Nationwide Hire In Hampshire

During an unplanned conversation, it became apparent that Nationwide Hire also required help sourcing furniture for the new space. Without possessing expertise in this area, Nationwide Hire's HR & talent manager understandably found this a difficult task; he simply didn't have time to walk around ware houses to identify anappropriate selection of second-hand furniture.

So, when this came up in passing, we tookthe weight off his shoulders. We sourced all the furniture in 10 days (36 benchdesks including 3 sit-stand, pedestals, 4 meeting tables, touchdown table withbench seats, 8 flip-top meeting tables, 97 task chairs, 2 door cupboards and 9 banks of lockers). It was delivered and installed a week before the move, saving the client approximately £25k on purchasing new products.

At 6pm on Friday, the office relocationbegan and continued through Saturday – by late afternoon the job was done,leaving Sunday to recommission the IT infrastructure. We provided a serverengineer to decommission, remove patching and switches at the loading address,and recommission contents of the communications room at the new address. The desktop IT was decommissioned, packed, moved and unpacked. Existing desks hadto be dismantled, reconfigured and rebuilt with monitor arms. The server room was also relocated, as were all other workplace contents.

The smooth and swift relocation of Nationwide Hire to its Fareham premises meant that neither employees norcustomers noticed that the move was in progress. What they have discovered since,however, is a better work environment – one that contributes to improvedengagement, morale, health and wellbeing.

That's not all – although it wasn'tincluded in the original brief, we also advised an appropriate layout thatwould allow Nationwide Hire to make the most of the floor space its teams had.The result is a new workplace design that enables cross-team collaboration andthere is also a distinct culture in the new office, which has resulted in astronger sense of community and social cohesion.

We are pleased to say that Nationwide weredelighted with the works we performed, commenting:

“If you don't want any of the pressures,hassles or doubts in your mind as to whether the project will go right, go toActive straight away. From the very first site visit, you'll know you're withthe right company."

Jonathan Holley, MD, Nationwide Hire

“Everythingthey did was perfect. By 6pm, the phones were down. Bang on schedule. TheActive team brought and packed crates – more than needed, just to be safe – andas soon as the Active guys came in, they worked really quickly. All of thedesks and personal items had been packed up into a truck and driven off in thefirst couple of hours. When it was time to go home on Friday night, the teamdidn't seem phased by what was left. And, true to form, by 8am on the Saturdaythey had everything else ready to go. They didn't lose a thing – not one bolt,not one screw. They were super speedy and efficient. Nothing was too muchtrouble for them, either."

Lee Fisher, HR & talent manager,Nationwide Hire