Relocating a business can be a frustrating experience for you – whether you operate a small or large enterprise. That’s true even if you have a large workforce with a corresponding level of equipment.
To make it easy and the most-affordable relocation, here are 14 tips:
1. Don’t rush into your move. Make certain you’re moving at the best-possible time for your company.
2. Anticipate your requirements for a new location. Have a clear idea that it’s an ideal location for your budget – from transacting business to recruiting new employees and obtaining services and supplies.
3. If you’re moving to a new region and intend to hire workers, negotiate with local economic development officials and politicians for the best-possible tax-incentive deal as the area’s new job-creator.
Also learn about the new location by talking with the local chamber of commerce and any other appropriate people.
4. Forecast where you’ll be able to cut back. You’ll find there are negative financial surprises.
5. Strategize each level of your move so you can gauge your progress and make any unforeseen adjustments. Allow for plenty of time for each step.
6. Partner with your employees on the move. (Actually, you should already be partnering with your employees on various aspects of your business.) Keep them in the loop. You’ll want to prevent morale issues.
7. As your inspecting prospective locations, know and theoretically design your space. Keep in mind your former space.
Identify what you’d like to retain from your old location. Determine what you’d like to improve in the new space. (That’s probably a salient reason why you’re moving.)
8. Analyze the accessibility of your new building. Anticipate how the movers will enter the building.
9. If you’re large enough to hire a moving company, select one that is highly respected and is experienced in dealing with businesses in your industry. Discuss every detail with the movers so they can advise you. For example, they’ll know if you need parking permits and other aspects of moving.
10. Decide how you’ll dispose of your unwanted items.
11. Figure out how you’ll make your moving an environmental friendly process. That will include recycled or environmentally friendly boxes.
12. Adequately plan so that your business operation and customer relations don’t suffer.
13. Ahead of moving day, get keys to the property. Otherwise, you risk waiting around for the keys. That’d be unproductive for you, your employees and the movers.
Besides, the movers might charge you overtime if they’re just sitting around waiting to enter the building.
14. Already start thinking about marketing your new location. That includes public relations advertising and public relations, and strategies to boost your long-term customer base.
Referring to point No. 3, consult with local officials to aid your marketing if appropriate.
From the Coach’s Corner, here are related strategies:
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11 Tips to Negotiate Your Commercial Real Estate Lease — Depending on your locale, commercial real estate is either readily available or hard to find. Either way, it requires due diligence and skills to negotiate the best commercial real-estate lease.
Take Your Business Globally with These 12 Tips — If you want to export your products to the international marketplace, keep in mind and implement 12 steps. They include: 1. Begin on a small scale in an English-speaking country. Unless you speak other languages fluently, begin in a nation where English is spoken.
9 Dos and Don’ts for Best Decision-making – The dos and don’ts for best decision-making are applicable in three ways: Whether you have difficulty making the best decisions, engage in self doubt after making one, or are gun shy because some of your decisions have failed you.
“A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.”
-Plato
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