by Holly Oven | Dec 15, 2015 | Home Removals, Moving Home, Moving Overseas, New Home Moves, News
Most people try to avoid moving house at Christmas. With the darkness, horrible weather and the crazy calendar preparations, it’s so much simpler to wait for the sunshine days of summer for your home move. However we’ve decided to rock the boat this...
by Holly Oven | Oct 28, 2015 | Business Removals, Home Removals, Insurance, Moving Home, Moving Overseas, New Home Moves
You may be aware of the latest budget increase in IPT (Insurance Protection Tax), due to take effect from 1st November. This will affect the cost of any optional additional insurance cover, you may choose to add to your removal. Currently the IPT is set at 6%, but is...
by Holly Oven | Aug 17, 2015 | Accreditation, Business Removals, Moving Home, Moving Overseas, New Home Moves
Which Trusted TraderWhich? Trusted Traders have become a household name, giving consumers the confidence they need in products and services. Here at Alan Cook, we recognise that moving home isn’t a simple task and trusting a removals company is a big deal...
by Holly Oven | Jul 14, 2015 | Moving Home, Moving Overseas, Moving Pets, New Home Moves
When you’re moving house, pets can become distressed. They don’t understand what’s happening and can become exhausted and confused. At this time of year, they can also become hot, and that’s dangerous. We all know that you must never leave your...
by Holly Oven | Jun 22, 2015 | Home Removals, Moving Home, Moving Overseas, New Home Moves
Dreaming of moving abroad? Great stuff! We’re here to help. We can certainly help you pack everything up and move it to your new home, wherever that might be. But before you go, there will no doubt be a lot of important research planning to do. And while there...
by Holly Oven | May 29, 2015 | Business Removals, Home Removals, Moving Home, Moving Overseas, New Home Moves, Student Moves, University Removals
We like to keep our removals vehicles in good working order because they are the core of our business. Without them we aren’t moving anything for anyone! Thankfully we have a good moving team who like to keep things shape shape and Bristol fashion. And of...