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Laboratory Relocation, Planned Around Your Research

Laboratory Relocation, Planned Around Your Research

Bishop’s Move handles the equipment, the logistics and the timeline, so your lab is up and running again as quickly as it safely can be.

Bishop’s Move: founding member of the British Association of Removers, relocating UK businesses since 1854. 

We handle laboratory removals of all sizes, from large research facilities to private labs, and we’ve worked with universities, pharmaceutical companies and NHS trusts across the UK. 

Call 03300 585100, or use the form below to tell us what’s in your lab and where it’s going.

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Plan your Laboratory Move
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A lab move isn’t a furniture problem. It’s calibrated instruments, temperature-sensitive samples and equipment that can’t simply be boxed and carried.

Our business removals team plans around what’s actually in your lab, not a generic office inventory. That means custom crating built for delicate instruments, anti-static handling where it’s needed, climate-controlled transport where your equipment requires it and trained teams who dismantle complex equipment, reinstall it and set up your new lab. A phased schedule means nothing sits in transit longer than it has to. Where equipment needs to come out of one facility before the next is ready, we hold it in secure storage, with climate-controlled options available where your equipment needs them. 

Every move has a dedicated move manager who owns the plan from survey to sign-off.

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The real cost of a lab move usually isn’t the move itself. It’s the days a lab can’t run afterwards while instruments are recalibrated and requalified. Industry guidance on lab relocation recommends a phased plan, so calibration and requalification can be scheduled the moment equipment arrives. That’s how we plan every lab move: your engineers or equipment suppliers can get to work as soon as each instrument lands, not after it’s been sitting idle.

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Bishop’s Move is a founding member of the British Association of Removers and has been relocating UK businesses since 1854. We’re also members of the BAR Commercial Moving Group, which only admits companies certified to BS 8522, the Commercial Moving Standard.

We hold ISO 9001 (quality), ISO 14001 (environmental management) and ISO 45001 (health and safety) certification. We’re also a SafeContractor, a Constructionline Gold member and a RoSPA member. The full list is on our accreditations page.

Our Commitment to Excellence
Our Commitment to Excellence
Our Commitment to Excellence
Our Commitment to Excellence
Our Commitment to Excellence
Our Commitment to Excellence

Certified for quality, trusted for service, Bishop’s Move’s industry accreditations ensure your laboratory relocation is in expert hands at all times.

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Get a Quote

It depends on the size of the facility, the equipment involved and whether any of it needs specialist handling or storage. We scope this properly rather than quoting blind. Get in touch, and we’ll give you a quote based on your actual lab, not a generic estimate.

This varies by facility size and equipment complexity. Your move manager will build a timeline around your lab’s schedule, including time for recalibration once equipment arrives.

Chemicals, biological samples and other regulated materials need their own transport protocol: proper packaging, labelling and documentation. Tell us what’s in your lab during the initial survey, and we’ll plan the right handling for it.

Yes. We use custom crating, anti-static materials where needed and careful dismantling and reinstallation, with climate-controlled transport available for equipment and materials that need it. Everything is planned around the specific instruments in your facility rather than a standard packing checklist.

Yes. Our branch network covers the UK, including Oxford, Cambridge and other major research centres, with the same standards wherever your lab is based.

Share the details of your lab, your timeline and where you’re moving to, and we’ll scope the move, the schedule and the handling plan before you commit to anything. Request a quote below, or speak to our business removals team on 03300 585100.

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Get a Quote