Contact: Adam Oakley
Location: Redditch, Worcestershire, B98

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Hunts Removals have specialised in European Removals for many years after the Managing Director, Neil James expanded the company in 1988.

Established by Mr A Hunt during the second world war in 1942 the company originally specialised in transporting cattle. The business expanded after the war providing a cattle transportation service, furniture removals and parcel carrying service within the U.K.

In 1963 Mr Hunt retired and Mr C James who worked as a driver for the company purchased the removals part of the business and it is still owned by his son Neil, today.

Originally located in Studley, Warwickshire and at the time named Hunts of Studley, in 1985, Mr James purchased land in Redditch and built a 10,000 sq ft container storage facility where they still operate from today. At the beginning of 2004, the company purchased the site adjacent to their existing premises which allowed them to double the current storage capacity and vehicles.

Today, Hunts Removals also have a storage facility in France to assist them with all the removals and storage to, from and within the UK, France, Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands, that they are now being asked to undertake.

In 2009 Neil James retired and Adam Oakley took on the roll of Managing Director, with his wife Paula as Company Secretary. Adam started working for Hunts in 1992 and has worked in every position within the company including porter, export packer, continental driver, fork lift driver, warehouse manager, removal estimator and transport manager. And he is now looking forward to the new challenges of expanding this well respected removal firm over the next few years.

You are making the right decision by choosing Hunts International Removals to carry out the packing and removal of your precious furniture and household effects – especially if you are moving within Europe and beyond.

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Web Address: www.hunts-international.com

Trade Association Membership:

British Association of Removers, Federation of International Furniture Removers, Office of Fair Trading, Approved Code of Practise

Specialties:

* Domestic Furniture Removals
* Storage
* European Removals
* Packing Materials and Box Suppliers
* Piano Movers

Contact: Steve Johnson
Location: Feltham, Middlesex, TW14 and Egham, Middlesex, TW20

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Whatever your house moving needs, 1st Ever Ready Removals can provide; from long term storage, to a customized packaging service. You can choose an all-inclusive service and you have complete peace of mind that professionals taken care of your relocation allowing you to concentrate on more important things like your family. Each move is completely customized to catered to the customers needs. 1st Ever Ready Removals and Storage do not (unlike the majority of companies) charge the customer additional sums (hourly waiting times) for unexpected delays on the day of the removal which lead to a late completion. No matter how late they work on the day of your move, the quotation they give you is totally fixed & firm provided of course they have been accurately informed on the size of the move! Extra charges would only be incurred in the event of you failing to complete on the scheduled date of the removal. You will find 1st Ever Ready Removals to be totally reliable in all respects, & every member of our staff to be professional, extremely helpful & courteous, throughout every stage of your move, & all have been fully trained in every aspect of both household & office removals, packing & storage, (antiques & pianos are our particular speciality). No move is too large or too small for 1st Ever Ready Removals to undertake.

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Web Address: www.1st-ever-ready-removals.co.uk

Trade Association Membership:

The National Guild of Removers and Storers Register of Approved Removers and Storers (R.O.A.R.S.)The Road Haulage Association (R.H.A.)

Specialties:

* DOMESTIC Furniture Removal Companies
* EUROPEAN and Long Distance Removal Companies
* Fine Art, Antique and High Value Removal Companies
* INTERNATIONAL Shipping Companies
* International Vehicle Shipping Companies
* Man and Transit Van Companies
* Office and Commercial Crate Hire
* Office and Commercial Records Management
* OFFICE AND COMMERCIAL/Business & Industrial Removal Companies
* Packing Materials and Box Suppliers
* Piano Movers
* STORAGE Companies

I have had over 15 years experience within the removals industry. Both running and working for removal companies and for the last 6 years running my own removal marketing and consultancy company, Moving etc… I often get asked “How do I start up a Removal Company?”, “It looks easy and it looks like I can make good money, what do I need for setting up a Removal Firm?”.

