Category: News

Bouncing Back to International Moving

This week we're in the PAIMA magazine for the Pan American International Movers Association covering north, central and south America.  Here, Gary Burke, Managing Director reflects on the effect of the pandemic for UK based international moving companies. Take a closer[...]

How Lockdown is Shaping Home Moving Behaviour

The experiences of lockdown have had significant effects on the importance of where we call home and what we want from our properties. There has been far greater demands on our home to provide a space from which we live out[...]

Update on Removal Services to and from France

Our services to and from France are continuing weekly, unaltered by the recent change in quarantine rules. We are presently fully booked for the next three weeks fulfilling those moves, but have availabity thereafter. As drivers of goods vehicles for the international[...]

Combine moving house with an act of kindness

Never before have acts of kindness been more important, particularly to help the most disadvantaged and vulnerable in society. Food items are urgently needed at the homeless charity, the Good Shepherd Ministry, Wolverhampton. If you book a move with us or are having[...]

French Property Prices Rise

The pandemic is continuing to have ramifications across all areas of the economy and none more so than the housing market. Here we take a look at the effects of the pandemic so far on the property market in France: The French[...]

A Consistently High Level of Quality for International Moves

We're delighted to have again received confirmation of a consistently high level of quality related to the FAIM 2020 internal audit requirements and have duly been awarded the FAIM 'Confirmation of Quality Assurance' certificate. The FAIM audits are the most rigorous and[...]

A Bostin' Black Country Business

With almost 40 years as a leading name in the international removals and storage industry both nationally and internationally; Burke Bros Moving Group have strong roots in the Black Country and are delighted to join the Black Country Chamber in marking[...]

Stamp Duty Holiday to Boost UK Housing Market

The chancellor’s recent announcement of the ‘Stamp Duty Holiday’ outlines changes that will remain in effect until March 2021. In an attempt to stimulate the housing market, Rishi Sunak has temporarily increased the stamp duty threshold to £500,000 for property sales in[...]

Moving Forward

As businesses continue to navigate the new normal, Midlands based international removal company, Burke Bros Moving Group step up to keep the wheels turning and continue providing their renowned moving and storage services with safety as the priority during the Coronavirus[...]

Update on our Business Operations

At Burke Bros Moving Group we continue to closely monitor developments with respect to the Coronavirus (COVID-19), taking guidance from Govt UK, public health organisations and BAR. We have taken steps to ensure the safety and wellness of our office and[...]

Coronavirus Update

In light of the Coronavirus pandemic, we have had to make the decision to postpone our removal operations from the close of tomorrow, Friday 27th March 2020. All house move bookings have been postponed and customers of pending moves have been contacted[...]

Update from Burke Bros Moving Group during Covid-19

Burke Bros Moving Group remains fully functional to meet our customers’ needs and play our part in keeping the UK running. With transport being one of the essential services, we are upholding our obligation to keep the country moving, whilst keeping safety[...]