Accreditations

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About the Overseas Group

The BAR Overseas Group consists of over 50 expert UK companies who specialise in every aspect of overseas removals and relocations. Whether you need to send an entire household by moving overseas, relocate employees or just ship a few boxes, Overseas Group Members offer practical and expert advice on how to prepare for your move and comprehensive overseas moving services.

Why use an Overseas Group Member

Overseas Group Members offer the best material and financial protection available for the consumer when moving overseas. All Members have signed up to an Advanced Payment Guarantee bonding scheme to protect all pre-payments required for overseas removals (with regard to international removals of household effects).

The scheme is similar to the well-known ATOL scheme for holidays, guaranteeing you will receive the service you have already paid for.

FIDI is the largest global alliance of professional international moving and relocation companies, gathering over 600 affiliates in more than 100 countries spanning the five continents.They deliver comprehensive global mobility services to families, individuals and companies.

Every FIDI Affiliate complies with the rigorous FIDI-FAIM quality standard, generally accepted as the supreme professional industry standard worldwide. This reassures customers that only the top quality movers are part of the FIDI network.

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The International Association of Movers represents more than 2,000 companies in over 170 countries. Companies who are part of the IAM are partners and innovators in the delivery of moving, forwarding, shipping, logistics and related services. IAM affiliation increasingly signifies strength, trust, diversity, ethics, reliability and accountability.

The UK’s leading quality assured network of independent commercial movers. The Commercial Moving Group (CMG) is a specialist sub-group of the BAR, created to provide clients with commercial and office relocation services. Selecting a member of the CMG gives clients confidence in their decisions and the delivery of the job, thanks to members’ depth of knowledge, competence and skill.

This standard is the first and only recognised quality standard specifically aimed at furniture removals for the benefit of the private individual. Certified companies operate to clearly defined standards and the procedures are designed to benefit the customer at every stage of your move.

This accreditation applies to all of our branches.

This standard is the first and only recognised quality standard specifically aimed at the storage of furniture and effects. This is for the benefit of the private individual. Certified companies operate to clearly defined standards and procedures e.g. the facility where your furniture is stored has to be clean, safe and secure.

This credential applies to Scotland and Dunstable Branches.

The BS 8522 quality standard was developed by the BAR Commercial Moving Group in collaboration with BSI, Facilities Managers, procurement and removal professionals. The standard provides the commercial moving industry with recognised, specific and measurable benchmarks which are also relevant to its particular activities, unlike more generic quality standards.

As a supply chain partner, CMG addresses the key issues in today’s procurement process in achieving the BS 8522 quality standard. Members are not only committed to delivering professional relocation services, they also deliver: demonstrate the highest standards of care for the environment; conformance to diversity and equality principles; a commitment to socio economic issues; and a proficiency in e-tendering issues.

Adding value to the sourcing process of relocation services, the BS 8522 quality standard is already becoming a regular requirement for major commercial removals tenders in both the public and private sectors.

This credential applies to Scotland and Dartford Branches.

ISO 9001 specifies requirements for a quality management system where an organisation needs to demonstrate its ability to consistently provide products that meet applicable statutory and regulatory requirements. The ISO9001 aims to enhance customer satisfaction through the effective application of the system, including processes for continual improvement of the system and the assurance of conformity to customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.

ISO14001 Control reputational risk by demonstrating that we are committed to protecting the environment and have the appropriate control measures in place. It increases leadership involvement and engagement of employees. The ISO14001 also enables more effective management of environmental aspects and reporting on our impacts.