – Moving is stressful whether you’re moving home or moving office, and when you’ve a large business perhaps with many staff and multiple locations to move, running it in-house can take that stress to a whole new level. Specialist firms are experts in moving, have the right contacts and understand the pitfalls so they can help you avoid them.
Minimises downtime – By having a cohesive plan in place you reduce the amount of time your company isn’t operating. If you run the move yourself, it’s all too easy for costs and timescales to spiral with disruption increasing from a few days to weeks or months. Naturally, this impacts turnover but it can also affect staff morale and longer term, your company culture.
Reduced Costs – Companies sometimes keep it in-house under the mistaken belief it will save them money. But this approach can be a false economy. Office relocation firms will have all the equipment and resources needed to ensure it runs smoothly. They’ll have solid working relationships with the right removal specialists and will make sure there are no nasty surprises. They’ll also get your equipment delivered to your new address safe and sound.
Can handle dilapidations – Depending on the terms of your lease you may be required to return your old office to its former state and make repairs. This process can also be costly and time-consuming. Again, a commercial office relocation company has access to the expertise needed to undertake such work and satisfy your legal obligations for your office dilapidation.
Moving is ultimately exciting because it’s often a sign your business is going into bigger and better things, so don’t add to your stress levels by trying to do it all yourself. A professional office relocation firm can take the pressure off your shoulders as you guide your business into its next phase of growth.
If you’re relocating your office and want to ensure an easy and stress-free process, please get in touch with us for expert advice.