Well the answer is yes, it is fairly easy setting up a removal company of your own. All you need is a van big enough to take large pieces of furniture, someone strong who is willing to put in the work and lift heavy items like washing machines, fridge freezers, sofas, double beds and boxes of books and transit insurance in case anything goes wrong.

Easy right? Well, yes.

So why do I only recommend regulated removal companies that belong to a removals Trade Association? Because they have much more experience, they have to have a minimum amount of money in the bank or at least a very large overdraft so they don’t go bust with your deposit before your move and also, they MUST use trained staff and have insurance cover in place in case things go wrong. Plus they offer an independent arbitration or ombudsman service if there is a dispute that you cannot settle directly with the removal company you booked to carry out your move.

But if you’re thinking of starting your own removal company, then you might as well do it right in the first place so that you do a good job for your customers and run a successful business.

First of all, if you don’t own your own removal lorry, you can hire one. But make sure it has wooden “Raves” or rails down the inside of the truck so you can secure the furniture and boxes inside. Good removal truck hire companies make sure you have all the equipment needed in them when you collect them. If the truck doesn’t have raves, it is very likely that everything inside the lorry will move about and get damaged as soon as you drive off and go over the first speed bump and round the corner!

You can contact most van hire companies, but 2 very good removal van hire companies are

www.selfdriveremovals.com
www.selfdrive-removals.com/

Make sure when you are hiring a removal lorry that your driver has the right kind of licence. Anything over 3.5T he will need a heavy goods license because the vehicles have tachographs in the (digital or manual) and he will need to know how to use them. He must also abide by set driving hours and rest periods, so he needs to know the drivers hours and working time directives.

Anything over 7.5T and the driver now needs to get his Driver CPC (Certificate of Professional Competence)

For good training courses, for both manual drivers and porters and office based sales and operational staff, please contact the British Association of Removers for a schedule of their Training courses.

You could also contact the National Guild of Removers and Storers who hold taister courses around the country. However, the courses run by the BAR are currently more intense and Moving etc… highly recommend to Removal Companies that you enter your staff onto a BAR recognised training course.

For more information and an insight into the removal industry, you could subscribe to the industry Trade magazine called En Route which gives helpful tips and articles on how to run a professional removal company. Please contact me directly at info@movingetc.co.uk if you would like to get a copy of this magazine as they do not currently have a website.

If you are an already established removal company, you can join the Moving etc… Network where movers can network and find trade partners, look for backloads, advertise your empty truck or container space, hire out staff, learn from each other and discuss industry issues securely online.

There are also specialist Removal Truck makers, which I will update this article soon.

You will also need an infinite supply of removal boxes and packing materials. Removal boxes can be bought at good prices on the internet, but the best boxes to use are supplied by specialist removal box suppliers. As a removal company you can contact them directly, but as an individual customer, they will probably not sell you any as they work with bulk orders which makes them more cost effective.

BAR Services
Simpson Packaging
Challenge Packaging

Next you need to contact one of the industry insurance companies who specialise in transit insurance for the removals industry. There are several to choose from but the most well known and experienced are:

Basil Fry
Reason Global
Poundgates
Jelf Group
Master Cover

They will give you a quotation based on your projected yearly revenue and how many moves you intend to carry out. This is quite hard to work out at first, but they will help you come to a good guesstimate to base the cost on. Then they will give you a cost for your bulk insurance policy per year or if you’re lucky per month. If you are serious about starting a removal company you should then choose the insurer and take out the insurance. This will then cover you and your company if something goes wrong and you cause damage to your client’s furniture and household effects. Just to note: most items that are packed by the customer are NOT insurable. This is because they have not been professionally packed and you cannot prove to the insurer that the items damaged were broken during the removal if you did not see them. Please make sure that you get clear on the terms of your insurance policy before you sell the insurance cover to your customer.

Next if you are serious about starting a removal company, hire some removal men with experience and very good references. Due to the current economic climate, there are quite a few experienced removal men who have been made redundant. However, not all of them are trustworthy and reliable. Make sure that you ALWAYS get references for your removal staff because moving people’s personal belongings and valuables can tempt even the strongest of men and test their integrity. Believe it of not, most removal men are very trustworthy, because of the situations they find themselves in everyday. Untrustworthy and unreliable people do not remain in the removal industry for very long if they do not do a good job, steal from their customers and have no integrity. So always check their references.

