ABOUT US

About Ede's - Office Removal and Business Relocation Specialists

Ede’s were established in 1869 and have evolved from quite literally a small horse and cart run business owned by greengrocer William Ede into the award winning commercial relocation specialist it is today.

Established more than 150 years ago, EDE’S (UK) LTD is a Commercial Relocation, Storage and IT Services company based in South London, and helping companies move all over the UK.

Ede’s specialise in:

Business Removals
Business Relocations
Specialist Removals (Laboratories, Libraries, Museums etc.)
Business Storage
Archive Storage
IT Services
Space Planning
Furniture Supply

Our experienced, friendly team are very knowledgeable and can provide help and advice on your business move, large or small. From the initial consultation through to completion, Ede’s will make sure that your move is professionally managed and executed. We can also help you inventory your furniture and IT, plan your next business space, store redundant items, move and change your IT networks and supply new office furniture, and even adapt your existing furniture.

Our storage options range from small business units, to large warehouse spaces, and using our Inventory Archive Application, you will always know what is stored with us, and have immediate access to it. We also offer Document Archive Storage which is fully catalogued.

Our Specialist Removals team is very experienced in moving Galleries, Laboratories, Libraries, and Museums and our experienced project managers can help you to plan these complicated moves.

We have worked closely with the retail industry for many years, and have helped to move some of the most well-known brands on the high street as well as some of the most prestigious. We have also worked with hundreds of independent retailers and helped them move premises.

At Ede’s, our approach is to make your business move as painless as possible so that your business can be operating normally as quickly as possible.

Ede's Business Removals - Our History

1869

We were founded in 1869

Our story begins in 1869, when a Greengrocer called William Ede began offering the services of a horse and cart to his customers who needed to relocate their belongings. At that time there was a straight choice between using the coalman or the greengrocer, and Mr Ede had the foresight to diversify his well-established fruitier business, based in Manor Road, Wallington and set in on track to become one of the largest relocation companies in the country.

1869

1919

Some 50 years later, the company was still based in Manor Road, Wallington and while still a Fruit and Veg company at essence, the relocation and storage division of the business had continued to flourish and establish itself as the market leader, providing outstanding service to local customers.

1919

1930s

By the mid 1930’s the company had fully moved into the Domestic Relocations market, focusing on providing Storage, Export Packing and Removal services throughout the borough and beyond.

1930s

1950s

With the acquisition of new premises in Guy Road, including office buildings, a lorry maintenance workshop and re-fuelling facilities, the company turned its attention to the lucrative European domestic relocation sector. Offering relocations and shipping services across Europe, Ede’s became renowned as the market leader in the industry

1950s

1960s

During the 1960’s and 1970’s the company was operating some 30 vehicles between Europe and the UK. From Paris, Madrid and even in the snow of Moscow, the Ede’s brand became a common site, undertaking shipping and relocation works and building on its dependable and trustworthy reputation.

1960s

1980s

In the early 1980’s there was a dramatic downturn in the European relocations market.

However, the company continued to provide domestic moves for customers at home, providing excellent levels of service, built through the experience they had forged over the previous 110 years.

1980s

1991

In December 1991, Tony Smith, who for 25 years, had been a director and part owner of one of the leading household and office moving companies, decided to purchase W. Ede & Company which was now based on the Felnex industrial Estate, off Nightingale Road in Hackbridge.

Identifying that W. Ede was an old, well respected, name but needed new direction and input, he decided immediately to direct the focus and direction of the company into an office and commercial relocation removal company.

1991

1996- 2009

Under new leadership and with dedicated, experienced employees, willing to meet and exceed client expectations, the company rapidly grew and in 1996, relocated its headquarters to Restmor Way, Hackbridge. Offering expansive storage capabilities to corporate customers and outstanding levels of customer focused service, they were soon recognised by the British Association of Removers.

In 1997 Ede’s were awarded Commercial Mover of the Year, which is the highest accolade in the Commercial Relocations industry, and an award that Ede’s would go on to achieve on an unprecedented six further occasions

1996- 2009

2010

A significant milestone came in 2010 when Ede’s took the decision to move from its long-standing home in Wallington and relocate to a purpose-built warehouse and headquarters in Garth Road, Morden. This facility, was designed with environmental concerns at its heart, incorporating renewable energy from photovoltaic cells, heat recovery, optimised natural daylight and high thermal performance.

This was the steppingstone in enhancing Ede’s services, and instrumental in ensuring that environmental and sustainable practices were embedded within the core of the business.

2010

2019

In 2019 we celebrated an amazing 150 years of service within the Removals industry.

2019

2022

From humble beginnings to a multi award winning company, our name and quality of service is established, recognised and renowned. Our focus as always, remains to provide the most ethical, sustainable, and environmentally conscious services to our customers.

Our aim in the coming years to expand our business even further, through training and investment we will remain the front runner in our industry, by embracing change, incorporating new technologies and looking forward to next 150 years.

