Best Startup
A QUICK INTRODUCTION ABOUT WHAT YOUR COMPANY DOES/YOUR VALUES/MISSION.
URemovals is an automated man and van comparison site and online booking system finding the best price a driver can offer when you would like to move. Moving to a new house is probably one of the most stressful events in life. URemovals also introduces some of the big cities so you can get an idea of the benefit of choosing a new place to live there. With different blogs, URemovals also gives you top tips and ideas about preparation before the big day.
Our values are to reduce costs and save time.
Our mission is to make your house moving as easy as possible with the least hassle.
TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF?
Having our own house removal company and using comparison sites to get jobs each day made us realise that most of the existing sites are not as cost-effective and straightforward as they try to seem. Both from a driver’s side and from a customer’s side, there are a lot of disadvantages that come with booking through them. Two things that make URemovals unique. First, we managed to reduce the costs for drivers and customers too.
The second is that compared to the most known UK man and van marketplace, whose idea of reducing carbon emission is to utilise unused space in their vans, which means that very often large luton sized vans with high emission are travelling long distances for one small item. We believe local movers should be prioritised. Therefore the true reduction of carbon footprint would happen because they may live in your neighbourhood, so they won’t have to drive an empty van for a long distance. If you choose a local company for your move, you can help reduce the number of otherwise wasteful trips needed to transport the item, not to mention this supports local businesses to grow.
IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME A YEAR OR TWO, WHAT PIECE OF ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE YOURSELF?
I would definitely start URemovals earlier. While building the site has given me a lot of reassurance that people who use URemovals will benefit from its advantages.
WHAT PROBLEM DOES YOUR BUSINESS SOLVE?
I would say any problems that might occur, from finding a driver to move your belongings, surviving the day of your house move by being reachable if anything happens and getting your belongings to your new home safely.
WHAT IS THE INSPIRATION BEHIND YOUR BUSINESS?
Our inspiration is to give the individual man with a van service providers a better and easier way to find a job and earn money. On the other hand, customers do not have to call drivers individually; they can find a list on our site to choose the cheapest and closest driver. That is again a response to the carbon emission problem.
WHAT IS YOUR MAGIC SAUCE?
The simplest answer to this is, just as you could have seen on @BBCWatchdog, and let me quote: when you are moving house, you don’t just want any van; you want the right van or vans for the job.
WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR THE NEXT 5 YEARS? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE?
To achieve a defining role in the moving industry and to let more and more people know about an easier way to find the right man with the right van for their move. If you have the appropriate solution, house moving does not have to be stressful.
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE YOU’VE FACED SO FAR?
Being a startup on the market, we have to face different challenges, either technological, marketing or communication, but that has never caused any problems. We managed to get through them quickly enough, helping us to improve rapidly. We don’t steer our course and keep the direction focusing on the original concept.
HOW DO PEOPLE GET INVOLVED/BUY INTO YOUR VISION?
We want individual service providers to join us and build the world’s most prominent man and van network together. Drivers can join here: https://uremovals.com/service-providers