There are several good removal recruitment companies around including

Removal Recruitment
Alchemy Recruit
Darwin HR

Next, work out your costs and know how much you need to charge for your services. Most smaller removal companies charge an hourly fee, with a minimum of 2-3 hours. The larger companies charge a daily fee, if the move is going to take more than 4-5 hours to complete.

Obviously to work out your costs, you need to know how long the move will take for your removal men to do from start to finish. If you are not that experienced in working out how many packing boxes your customer is going to need and how long it will take to pack up and move everything safely, Moving etc… offer a removal consultancy service where we can visit your clients for you and help you work out the cost and logistics of the move. We charge a small fee for this service, but it means that you get an experienced Move Coordinator visiting your customers. Once we have seen what needs to be moved, we then send you a list of what needs moving with the total volume and the estimated number of packing boxes required. We also let you know the access details and any other information the client has given about their collection and delivery address. If your expertise is on the removal lorry and not out with the customers, selling your company, at least you know that you have experts on your side who can help and make sure your customers are looked after. For more information on our removal consultancy services, please visit our website or our blogor email us directly at info@movingetc.co.uk.

Last but not least, don’t forget to register as self employed and VAT registered with HMRC. You are then ready to start your own removal company.

Best Wishes

Jane Finch

Recommending accredited Removal Companies, Storage and Shipping Companies
And Providing Move Management Services

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Contact: Mark or Adam Chudley

Phone Number: 01460 55655

Location: Ilminster, Somerset, TA19

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International moving requires special skills. Whether it’s one of the more popular destinations such as moving to Australia…. or somewhere a little more unusual, we have the removal services to meet your needs. It doesn’t matter if you have one carton to move or shipping a complete household, our experienced and trained staff will treat your personal belongings with the care you would expect.

Our vehicles are modern, well equiped and ready for any move….from the smallest flat to the largest country house.

We have a fully alarmed and containerised storage facility should you have any delay in moving to your new property.

We specialise in moving Antiques and Fine Art and have specialist crate and case makers on hand, should your furniture require extra special care.

There are no short cuts when you move with Chudley International and since no two moves are the same, we always offer a no obligation survey prior to your move.

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Contact: Danny Pollard
Location: Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX1

Pollards specialises in both domestic and commercial removals and we provide a professional packing and moving service which is especially tailored to suit your requirements.

Whether you are moving locally or nationally we can provide removal services for a small budget move to a prestige relocation.

We aim to meet your expectations when moving your valuable belongings and personal effects. We understand that moving can be one of the most emotional and stressful days of your life and we use our knowledge of the moving industry and many years experience to remove the stress of relocating.

We operate a modern 12’000 square foot containerised storage facility and we are a fully accredited member of the National Guild of Removers and Storers. All our staff are fully trained to the highest industry standard with the expertise guidance of the NGRS.

We offer a service which is based on value rather than cost and we hope to fulfil your requirements through our professional removal service.

Location: Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA14.
Area Covered: Cumbria and surrounding areas

Get a quote from Steele’s Removals

If you are moving home or putting belongings into storage, you have come to the right place. Steeles Removals handles anything from a single item to the contents of a large stately home. We treat your possessions with the greatest of care and respect whether you are moving locally or internationally.

Steeles Removals are proud to be members of the British Association of Removers adhering to a strict code of practice, maintaining the highest of standards which are inspected regularly to ensure the standard remains high.

A large modern fleet of vehicles complement the First Class Service that our trained staff provide. We are equipped to carry out any removal regardless of location or destination. Multi drops can be arranged and may not be as expensive as you think.

Tailor made coverings protect your furniture throughout the move, and in storage if needed.

Should you need short term, or long term storage, you can be assured that we have the best secure furniture store facilities in Cumbria. Your possessions are skillfully packed into containers where they are labeled, and an inventory created.

