What You Must Consider When Moving Your Business to a New Location

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There is certainly a lot to think about when you have decided to move your business to a new location, and not all of it is in regard to the increased (or decreased) rent. In fact, there is a lot more than the future success of your business will rely on, as well as the financial strain that the move will put on your business during the time of the move itself.

#1 Decide where you are going to put your business

One of the largest decisions that you will make in your business is in its location. Get this important decision wrong, and it could cost you in customers and staffing possibilities. However, there is no doubt that what kind of business you are running will depend greatly on where it will do best.

Some businesses, for instance, retail, will do far better if there is plenty of footfall, parking, and public transport links within the area. So for that sort of business, it really should be situated where there are other retail businesses nearby.

However, when it comes to a manufacturing business, you will not necessarily need footfall, but you will need transport links for your employees as well as a large parking lot and quick access to distribution links, so out-of-town would be fine.

#2 How to go about relocating your items

You will also need to think about how you can keep your business functioning while the grand move is happening in order to keep the money coming in. Careful planning can see that all of your equipment and furniture can be sent by freight shipping, which will allow you ship your items in one go.

Schedule this to be collected and delivered at the end of the week, and you will have all weekend to get your business functional again and ready for work on Monday morning, therefore limiting the amount of downtime required. Of course, you will also be able to get your office employees to work from home remotely while the office is being packed up for shipment.

#3 Deal with security at your new location

Once you have made it to your new location, you will probably want to address the security options open to you. You may, of course, find that there are already some security measures in place, but there is nothing wrong with wanting to add to this. The installation of CCTV cameras and alarms, for instance, can deter some mischievous individuals, while added cybersecurity is always an advantage.

Final thoughts

Choosing the right location will require a lot of thought. Transport links for your employees and your customers will have to be taken into account as well as allowing additional potential customers to find their way to your business. You will need to plan the move so that it limits the disruption to your business as much as possible and therefore keeps the money coming in. Once you are at your new location, you may want to address your onsite security as well as increase your cybersecurity to protect your business as it grows and become more prominent within its new area.