When you are moving your office into a new location, you need to make sure that it is genuinely the right place for your business to be. This might actually be a harder decision to make than you might think, and generally new entrepreneurs are surprised by how much there is to consider here.
Setting up your office can’t be rushed into – there are a number of financial, legal and other concerns which you need to face head on first. In this post, we will look at some of the checks you need to make if you are to ensure that you can go ahead and set up your office for good. As long as you make these checks at the appropriate time, you should be able to set up your office without any trouble.
Is It Safe?
First of all, the most important concern is whether or not your staff and visitors will be safe in the offices. If you can’t be absolutely certain of this, then you need to make sure that you are before you actually get set up for good. The simplest and most effective way to do this is to carry out a risk assessment, which should be done by a professional health and safety executive to ensure the best results. With that in place, you can then make sure that you are providing the safest possible space for your employees and any visitors you might have, which will be one of the most important concerns that you will need to be aware of throughout the lifespan of your business.
Is It Environmentally Friendly?
These days, this is an absolutely key question to ask if you are going to be able to set up office in good time and in good faith. It is extremely difficult for most people to know whether or not they are working in an environmentally friendly place, however, and it’s something you will want to check long before you actually get set up in the new offices. As with the safety concern, it is best to carry out a specific risk assessment around the environmental due diligence of your new offices. A company like ArgyllEnvironmental.co.uk should be able to carry this out for you in such a way that you won’t have to worry whether or not it is actually being taken care of. Knowing that it is environmental makes moving into the new office that much easier.
Is There Enough Space?
If you don’t have enough space in your office, it has a way of affecting the output of the business as a whole. The knock-on effects of working in too small a space are obvious and clear, and it’s not hard to understand what they are. You should therefore consider it an essential check to make sure that there is actually going to be enough space in the new office – as if there is not, it is hardly worth making the move.
- This post has been written for Morning Business Chat by an outside source.
