Getting an office move right is a great opportunity to affect positive change management, improvement in business performance, increased morale and momentum - however, getting it wrong can have the opposite effect. Unfortunately, the bad news is that many companies all too often make the same mistakes with their office move project. However, the good news is that all of these mistakes can be avoided.

The key to any successful office relocation is organisation, but knowing how to go about it is not as easy as it seems. Help Moving Office, the online resource for companies relocating, has come up with some essential Office Relocation Tips to help companies plan their move and keep their office move project on track.

Offering practical and comprehensive guidance, these relocation tips cover all the stages involved in planning a business move from knowing when to start, putting the right team together, setting budget and choosing which relocation professionals you need to work with to make your office move a success.

Jeremy Carr-Smith, Founder and Managing Director of Help Moving Office says: "The prospect of moving office may seem like a daunting process and being given responsibility for organising the move could prove to be a poisoned chalice. But it really doesn't need to be an ordeal as the process can be broken down into a series of simple tasks and checks".

With businesses only moving once every seven years, it is understandable that when the time comes to relocate, the person assigned to manage the relocation project is doing so for the first time and may not even have the time to dedicate to the office move project. Many companies fall into the trap of underestimating the time involved in planning an office relocation and have the misplaced belief that they can save money by not engaging the services of external professional help. These companies sadly, pay the penalty and end up making costly mistakes.

The tips from Help Moving Office include: -

• Working with the right office relocation professionals to help with the component parts of your office move

• When to start planning your move to ensure success

• Making your relocation a collaborative effort and which internal departments in your organisation you should involve to delegate tasks to

• Setting a realistive budget; identifying necessary costs involved in an office move and how to keep your budget on track

• Using an office move as a trigger to renew/switch service providers in order to save costs and improve business efficiency

• The importance of using checklists to make sure nothing gets left till the last minute - or worse still forgotten!

Don't leave planning your company move till the last minute and remember that by using these office relocation tips, you will be able to navigate your company through a successful relocation, and plan your move with confidence.