Severn Bridge Toll Rise

On 1st January 2013, the Severn Bridge toll has risen from £6 to £6.20 for cars, from £12.10 to £12.40 for vans and from £18.10 to £18.60 for lorries and coaches heading into Wales.

Insurance Certificates To Be Scrapped?

The consultation which ends in the middle of January has been asking the views of the industry and motorists about the benefits of moving towards a purely online system.

Under current law, insurance companies must issue a paper or electronic certificate when agreeing a policy. Many organisations already use information stored on the Motor Insurer's Database as evidence of valid insurance including the police and vehicle rental companies.

Having a fully online system would mean that motorists won't have to keep certificates as the details will be accessible online. Vehicle owners would no longer legally have to return their certificates to insurance companies in order to cancel their policy.

Source R & S magazine.

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Congratulations!

The Small Move Company would like to congratulate a member of our staff, Tom on his recent wedding day. Tom has been with us since day one every step of the way.

The happy couple had a fantastic day which was in a gorgeous venue in Keynsham, Bristol.

Tom looked very smart and handsome in his suit and his beautiful bride and daughter who was bridesmaid looked stunning.

We had a lovely time so thank you to Mr & Mrs Virtue for inviting us and we wish you a very happy life together.

How People Choose Removal Companies

Rightmove have recently carried out a survey into how people choose removal companies. The results are very interesting and revealing.


376 consumers were surveyed who were active in October on Rightmove.

90% had moved at least once before
80% had moved recently or were about to move
75% had used a "professional removal company" before.


The surprising results were that the main reason for people choosing their removal company was, them being a local company or having a local depot. This is interesting and slightly strange as customers don't usually need to visit the depot but it is a very good indicator that people are once again wanting to support local companies.



The results were:

Locally based - 23.5%
Cheapest - 16.7%
Reputation - 14.1%
Competent - 12.8%
Recommendations - 9.4%
Other reasons - 9.4%
Staff were the most impressive 7.7%
Only company available on that day 6.4%


The results are good for smaller local companies like ourselves as it means that we can compete with the larger national chains.

(source R+S Magazine)

Housing Market

The housing market has stayed quite stable this year, continuing with lower sales volumes and with depressed house prices. However, there are some indications that 2012 may end more postively. The NewBuy Scheme and planning reforms should help with supply and could lead to an increase in the number of houses being built. This will help to breathe new life into the market.

Rightmove.co.uk's House Price Index monitors changes in house prices both monthly and annually, this gives a clear view on the current state of the property market.

Octobers figures show a jump in new seller average asking prices of 3.5% (+£8,310), which is the biggest increase for 8 months.

The average price of a property to go on the market during October was £243,168 which is an increase of 1.5% from October last year.

In Bristol we have lots of new build developments being built, many of which have the NewBuy Scheme & First Buy options, these schemes will hopefully help to encourage the Bristol housing market and boost the market nationally.

(Sources R & S Magazine and Rightmove.co.uk)

Move Day Has Arrived

The Small Move Company are in the process of moving office as I write!

We are only moving within the same building but it's a good reminder of how stressful moving can be, some would say it's a taste of our own medicine!

Our phone provider have cut off our phone line before activating our new line something that we were promised wouldn't happen so it's been a very stressful morning so far, we have now managed to have a divert on at least so won't be missing any more calls.

On the plus side we are looking forwards to getting in to the new office which is at the back of Richmond House, as it will be much quieter. Our existing office is on the front of the building and the main road of the industrial estate, Avonmouth Way is a busy noisy road.

Apologies to anyone who tried to contact us this morning (01.11.2012) whilst the phone was ringing your end, it wasn't our end.

Finally I can confirm that the removal side of our move went perfectly - as you would expect from Bristol's best removal company.

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UK Homeowners Optimistic!

Nearly two-thirds of homeowners are optimistic that house prices will rise within the next 6 months.

A new survey by Zoopla stated that London households are most optimistic about the housing market, with homeowners in Northern Ireland being the most pessimistic.

This is great news for homeowners, hoping to move home.

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