2022

2025

Drawing on our award-winning experience as eight-time and current 2025 winner of Commercial Move Company of the Year, our project managers excel at developing customised solutions that align with your business goals to ensure every aspect of your move is delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest professional standards.

2025

OUR SERVICES

The complete relocation, archive, storage and IT services company

Ede’s was established in 1869 and we have built up an enviable reputation in the commercial relocation, storage, and IT services industry.

Our experience in delivering a full range of relocation services will allow us to complete your move efficiently, professionally and with minimal disruption to your core business.

Our clients know that our expertise in effective planning, communication, and management, from initial brief through to completion, creates the right conditions for a stress-free move, delivered on budget, on time and to our award-winning quality standards.

Business Relocations
Storage Solutions
IT Services
Re-Use / Recycling
Furniture Supply and Installation

REMOVALS

Business moves in London can be a daunting prospect, even if you have a solid business moving checklist

At Edes, we specialise in corporate move management and office removals in london, helping business relocating smoothly and safely. 

No matter the size or location of your organisation, we can help to take the stress away and guarantee a smooth transition into your new premises.

From the initial consultation and planning stage through to completion, Ede’s will work closely alongside you and your business to make sure that your business move from London and its environs is fully understood and delivered to your precise requirements.

When planning your office move, our professional, dedicated team will integrate seamlessly with your organisation ensuring that you are kept fully up to date through every step and phase of the business moving process.

Our outstanding levels of service and proficiency are well known throughout the industry and our team of experienced staff will always be on hand to ensure that your project is delivered on time, on budget and with minimal business downtime.

Our Services include:

  • Relocation project planning and management
  • Office and Commercial Removals
  • Internal Moves and Changes
  • In-house porterage
  • IT project planning and management
  • IT support services
  • Decommissioning and re-commissioning of IT equipment
  • Packing and unpacking
  • Crate hire
  • Commercial office refurbishment
  • Furniture reconfigurations
  • Warehouse storage
  • Archive storage and management
  • Filing surveys
  • Asset audits and inventories
  • Post move furniture recycling
  • Post move cleaning
  • Move help desk

MOVE MANAGEMENT

Project Managing Your Business Move

If you are planning to move your business, then inevitably you will be considering how to best manage the move. That is where we come in.

From initial contact through to completion, our project and business movers in London will be on hand to take the stress away from the task and provide concise summary to your key stakeholders, ensuring that your relocation is delivered on time, in budget and most importantly, causes you minimal business down-time.

We believe that the foundation of all our business relationships is based on trust, achieved through open and honest dialogue, and we have completed tens of thousands of relocation projects ranging in size from single staff relocations to complete building relocations and office clearances.

Our experienced project and move managers recognise that relocating your business can be seem a daunting prospect and that the key to successfully delivering your project will be achieved by fully understanding the requirement and objectives from the outset. Through meticulous planning, business move checklist, and communication, we will be with you, assigning the correct volumes of experienced resources and services to meet your agreed timeframes and project scope.

Our project and move managers will always be on hand to guide you whilst actioning key activities which include:

  • responsibilities among the members of your Move Project Team and others associated with the project
  • move communications strategy
  • departmental representatives/move co-ordinators to provide a focal point of contact for each department
  • key dates and milestones
  • strategy regarding the clearance of the outgoing building(s) / Floors once vacated
  • sequential numbering of floor plans for the move
  • accounting for staff and equipment scheduled to move and managing changes
  • Attendance at meetings in conjunction with the Relocation Project Team
  • Production of a chronological Move Action Plan.

Pre-Move Communications

  • production of Move Guides for departmental representatives detailing the move
  • departmental representative/move co-ordinator briefings
  • move advice and packing and labelling instructions for staff
  • final pre-move checklists for staff

Definition & Planning

  • precise definition of removal scope and quantities
  • establishment of an integrated, achievable move programme and resource level
  • review of site readiness
  • confirmation that floor plans are numbered sequentially for move purposes

Scheduling & Co-ordination

Having defined the scope, detailed schedules will be produced, and resources mobilised:

  • production and circulation of final, integrated move schedule
  • mobilisation and co-ordination of all move teams and participants
  • confirmation that staff have a move number corresponding to their new desk position

Final Move Preparation

  • crate deliveries and collections
  • move signage at incoming location(s)
  • issue of contact lists
  • oversee the installation of building protection
  • check preparations with departmental representatives/move co-ordinators
  • on-site management throughout the physical move
Post Move Support
  • reconciliation of crates
  • validation of invoices
  • review performance with the Project Team

Move Tracking
By means of liaison with departmental representatives/move co-ordinators, staff and equipment information is gathered and reported thereby providing a complete record of the move from start to finish.

Filing Surveys
Filing surveys conducted to determine:
  • Quantities of files to be relocated
  • Number of filing crates required
  • New filing units that would be most appropriate to needs
  • standardisation/rationalisation of filing systems

As winners of the Commercial Mover of the Year award (CMOTY) on an unprecedented eight occasions, which is recognised as the highest accolade in our industry, our project and move managers have consistently proven their ability to provide our customers with the highest possible levels of service through clear lines of communication and transparent processes of engagement in order to meet and exceed their expectations.

