Group Move Planning

Every successful group move starts with careful planning and objective-setting, with particular emphasis on costings, timings and employee communication. The agreed plan then requires to be implemented by a well-trained and highly-motivated relocation team. Some room for flexibility should be built into the plan, but this should not be allowed to distract from achieving the key objectives of the project.

A good illustration of a well-planned and executed project is the Met Office group move from Bracknell to Exeter. Typically, TEAM assist clients with group move planning through several phases:

• Setting clear objectives
• Assessing data
• Policy & support options
• Budgeting tools
• Communication strategy
• Creating a team
• Setting clear objectives
• Establishing key factors affecting choice of new location (e.g. impact on attraction and retention of staff, operating costs, transport links, housing costs etc.)
• Setting criteria for office requirements at new location (e.g. space needs, rental parameters, business park or city location? open-plan or cellular offices? etc.)
• Establishing a realistic timeframe for the project
• Agreeing targets for numbers of staff relocating in all categories
• Assessing Data

We can analyse the existing workforce in terms of:

• Where they live
• Their house values (and estimated Stamp Duty L.T. costs at new location)
• How far they travel to work