180 years of caring

Moving Star

INFORMATION, UPDATES & NEWS FROM BCL & BRITANNIA BRADSHAW ISSUE 3

FEATURES

● RMCH

● Birmingham News

● CMG Chairman

● Green Zone

● New Partner

● New Faces

● QUIZ

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Birmingham News

Congratulations to Rob Thompson and his wife

Rachel on completing the London Marathon.

Rob has so far raised £1300 for the Birmingham

Children's Hospital.

It is not to late to donate to this cause,

www.justgiving.com/robertthompson1

Shropshire Council BCL have won the contract for the distribution of Polling equipment for the forthcoming European

Elections.

Founded in 1829 The Royal Manchester Children's Hospital will close in June 2009. RMCH along with Booth Hall Chil-dren's, the Manchester Eye Hospital , the Manchester Royal Infirmary, St Mary’s Hospital, Mental Health and all Laborato-ries will be moved into the state-of-the-art Hospital in Man-

chester.

The total move will be carried out in June, BCL will carry out the largest move, the remaining removals will be performed

by the current in house remover.

Saul Emberton, BCL’s Senior Account Manager for the Northern Region said that “ steeped with history The Royal Manchester Children's Hospital is well known throughout the UK, and after 180 years of caring it is a sad but momentous occasion and BCL are proud to be involved in this final chap-

ter”.

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NEW CHAIRMAN FOR CMG

congratulations to Rod Seeland, BCL’s Managing Director

and new Chairman of the BAR-CMG ( British Association of Removers, Commercial Moving Group. Rod takes over from Ian Studd who has held the post for the last two

years.

Rod joined the CMG Council in 2003 which has evolved mainly through the efforts of the long serving Council members into a pro-active group providing innovations for the commercial

moving industry.

The Council meets at least three times a year to discuss issues that affect the industry and make sure that CMG members are promoted within the Facilities Management world and are repre-

sented fully on the BAR council.

Rod’s Blog , a brief history….. Rod has 30 years experience in the Removals industry, it all started in 1979 working on the vans for a local removal company in Lincoln, his home town. He then joined Pickford's in 1981 as part of their management trainee pro-gramme. Rod had nine years with Pickford's, rising through the ranks to be-come a Branch Manager. 1994 Rod was given an opportunity to work for Bri-tannia Bradshaw and in 97 started the companies’ commercial moving division known as BCL.. Following the successful development and growth of the com-

pany Rod was appointed BCL Managing Director in 2008.

Rod takes an active role in the BAR North West area and was voted Chairman

CMG in 2008.

Rod has now lived in Manchester for the last nine years and regularly attends Old Trafford to watch Manchester United. Rod also enjoys a walk round the golf course ( sometimes hitting the ball ) ed, and travelling to distant lands with

his partner Angela.

Rods goals…….

Hoping to achieve and develop a fully funded commercial moving apprenticeship to attract new blood into the moving in-

dustry and provide a clear career path.

Develop through training quality standards which will help all CMG members achieve

their targets.

Awareness of the CMG in the marketplace

will be an ongoing theme.

To raise the overall standard of the industry which will provide a quality service to all

clients.

One of the requirements for membership to the CMG is achieving the quality standard PAS126. This is soon to be upgraded to a full British

Standard and will be named BS8522

CMG forms a Strategic

Partnership with BIFM

Rod Seeland making the Chairman's address at the BAR conference Brussels

2009. Planning your move

Are you in the process of planning for a forthcoming

move. BCL have created a checklist which may help you through the process. Some of the points are:

Carry out risk assessment / safety plan Nominate internal move representatives Assess new / redundant furniture needs

Arrange planning meeting with BCL / IT / telecoms Conduct file audit Set culling targets

Finalise floor plan layout Agree file space allocation Brief staff on move preparation Label up IT and furniture

Check parking restrictions Order crates

Of course there are a lot more points to cover, we have just touched on a few. If you would like further details just email support@bclmovin.com

GREEN ZONE

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New Partner for BCL

Moving to Switzerland

Cleaner air from reduced emissions could save millions of lives, says report

Researchers predict that, by 2050, about 100 million premature deaths caused by respiratory health problems linked to air pollution could be avoided through measures such as low emission cars. One step the UK Government has taken is the introduction of the £2000

allowance against the purchase of a new car providing you scrap one over 10 years old. To date 35000 have taken up this offer.

INTEREST FREE LOANS

The Carbon Trust has begun offering £100m in interest free loans to businesses that are investing in energy-efficient plant and machin-ery. Approx 763 businesses secured loans last year and the trust expects to double that number this year following the Governments

decision to increase the trust loans fund in the budget. For further details

ICCOM are an independent telecommunications consultancy - dedi-

cated to supplying the UK business market with highly competitive voice, data and internet products and solutions - combined with pro-fessional and individually tailored project management and consultancy

BCL are pleased to announce that a partnership agreement has been

formed with ICCOM.

