3 Step Booking Process For Hiring Office Moving Crates & Boxes
Our 3 step ordering process makes ordering simple.
- Choose your office removal crates, set package or tailored crate hire solution.
- Choose your rental location and hire period.
- Select your payment method.
There is no need to register an account to book our hire crates or packages. View our detailed Office Moves Crate Hire Guide for more information.
Rent Office Moving Crates and Cardboard Boxes for Moving and Have Them Delivered Straight to Your Offices
Crate Hire UK is the UK's leading crate hire company; we pride ourselves on making sure our customers get their crates delivered on time, on a budget, every time. We make sure your business is ready to move when you are.
We carry a massive stock of moving crates And office moving boxes with handles, ready to be delivered to your door, anywhere in the UK. Order before 4 pm and get them the following day using our unbeatable Next Day crate hire delivery. If you need your crates delivered at a specific time, we offer a timed delivery service. Select the timed delivery option when placing your order. Our office moving boxes will be delivered to you on your requested day, clean and ready to be packed.
Additional Crate Hire Services
Crate Hire UK also offer other excellent services to help you move and relocate your home or office.
- Online Removals Packing Materials for Moving
- Crate Hire for Moving Home
- Office Moving Equipment
- Handling Equipment Hire and Pack Supplies
- Next-Day Crate and Packaging Delivery
- Timed Crate Delivery
Tips for Moving Office
Here are a few tips for moving offices as provided by one of our valued customers. Please note the tips are a guideline only for office relocation.
Four to Six Months Before Moving
- Create a master checklist of tasks for your office move
- Look to choose a competent move coordinator
- Meet with the new building manager if applicable
- Plan out the layout of the new office
- Set your budget for moving offices and stick to it
- Carefully choose the day in which you wish or need to move offices
- Communicate the general moving arrangements to all employees
- Start to look for and select contractors based on references
- Obtain all necessary permits required for the move
- Order and arrange phone and fax numbers to be diverted
Two To Four Months Before Your Office Move
- Find and arrange an office mover
- Organise the signage for your new premises
- Organise commercial cleaners for existing and new offices
- Change all stationery with the new address
- Organise internet access for your new offices
- Ensure IT server room is suitable for server relocation
- Design new office space departmental layout
- Order all office furniture if needed desks, pedestals, chairs and filing cabinets
Between One and Two Months Before Moving Office
- Assign office space to employees and individuals
- Start to clear out all unwanted clutter and dispose of junk
- Communicate office relocation to suppliers and customers
- Update your website to ring the changes
- Collect insurance proposals for your new building or office
- Ensure a monitored alarm system, and any CCTV is present and serviced at the new building
- Start to build out a new office according to the new layout
One Month Before The Office Move
- Create an asset inventory for all items to be moved
- Organise any storage needed for property not moved
- Book moving crates and packaging for your office move
- Start to pack up common areas
- Install new office furniture and systems
- Set-up the new phone system
- Order utilities including electricity and gas if applicable
- Notify Post Office of the change of address for all future post
One Week Before Moving
- Start to pack up personal spaces, desks, lockers, filing cabinets and cupboards
- Start to break down the IT infrastructure with minimal disruption
- Start to take down office systems furniture
- Label all plastic moving crates large and small correctly to avoid confusion using office move crate labels
- Ensure all data is backed up
- Empty, defrost and clean any freezers and fridges
- Inspect the new office and premises
- Distribute keys to access the building
- Make sure all critical client meetings are unscheduled
On The Day of The Move
- Ensure most employees are not involved in the day
- Provide beverages and food for all helpers and movers
- Protect main moving accesses and paths
- Relocate all office plants
- Create a "Lost and Found" for the old office
- Consider contract cleaning old offices to empty bins/ bin bags and ensure the office building is in good condition
- Collect all keys to the old office and distribute as necessary
- Arrange an informal welcome meeting for the first day with all employees
After the Relocation
- Ensure all moving crates are unpacked, nested and available for collection