WHY CHOOSE US

We understand that one of the most daunting tasks facing any organisation is to relocate its staff and its office equipment.

The Ede’s philosophy is simple: ‘keep business moving’, and with this approach we consistently surpass our clients’ high expectations through our proven ability to accomplish any relocation task, while delivering the best business relocation and support services.

Ede’s was established in 1869 and we have built up an enviable reputation in the commercial relocation, storage, and IT services industry.

We will complete your move efficiently, professionally and with minimal disruption to your core business.

Our clients know that our expertise in effective planning, communication, and management, creates the right conditions for a stress-free move, delivered on budget, on time and to our award-winning quality standards. :

Our People and Our Culture 

At Ede’s we operate around four core values:

Excellence
We maintain excellent standards of service for every one of our customers whilst always looking to exceed their expectations, minimise cost and provide true value for money.

Dedication
Our dedicated members of staff are fully committed to ensuring that we are as flexible and dynamic as our clients are, giving them the confidence to continue working with us.

Experience
We pride ourselves in being one of the most experienced service providers in the industry having successfully completed tens of thousands of relocations throughout our long history.

Simplicity
We believe in always keeping things simple, by making ourselves easy to do business with, and whilst ensuring that we always communicate clearly with our clients.

We know that our most valuable asset is our staff and It is absolutely clear that it is because of their hard work, customer focus and dedication, that we have built and maintained our reputation for excellence, which is unsurpassed within the industry.

Their positive attitude and drive are the unmitigated reason for our success and also the reason why we secure a high volume of repeat business.

We take the unconventional approach of not employing agency staff and this greatly improves the level of service we deliver to every one of our customer’s. We currently employ 80 fulltime members of staff, and we believe in nurturing them, developing their skills and progressing their training at every available opportunity.

We are proud to have a large portfolio of customers who we have supported as they have expanded and modified their business, which has allowed us to build strong, long-lasting bonds and consistently provide them the highest standards of service, knowledge, and experience, no matter the size or complexity of their requirements.

SUSTAINABILITY

Environmental Social & Governance

At Ede’s we are dedicated to conducting our business responsibly, placing the well-being of our planet, customers and employees at the forefront.

We have assessed our main impacts across Environmental, Social, and Governance metrics using external frameworks to validate our approach. This evaluation has enabled us to prioritise specific areas, ensuring a strategic focus on sustainability.

We recognise that climate change poses a threat to the economy, nature, and society at large, and we have committed to act immediately

in order to:

  • Halve our greenhouse gas emissions before 2030.
  • Achieve net zero emissions before 2050.
  • Disclose our progress on a yearly basis.

We have made the Race to Zero pledge on the SME Climate Hub.

Click Here to see our Carbon Reduction Plan.

 

Ede’s 2024 and 2025 ESG Roadmap

  • Reusable crates and reduced packaging
  • Business to schools – repurposing unwanted furniture
  • Identifying circular opportunities for customers
  • Optimise transport routes/scheduling
  • Monthly carbon reporting to provide customers carbon footprint per job
  • Driver training and telematics
  • Inventory management – only move what needs to be moved
  • Vehicle decarbonisation – 10 year electric vehicle transition plan
  • Maintain H&S accreditations (ISO9001, CHAS, FORS, Safe Contractor, UVDB), training, risk assessments, tool box talks
  • Review staff handbook
  • Increase options for training and career progression
  • Communicate more
  • Volunteer day with Trees for Cities
  • Update and support new ESG policies
  • Monthly reporting against ESG goals
  • Formalise internal and external audits
  • Update ESG communications
  • Supply chain monitoring

Achievements So Far

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Environmental

Be a catalyst for enhancing waste management practices in the industry.

Decarbonise our business.

Our Environmental Goals

  • Engage with waste handlers and furniture makers to identify new opportunities
  • Increase reuse and repurposing of materials • Increase sustainability of packaging material
  • Reduce carbon emissions year on year, set a an external target in 2024
  • Renewable electricity procurement
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Social

Keep employees safe and engaged.

Our Social Goals

  • Maintain H&S accreditations, training, risk assessments and toolbox talks
  • Increase access to employee training and career progression
  • Provide additional communications to encourage greater engagement
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Governance

Be a strong, resilient business, threading ESG across the organisation.

Our Governance Goals

  • Use external framework to assess, report and validate ESG metrics
  • Strengthen ESG policies to make useful documents with measurable results
  • Externally audit business risk and compliance
  • Promote ESG goals and progress internally and externally
Community
Diversity

Health and Safety

CLIENTS

We are privileged to have worked with many well known companies including:

TESTIMONIALS

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CONTACT

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169 Garth Road
Morden
Surrey SM4 4LF

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