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Move to new premises without losing customers or post

You're moving to a new shop, unit or office. Get a dated checklist covering who to tell (HMRC, Companies House, customers, suppliers, Google), utilities, insurance and the move itself.

Updated 17 Oct 2026

The prompt · ChatGPT

Help me move to new premises.

Old and new location: [addresses or areas]
Moving date: [date]
How I trade: [sole trader or limited company]
How customers find me: [Google, website, walk-ins, social]
Suppliers, utilities and services: [list]

First ask me up to 4 short questions. Wait for my answers.

Then:
1. A dated checklist from 8 weeks before to 4 weeks after.
2. Who to tell, with the GOV.UK pages for telling HMRC and, if I'm a company, Companies House.
3. Listings and signs to update.
4. Customer announcements: before, moving week, after.
5. Insurance, utilities and business rates notes.

Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts or figures. UK English.

For GOV.UK pages on telling HMRC and Companies House about a change of address, use web search and name the page you used. If it doesn't search on its own, open View all tools and choose Search.

Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.

A short example

Fill the blanks, then paste. addresses or areas: a short note you already have. date: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.

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