Knowledge base
Plain-English reference guides for removals and storage operators, fact-checked against primary sources.
Pricing and operations
- How to Price a Removals Job Properly. Price from cost, not from feel: vehicle, crew, overhead recovery and margin, with a worked method.
- How to Do a Removals Survey That Does Not Lose You Money. Volume, access, special items and the gap between what was said and what was there.
- Removals CRM or Removals ERP: Which Do You Need?. A CRM records what you sold. An ERP runs what you deliver. Five questions that tell you which you have.
- Estimate Versus Actual: The Number Most Firms Never Measure. The measurement that improves quoting faster than experience does.
Compliance and licensing
- Do You Need a Transport Manager for a Removals Business?. Operator licences, the 3.5 tonne threshold, and what a Transport Manager actually has to do.
- Removals and Storage Compliance Calendar 2026. Every 2026 regulatory and cost change affecting removals firms, by date.
- What Does a Removals Company Legally Need in the UK?. Insurance, licences, waste registration and the things that only feel like the law.
- EU Van Rules for UK Removals Firms: What Changed on 1 July 2026. Vans over 2.5 tonnes on EU work now need tachographs, hours rules and posted worker declarations.
Corporate and commercial moves
- What Corporate Clients Require From an Office Relocation Supplier. Manifests, chain of custody, evidence packs, emissions data and security accreditations.
- Chain of Custody in Commercial Moves. Who handled it, when, and who signed, and why corporate tenders have started asking.
- How to Calculate CO2 Per Move for Corporate Clients. Per-move emissions under ISO 14083 and the GLEC Framework, and the allocation problem.
- Digital Waste Tracking and Office Clearance. Paper transfer notes stop being legal. What mandatory digital tracking means for clearance work.
Software and tools compared
- UK Removals Software Compared. Three generations of removals software, and why the line where entry-level stops being enough sits around five vans.
- Storage Software for Removals Firms. Self storage platforms manage units, removals platforms manage containers, and almost nothing does both.
- Form Builders or Removals Survey Software. Form builders versus purpose-built survey tools, and what AI survey now does.
- Home Mover Data or Move Intelligence. Bought feeds tell you someone is moving; your own data tells you which enquiries convert.
- Finding Tenders vs Winning Them. Stotles finds public-sector opportunities; the harder half is assembling a compliant bid.
- DSP Software and Proving Invisible Work. FIDI's 2026 whitepaper on making destination-services value visible, and what it means for systems.