Steeles Removals will provide empty containers, we will then pack, transport, unload by fork lift truck and carefully stow away into our purpose built, heated, alarmed warehouses which is also equipped with CCTV.

We offer a first class door to door shipping and air freight service, your larger effects are individually wrapped into protective packaging and stronger export grade cartons are used for your fragile goods. At your destination we use only reputable, approved companies with an equivalent standard to ours to handle and re-deliver your effects so you can rest assured your belongings arrive on time and intact.

Our satisfaction comes with your pleasure… from the very first phone call until you close the front door on your new home, we aim to give you a first class service.

From your initial enquiry through to the completed removal, you can be assured of every assistance from their team. Read’s Worldwide cover the whole country from their Grantham base. Read’s Removals quality standards and experience ensure a first class move. If there is packing involved they’re your company – first class materials and well trained crews add up to problem free moves.

Read’s Removals fleet of twenty five modern vehicles mean they always have back up and carry your things reliably and safely. By ensuring they have the most up to date trucks Read’s Removals are also helping the environment by keeping emissions lower and fuel consumption down. Our in-house workshop and cleaning facilities enable us to present our vehicles at their best for your move.

If storage is required Read’s have the solution. Not only purpose made wooden crates loaded at your home but their own self-store warehouse, if you want to come and go whilst they store your things. Read’s Removals take an inventory when they collect and check it all out again when they deliver. Removals Cambridge.

If you are an employer looking for a removal and shipping company to ship staff overseas go no further than Reads Removals. They can arrange a survey visit for individuals or groups of people and combine their shipments where practicable. Through relocation partners around the world they’ll arrange house and school searches, expat club events and cultural acclimatisation meetings. As with all private moves their team of agents will be able to settle you or your people in quickly and comfortably so they can concentrate on their new responsibilities.

Moving etc… recommends Read’s Removals

Tel: 01733 557557
Contact: Neil Clarke
Location: Peterborough, Cambridge, PE1

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F+N Removals is dedicated to providing an unrivalled service by treating each customer with courtesy and professionalism, attained through the Company’s wealth of over 40 seasoned experts and specialist staff who offer experience, stability and a multi-lingual communications network.

This dedication is evidenced by the Company achieving ISO 9002 in 1995. F+N Removals endeavours to increase its quality with each additional service it provides and to develop new customer bases for commercial storage at its Grantham and Peterborough depots which house excellent facilities for both heated and dehumidified storage.

Moving etc… recommend that you use F&N Worldwide

Location: Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31
Area Covered: All UK

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Tel: 01865 747555
Contact: Tony Wiggins
Location: Cowley, Oxford, OX4

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Their expert staff will load your furniture and boxes on to one of their specialised removal lorries. Once at the their destination your furniture will be placed in position according to your instruction. If you have opted for their unpacking service they will also unpack and unwrap your items placing any fragile items onto a flat service and then dispose of the packing materials for you, unless instructed otherwise.

Charles Wood Removals understand that as a business you can’t afford to be out of action for any great length of time, and that a well planned and coordinated move is of the highest priority. They offer a personal service tailored to suit your relocation. Above all, they ensure that your business makes the transition to your new premises with as little disruption as possible. This includes the removal of all your office furniture.

Storage of course plays a big part in both home and business removals. Charles Wood Home and Office Removals have custom built offices and container warehouses in Oxfordshire. These are fully containerised for storage of household furniture and effects. Archive and document storage is also available.

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Tel: 029 2049 2063
Location: Cardiff, Wales, CF23

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Their free pre-move survey is designed to find out the quantity of effects you will be moving, and to leave you with a written specification of the services which have been discussed with you.

Chapman of Cardiff Removals offer a full packing service, part packing service or you may wish to carry out the work yourself. A full range of packing cartons and materials are available to purchase, should you require this.

Chapman Removals offers a regular service to Europe, specialising in France, Spain, and Portugal but also servicing Germany, Holland, Belgium, Italy and most mainland destinations. Other popular areas including Eastern Europe and Scandinavia are regularly serviced by Chapman of Cardiff.

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