Keep Your Commercial Move On Track

Feb 6
08:26

2013

Keith Barrett

Keith Barrett

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We all know that an enormous amount of planning goes into a house move and it seems reasonable to expect that the same level of effort should be associated with an office move. If anything, it may sometimes appear that there is even more at stake.

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Despite this,Keep Your Commercial Move On Track Articles commercial moves sometimes seem to involve a fairly minimal amount of planning. There may be an expectation, on the part of a business owner, that all team members will simply get involved. The problem is that, without a plan, there's simply too much scope for you to run into difficulties.

In order to understand this, it's important to think carefully about all of the interested parties. There are various individuals who are likely to have concerns, starting with your own employees. Moving to new premises may mean a different commute, for example, which can have an impact away from the workplace.

Many of your employees may have family responsibilities that make it difficult for them to change plans easily. It's important, as a result, that you understand the impact of any such changes. It's likely that you'll want to spend time thinking about individuals and ensuring that you communicate properly.

The value of good communications, in such situations, cannot really be over-exaggerated. This is something that will be at the heart of any successful move and simply should not be neglected. This can be brought into sharp focus when considering your customers. This important group of people will hold the future success of your business within their hands.

What this should mean is that you need to think about them as being a real priority. You don't want to annoy or even disappoint loyal customers, as the clear risk is that they will start looking to your competitors. This means that it's important that you maintain standards of service at all times.

Is this easy to achieve, particularly when you may be in the middle of a rather significant upheaval? I would suggest that it can be incredibly difficult, but that the most important element here is to ensure that customers understand what's going on. You need to make sure that they are clear on your plan and the likely impact on them.

It's the same, of course, when you start to think about suppliers. They'll want to know where deliveries will be received and whether there is the requirement for them to change existing practices. It's over to you to ensure that you provide the right answers.

As you'll see, there is plenty of room for error. It's far too easy for an office move to go wrong. In order to maintain momentum, it's vital that you should have a comprehensive plan in place.


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