Top office tidying tips

After the last box is unloaded and the final computer has been set in place, the last thing you’ll want to do is clean up. Before the army of professional cleaning teams arrive armed with brooms and all manner of dusting devices, it is worth assembling your office sufficiently so that not only can you resume work without too much of a delay but you can enable the cleaners to actually do their job!

• Tuck wires away with cable covers to ensure your office is a hazard-free zone.
• Pop-up storage boxes are cost-effective and ideal for keeping bits and pieces neatly out of sight until the time comes to sort them out.
• Get rid of any rubbish that has collected during the course of the move. It is advisable to think green and to send anything that can be recycled to the relevant recycle bins or larger depots. This is so that your cleaners can do their jobs both efficiently and safely without clutter getting in the way.
• Prioritise the remaining tasks by marking them as urgent or non-urgent depending on the state of your offices following the move. There is no point in setting about clearing floor space to vacuum if you’ve got important documents scattered all over the place.
• File away any papers that have been transferred from your old offices or store them away neatly if they are non-urgent. Ensure that papers can’t be mixed up by well-meaning cleaning staff.
• Communicate with your cleaning staff and explain which areas might be ready for cleaning and which are best rescheduled.