Movers London Ontario

Movers in London Ontario

We are entering the new season for moving in London Ontario.  Things are gearing up as we enter our 7th season in operation.  We have moved into a new facility, fully renovated and we have added a games room for our workers! (see below)

We are the 'google' of London's home services scene, as we have upgraded our custom made technology software which tracks all our trucks, and our ipad point of sale system is one of a kind.

We are attracting the fittest and brightest now with our world renowned training platform.  Unbeknownst to most homeowners, most if not ALL other moving companies do NOT have a training program.  An employee walks in the first day of moving, and just jumps in and is told to just 'follow the driver.'

Our employees go through a rigorous interview process, then they are required to spend 4 hours completing our online training platform.  They are then brought into our training facility and undergo another 4 hours of on site physical training.  The training continues from there in packing training, advanced driver training etc.

if you are truly looking for a moving company in London Ontario you can trust, call universitybrand.

universitybrand Movers in London Ontario Win LFP Mover of the Year!

Moving London Ontario Movers of the Year!

universitybrand Movers wins London Free Press mover of the year! As voted by YOU the public!

Movers London Ontario

"It is with great pleasure we inform you that universitybrand Movers is the winner in the Best of MOVING COMPANY category"
Feb 19th, 2015.
 

 

 

universitybrand Movers London Ontario

universitybrand - Featured in London's Small Buisness Centre

universitybrand Movers and Junk Removal

Tell us about your business and how it was started:

 

My partner (Kevin Houben) and I started Universitybrand in my basement in March 2010. We began with a little truck and trailer in the junk removal sector hauling junk in London for the first summer. We expanded into Moving in London Ontario shortly after, and today we have a fleet of 12 vehicles, 4 full time salaried employees with benefits, and a team of over 35 employees in our peak time periods. We have grown organically to offer a complete suite of residential and commercial full scale moving, junk removal, and cleaning services, and have recently launched another home services division for concrete and asphalt driveway sealing. We are awaiting our registered trademarks in both the US and Canada and are gearing up for a Canada-wide expansion via franchising.

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What drew you to becoming an entrepreneur?

I come from a family background of hard working middle class laborers. When you are young you don't really see this until you start to want things. I was fortunate at a very young age to move 800 km away from home into a strict environment surrounded by extremely wealthy people. At this stage I knew there was something more than working in a factory and sitting behind a desk. I remember one trip to my friend's house on a long weekend getaway in grade 10. His house took 3 years to build, and on the Sunday—with no one around—we were there joyriding his father's farm combines (in his dealership), and racing golf carts through the factory in which they had been made. It was my first taste of financial freedom and I wanted the same. After that I took the usual path of jobs—swinging right back into the status quo of things—first at Dairy Queen, and then selling knives. But along these paths I was led to my first real epiphany for entrepreneurship and the Canadian Dream. While visiting Grand Bend, I bumped into my old Dairy Queen owner who was restocking his ATM machine outside of his store. He told me he was easily making a killing there. One year later, using unsecured lines of credit and spare pocket change, I owned my first business: three machines in the Grand Bend and London area. There's nothing more exhilarating than walking around Grand Bend during the May 2-4 weekend with $40,000 in twenty dollar bills in your pocket when you are 21 years old.

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What business resources (book, blog, website) have you been influenced by?

There are two resources I would recommend prior to getting into business or even thinking of entrepreneurship that could be paramount to one's success. The first is Michael Gerber's book E-Myth Mastery: it truly explains everything you need to know. The second is an audio session called Mind and Emotions by George Zalucki. I see both of these as a must, and the ideas I got from these resources are a huge part of my life.

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What advice would you give to someone starting a small business today?

Business at first is not easy; nor is it pretty. Entrepreneurship is lonely, and sometimes you will wonder if it's still worth it. Be prepared to miss birthdays, Sunday picnics, and celebrations. Be prepared to be distant from your normalized social sphere while you go and build your dream. 120 hour weeks are normal, vacations are non-existent. Most businesses fail because they don't stay at things long enough to succeed. For people to be truly happy, what they CAN become, they MUST become – be sure you are becoming what you must become.

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What is in the future for Universitybrand?

Universitybrand is always seeking talented individuals to enable us to keep a stride ahead of the competition. We are expanding our London business while getting the necessary processes ready for a North America-wide expansion. We may be piloting a project territory in the Toronto area this coming summer in order to gather more data for our upcoming full blown expansion. Universitybrand is driven by its people, culture, and customer service, and we hope to become Canada's and eventually North America's largest home services provider.