When you move home, it is standard practice to pay your removal company in advance.  You would obviously be concerned that if your remover financially failed before your moving date, you would have lost that pre-payment. For that reason, all BAR members provide an Advanced Payment Guarantee. All BAR members are financially vetted and provide the safety net of an APG scheme (your chosen provider will provide you with details of the scheme to which they belong) and so you can have total confidence in using them for your move.

The guarantee applies to private individuals moving home to or from the United Kingdom.

The Scheme does, of course, have terms and conditions and those full terms and conditions can be downloaded.

For any customer queries under the BAR APG Scheme, please email apgscheme@bar.co.uk.

The spread of the Coronavirus pandemic is unprecedented in modern times and its impact on all industries has been sudden and extremely damaging, including that of UK removals. It is against this background that the BAR finds itself having to suspend its Advanced Payment Guarantee Scheme with effect from 20/03/2020. Existing claims against the scheme will of course be fulfilled, but no new claims will be considered from that date. The BAR regrets the necessity to take this course of action and will continue to review the situation over the coming months.