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Factory Relocation Services in London & the UK
Factory and industrial relocation planned around your restart date: shutdown planning, asset inventory, site access, specialist machinery and realistic downtime.
Factory Relocation Services
A factory move is measured in lost production hours, not boxes. We plan industrial relocations backwards from the date you need to restart, sequencing shutdown, decommissioning, transport and reinstallation so the scope, responsibilities and likely downtime are agreed in writing before anything is disconnected.
This page covers relocating a whole factory, workshop or light industrial site. For a single office or headquarters move, see office removals in London; for wider commercial sites such as warehouses and laboratories, see commercial removals.
How a Factory Relocation Is Planned
Shutdown planning — agree the last production day, the restart target and which lines, if any, must keep running during a phased move.
Asset inventory — build a register of every machine, fixture and stock location, recording weight, dimensions, fixings, services connections and destination position.
Site and route survey — check doors, floor loadings, lifts, loading bays, yard space, parking and the road approach at both sites before the method is fixed.
Isolation and disconnection — your engineers or approved contractors isolate electrical, air, gas and water services; we confirm with you who signs off each item.
Moving specialist machinery — handling methods, lifting equipment and any third-party specialists are confirmed against each item in the inventory, not assumed.
Reinstallation — positioning to the agreed layout, then reconnection and recommissioning by your engineers or the equipment manufacturer.
Specialist Machinery and Heavy Items
CNC machines, presses, production lines and sensitive equipment often have manufacturer requirements for transit, packing, re-levelling or re-validation. Tell us the make and model at enquiry stage so those requirements, and any manufacturer involvement, are written into the plan. Where lifting, craneage or road permissions are needed, these are identified during the survey and the responsibility for arranging them is stated in the quote.
Insurance and Due Diligence
Before you appoint any industrial mover, ask for written confirmation of their insurance cover and limits, how high-value machinery is declared, the risk assessment and method statement for your site, and who supervises on the day. Check your own business insurance for transit and business interruption too. We will answer these questions in writing for your specific project rather than make general claims.
What Affects Factory Relocation Cost and Downtime
The number, weight and fragility of machines, and how many need specialist handling.
Access at both sites, including floor loadings, door sizes, lifts, yard space and road restrictions.
Whether the move is a single shutdown or phased to keep output going.
How much disconnection, reconnection and recommissioning is needed, and by whom.
Distance, the number of vehicle loads, and any storage between sites.
Clearance of redundant plant, fixtures and waste that is not moving.
Downtime depends on these factors and on your own commissioning and testing. We will give you a realistic estimate for your project, but cannot promise zero downtime.
Factory Relocations in London
London factory and light industrial relocations bring their own constraints: restricted delivery hours, low bridges and weight limits on the approach, ULEZ requirements for vehicles and neighbouring residential streets that limit night work. We survey the route as well as the site before the date is fixed.
We plan moves for production spaces, workshops, print facilities and light assembly across London and to other UK sites, including staged moves where output has to continue from the old site while the new one is prepared.
Specialist Industrial Services
Industrial removals in London — plant and heavy equipment moves inside constrained buildings.
Machinery removal and installation — decommission, transport, install and level.
CNC machine relocation — machine tools moved and re-levelled to tolerance.
Production line relocation — sequenced line moves planned around downtime.
Factory relocation in Manchester and the North West
Request a factory relocation quote — share your sites, equipment list and target dates.
Site readiness and specialist work: a decision checklist
Before committing to the move window, confirm machine weights and dimensions, lifting points, floor loading and access at both sites. Identify who disconnects utilities, supplies lifting or transport plans and authorises reinstallation. Factory relocation coordination does not automatically include specialist rigging, electrical isolation, structural work, calibration or commissioning.
Agree the manufacturer or engineer’s involvement and evidence required for each asset before approving the quote. The production owner should authorise shutdown and restart only after destination services and acceptance tests are ready.
Request a factory relocation scoping quote with the asset list, site postcodes and target restart window.
FAQs
Frequently asked questions
Specialist services in this area
Detailed method, pricing factors and FAQs for the specific jobs that sit under this service.
Why businesses choose us
- Scope agreed before bookingConfirm the inventory, handling requirements, applicable cover and exclusions in your written quote before authorising the move.
- Out-of-hours & weekend movesDiscuss evening, overnight or weekend windows, building access and IT testing so the schedule supports business continuity.
- Project-managed end to endA named move manager runs the survey, floor plans, crate logistics, labelling and sign-off — one point of contact throughout.
- Resources matched to your siteFrom 10-desk studios to multi-floor HQs, warehouses, labs and data rooms — crews and vehicles scaled to the site.
This service is part of our commercial removals in London programme — see the full range of business relocation services.