Archive for July, 2008

Central London rents to drop 20 percent

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

A recent report by the British Council of Offices (BCO) has said it expects Central London rents to fall by 20% over the next two years. The report which is written around office demand says that London rents were extremely inflated and would suffer a 20% correction up to 2010. The ...

Occupier demand for Leeds office space at highest level for two years

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

In contrast to most other UK office markets, occupier demand for city centre office space in Leeds increased significantly over Quarter 2, and was three times higher than figures recorded for the first Quarter of 2008. According to research published by Jones Lang LaSalle in its latest ‘Leeds Offices ...

Making virtual teams a success

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Virtual working practices are rapidly growing in popularity but how can you make it successful? Choregus has given some tips below. Work practices The best way to make sure people work together well is to give some formal training. All the staff are shown the same working practices and this could be ...

Press Release: Greenspan choose UBC

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

United Business centres (UBC) plc announced today that expanding Irish specialist building supply company Greenspan has chosen UBC Birmingham as the location for its first UK office.  Greenspan Products Ltd has been distributing cost effective and eco-friendly products to the Irish construction industry since 1999.  Greenspan has tripled in size ...

First impressions count

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

In the everyday world people tend to make a judgment about you within the first few moments of meeting you. This also happens when dealing in business and whether you feel it is totally wrong or not, it is a simple fact that your appearance makes a lasting impression in ...

Office broker vs serviced office provider cartoon

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Sorry, we couldnt resist! I thought it was too good an opportunity to not post on here :) Serviced office providers vs Office Brokers from office space on Vimeo. Following on from the previous news item about the easiest way to find office space, I thought that I would create a little ...

Gloomy forecast for Manchester’s Office market

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

The performance of Manchester's office market is likely to be more sluggish than many had predicted according to two reports that have been recently published. Data from Colliers CRE has dispelled the idea that Manchester was almost immune from the impact of the credit crunch.  Worryingly it appears that Manchester will ...

Finding office space is better with a broker say Choregus

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

We have recently conducted a test to find the best way to find office space via the web. We did several searches for serviced offices in various locations in the UK to test as many possibilities, well, as possible. We have shown our findings on the image below which shows the two ...