Archive for April, 2008

Serviced office books - where are they?

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

On my never ending quest to close the gap between 'Regus-speak' and the people that actually use serviced offices, I have been researching books about the subject of office space and how to find it. At this point, I must add that library shelves are not the best place to find ...

Wragge and Co take pre let in Birmingham

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

Ballymore has secured an office pre-let at Birmingham’s Snowhill scheme. The legal firm Wragge & Co will let 250,000 square feet of office space at the multi-use development site. This is one of the largest pre let agreements in Birmingham office space history. The company is currently based ...

Moody’s predict “imminent stress” for London

Friday, April 25th, 2008

Moody's Investors service are the latest in a line of companies to cast a dire warning about the state of the London office market, writes Bloomberg. This of course is not a revelation to anyone who has been monitoring the effects of the credit crisis in the past few months. ...

Serviced office space roundup

Friday, April 25th, 2008

A roundup of this weeks office space stories from Choregus... Friday: The great news that Andrew Coombs has come back to the industry, working in a Non-Exec role for officebroker.com. Thursday: United Business Centres opened a new centre in Coventry. Their large expansion scheme is taking off very well indeed and they will ...

Newcastle office space on the up

Friday, April 25th, 2008

The demand for Grade A office space in Newcastle is currently greater than the supply meaning there is great interest for new city centre schemes. At the moment there is only 50,000 sq ft of Grade A office space available. Construction company McAleer and Rushe are expanding their presence with a ...

Andrew Coombs joins office space brokers

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Andrew Coombs, the ex-Regus and MWB big-hitter of the office space industry, has joined officebroker.com as a Non-Exec Director. Following leading roles in the serviced office industry such as Sales Director for Regus and General Manager of MWB Business Exchange, he has been brought in to help officebroker to consolidate its ...

New serviced offices

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Lets have a look at some of the major new serviced offices opening in the UK... United Business Centres have opened a new office in the award winning Tower Court, Coventry. It is ideally placed just a stones throw from the city centre. The building has recently been refurbished with all ...

Warrington office space for Assura Group

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Office space has been bought by Assura Group, the healthcare company, in Daresbury Park after they relocate from Chester. Following the move, Assura will be able to improve its workforce to over 200 staff members, up from the existing 130. Chris Connor of property consultants, Mason Owen, who were used to locate ...