Relocation Guide
for clinical pharma contractors

As a contractor there may be times when you have to move out of your local area to take up a contract which requires you to stay away from home. This may mean renting a house temporarily or staying in bed and breakfast Monday to Friday and commuting back home for the weekend. Often the business of relocation is the most daunting if not time consuming aspect of taking up a new contract away from home. Unfortunately agencies are of little help and as long as you're at the clients' site on day one, then they're happy!

If you're off to a new country, then look out for our country guides

 

We need your input and experiences!

We have been asked by a number of you to set up some help pages to aid you relocating. Obviously, we can't do this on our own as there are hundreds of towns and cities where you may be relocated to. We are therefore asking for your input - Have you recently relocated to a new area? Have you got any useful tips? To get you thinking we have come up with a few pointers you may be able to submit to us:

 

Resources

In the meantime to help those that are looking to relocate here are some links you may wish to try:

Local Government Web Sites - A list of county, borough and district government sites in the United Kingdom. A number of local councils now have their own relocation guides.

assertahome www.assertahome.com - Rental listings for the whole of the UK. Features the properties of more than 2,000 estate agent branches across the UK, advertising around 110,000 properties.

Cartons Direct www.cardboardboxes.co.uk - Cartons Direct provides all items for people on the move including cardboard boxes, bubble wrap, tape, tape guns, tissue paper, wrapping paper and all kinds of moving boxes.

FlatMateClick www.flatmateclick.co.uk - FlatMateClick is the leading matching services in the UK for those who look for a flatmate or a flatshare. Their website allows members to look for a place or a flatmate by Postcode and covers the whole UK. You can play it safe by adding your contact info or references to your profile. Hundreds of rooms everyday should make the life of everyone simpler.

FlatmateWorld www.flatmateworld.co.uk - FlatmateWorld is the #1 Flatshare House Share Site, serving all the Towns across the UK. FlatmateWorld, will provide a Flatshare House share service, featuring flatmate housemate pictures and comments about the flat to share, the flatmate & the room to rent. If you have a flatshare or a room to let you can advertise for Free. If you are looking for a room to rent you can search for free! FlatmateWorld is part of the EasyRoommate Group – the world’s largest shared accommodation network so where ever you are contracting FlatmateWorld should be able to help you!

HouseWeb www.houseweb.co.uk - Since 1996 HouseWeb.com, the UK’s longest establish property web site, has been helping 1000’s of homeowner sell/rent their home with or without an estate agent, saving on average £5,000!

Housenetwork www.housenetwork.co.uk - House Network are the first Estate Agents to launch nationwide and offer a capped fee system. Their online estate agents service is packed full of superb features to assist you when selling a house. Prices start from £24.99 and of vours they also provide rental listings.

Housepals www.housepals.co.uk - Offers you the very best selection of flatshares and roommates. If you have a spare room then earn some extra cash and advertise our room now on housepals FREE ! This also stays advertised for 8 weeks ! If you are looking for a room to rent then their simple easy to use search engine will give you a great choice in your selected area.

Property Finder www.propertyfinder.com - You can search a selection of premier properties nationwide at this site. Perhaps a bit pricey as it does not list private rentals.

Up My Street www.upmystreet.com - A guide to local services, transport, schools and government. You simply enter a postcode or town on the site to access relevant information.

Travel - You may also wish to check out our Travel Guide which has some useful links to route planning, maps, rail links, accommodation etc!

Company Information

Pfizer - A useful background on transport initiatives by Pfizer, based in Sandwich, Kent (and Walton Oaks, Surrey) is located here by, the Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds.