When you move, whether it’s within the UK or indeed to or from another country, as long as the move is either collected from or delivered to a UK address, it’s standard practice to pay your removal company in advance. If your mover is a Member of the BAR and you’re a private individual, you can be assured that your pre-payment is protected by an Advanced Payment Guarantee (APG) scheme.

This means that, in the unlikely event that something goes wrong at any point in the move, you are covered. So, when considering other quotations and before committing to any pre-payments, it is worth remembering that every BAR Member is strictly financially vetted and you have the safety net of the APG scheme, so you can have total confidence in using them for your move.

• The total liability for the scheme to any single Member company failure, and to include consideration for all unfulfilled contracts at the time of the claim, shall be limited to not more than £50,000
• If the work has already commenced, claims are limited to the reasonable costs for completing the work. Any potential claimant is advised to seek guidance from the scheme before accepting a quotation to complete the contracted work.
• The time limit for completing a claim on the scheme shall be not more than 6 calendar months from the date of notification of the insolvency.
• Any proven claim will be settled only after all lodged claims have been fully and finally considered.

Please note that the BAR membership of E. Pearson & Son (Teesside) Ltd t/a Pearson Home Moving (Memb no: P010) was terminated on 20^th September 2018, on the grounds that they contravened multiple clauses within the membership criteria, BAR Rules and Articles of Association, and therefore failed to possess the qualifications required for continued membership of the Association.

Please be advised that E. Pearson & Son (Teesside) Ltd t/a Pearson Home Moving has now been placed into administration, effective from Monday 8^th October 2018.  The following company has been appointed as Administrator;

CBA Business Solutions

126, New Walk

Leicester

LE1 7JA

Tel; 01162 626804

The appointed Officer is Neil Money (neil.money@cba-insolvency.co.uk)

Members are advised to contact the administrators with any commercial queries.

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