Some of ICCOM’s services include the installation of all types of con-

nectivity, whether the requirement is for simple business broadband, BT lines or bespoke network design. Supplying telephone systems from all the major manufacturers – new and refurbished – you can

buy, lease or rent all of ICCOM systems. All installations are carried out by fully qualified, accredited engineers, backed up by warranties and maintenance contracts – all installations are backed up with full

staff training and ongoing support.

Outbound calls, monthly billing of BT line rentals, BlackBerrys and

mobiles all form part of the portfolio.

“In a competitive market we believe we have stolen a march on our competitors by squaring up to our customers’ hunger for

supplier accountability” Alice Adams MD iCCOM

Britannia Bradshaw’s arrange 100’s of moves throughout Europe each year. They are transported by road on our fleet of specialised vehicles.

As the majority of countries we travel to and pass through are members of the European Union, we have free and unrestricted movement of

household effects.

However there are a number of countries outside of the EU which require more careful planning to ensure the correct documentation is in

place prior to your relocation.

Britannia Bradshaw specialise in removals to Switzerland, we offer a weekly removal service by road, to and from anywhere in mainland Swit-zerland. We have a network of local agents who assist us with customs clearance and any access issues we may encounter. In order to en-

sure a smooth duty and tax free delivery to Switzerland the following documentation must be in place prior to the delivery.

Passport Copy, Residence Permit and or work permit,, Lease or Property title of residence in Switzerland, Packing Inventory, Customs Im-

port Form 18.44

Clients must be in Switzerland and take up residence prior to customs clearance in order to be eligible to import used household goods and

personal effects duty free (registration with the local authorities is required for clearance).

Goods must be owned and used for a minimum of six months and remain in customer’s possession for at least one year. Goods must also be

imported within three years of your relocation.

Britannia Bradshaw will guide you though any issues with customs clearance and will always be on hand to provide advice and solutions to

any issues we may encounter.

For rates and available delivery schedules please contact Diane Twigge Tel: 0161 877 5555

The prize for this quiz is a £15 Marks and Spencer gift

card.

The winners, one for our staff and one for everyone else

will be drawn from all correct entries received .

Question:

Half of a famous comedy duo came from Ulveston Cum-

bria , who is he?

Closing date for entries 30th July 2009

Answers to ernie@bclmovin.com

Issue 2 quiz winners

This monument is at Waterloo Belgium.

Quiz question: it was constructed to commemorate who?

Correct answer was The Prince of Orange ( William 11 of

the Netherlands), he was injured during the famous battle.

No external winner, staff winner was Linda Hadwin

(accounts department Manchester).

Quiz

MEET THE STAFF - welcome to the graduates

Dave Shewring & Paul Flowers

Dave joined BCL in April 2009 as a graduate from the University of Chester to work in sales with both the Britannia and BCL divisions in the Manchester office. During University Dave worked full time as a bar and club duty manager as well as running his own indie student night including getting bands to play for him such as The Enemy, The Wombats and The Pigeon Detectives. After working in the night life trade during and just after graduating it was time for Dave to finally grow up and undertake a proper job where 6am was not a regular time to finish work for “the day”! Dave's’ interests outside of work include playing competitive cricket in the summer, weekend nights out

with various friends and different alcoholic concoctions .

dave.shewring@bclmovin.com

Unit 1, Centenary Link, Trafford Park Manchester M17 1EB Tel 0161 888 3398 www.bclmovin.com

Copyright 2009

Manchester News

Another milestone birth-

day

Jenny Whitaker, BCL compli-ance & tenders manager has made it to 30 although she doesn't want to talk about it too much. Happy Birthday

Jenny.

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Nick the crate says “don't make me too heavy “ See more adventures of Nick at

www.bclonline.co.uk/HintsandTips

Paul Joined BCL in April 2009 along with Dave through Pareto Gradu-

ate recruiters. Prior to being successfully selected by BCL he attended New York Institute of Technology where he obtained his MBA

(Masters in Business Association). Whilst studying in New York Paul was a member of the NYiT Lacrosse team where he was on a full ath-

letic scholarship. His career high was scoring 2 goals in the champion-ship game where he played in front of a 35,000 person crowd, and was

crowned Divison 2 National Champions. Paul has also represented England in 3 World Championships which took place in America, Can-

ada and Australia. He became the youngest player to play for England

back in 2002 and then went on to captain the under 19's the year after.

paul.flowers@bclmovin.com