One of the most stressful activities that a company can be involved in is moving to a new office. The disruption to clients, customers, employees and the general running of an office can be detrimental to a business. However, if you play your business cards right, you can pull off a whole office move without too much of an issue and with a lot of good organisation.
To help you out when it comes to your office move, you need to plan it so that you have covered every base. A move has a lot of factors, and if where you are moving to is further than you are right now, you may even need to think about whether it’s a good idea to hire new people altogether. This is going to be one of the considerations that you make when you start to write your lists for the big move. There are some things that you may forget when it comes to putting everything together, including setting up your IT with Frontline and making sure that your utilities are set up and ready to be paid on time. There will still be things that you must prepare for, of course, and it’s these four things that are the most important so that your move is as smooth as can be.
Timings
It’s very easy to underestimate your own timeline when an office move can move too quickly. There are so many things that will determine whether your office move is successful and how long it’ll take to do it, so you should look at this checklist to determine whether you have thought of everything before you even embark on putting it together.
Costs
You can’t make a move to move your office until you work out how much the entire process from beginning to end is going to cost. It’s not just the office, but the movers, the potential need to hire new people and retrain them and the solicitor’s fees are also a consideration to make. Costs are going to be the biggest thing to think about, so start early on those.
Branding
Moving to a new place is a big deal, and your PR and marketing teams should be hot on the press the moment it’s a confirmed deal. You get the chance to network with new clients, customers and people that could be there to work with you in the new area, but that only works if they know to expect you!
Deadlines
It’s important for your timekeeping that you set yourself goals and deadlines to work towards. As you hit each deadline, you can update your employees on your progress, allowing the stages of your move to be completed on time.
It’s a very long process, to move from one office to another, and if you’re not careful you could find yourself in a total flap with a huge lack of productivity from staff while trying to get everything done. Organisation equals success, and if success is what you want, you now know how to achieve it.
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