You’ll know when it’s time to move your business when the floor is being used as a filing system or when there aren’t enough chairs in the meeting room for a full staff meeting.   Moving office can pull together your staff and your team, or it can lead to months of frustration.Moving your personal home is one of the move stressful experiances possible.Magnify that stress factor by several powers and you will have an idea of what it could be like for moving an entire business, particularly if it’s a London removal!

The optimists among us say that moving is the perfect time to restructure and streamline.Not a challenge, but an opportunity to rid yourself of your business baggage.That can be true, provided you hire a competent and reliable removal company that surveys your current and intended offices before the actual move and is willing to assist in the planning and co-ordination right through to the unpacking of the last crate.  The pain of London removals is also eased if you’ve begun the planning process well in advance using pre-set business milestones such as staffing levels as the indicators for a move.    

The trauma of London removals can be avoided altogether if you look into alternatives. Are there better ways of using your current property?If staff numbers are the real issue and shift work or hot desking practices isn’t for you, then clear up some square footage by outsourcing some activities off site if you can (does your accounts department need to share the same office space for example) and putting stuff you don’t need in the office but do need access to in secure storage. 

Specialist London removals firm Amber Moves for example has a modern, full computerised, warehouse equipped with two high capacity overhead cranes providing secure storage in 20 ft steel containers.Furniture, household goods and archives can all be stored safely with controlled humidity and temperatures to reduce any environmental damage.If you are storing valuable items, you can ensure their safety by protecting the containers with alarmed protection.Business storage is available from a 100 cu ft unit through to 20 ft containers and is charged weekly for as little as £10 per week.

The storage solution may only be a temporary palliative or it could be the ultimate solution.Even if it only delays the day that you have to uproot your business, it will still give you extra time to plan for an smooth relocation and do things at your own pace.And for London removals, getting that extra breathing space can be a welcome change to the usual hectic routine!