Archive for July, 2008

Hotels to Stay in When Using business centres in London

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

London has become one of the main business destinations in the world, in no small part due to its financial industry. As a result, London attracts large amounts of investment, capital (including labour) and remains the preferred location for many businesses' headquarters. Some of the principal business areas include Canary ...

Networking and serviced offices

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

One of the best ways to increase your sales and brand awareness is by building good relationships with others. Networking functions and events are great places to build an effective contact list. You can’t just turn up to one function and expect instant business, it is better if you attend ...

The 5 things to take to your first day at a serviced office

Monday, July 28th, 2008

So, you signed up for a serviced office and its the first day at your new home for the next six months at least.  What do you take with you? Computer Whether it is a laptop or you are going for a desktop solution, this machine will be your best friend in ...

Increase productivity with hot desking

Monday, July 28th, 2008

If you have a small business you may have a team of sales staff out on the road selling, including yourself. How productive can you and your staff be? Your sales staff can become extremely expensive due to the downtime between meetings when you can find staff catching sleeping on ...

Leeds Office Space market on the up

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

The Leeds office space market has performed strongly in the first half of this year. Although 90% of office deals struck in Leeds in Q1 and Q2 of this year were below the 15,000 square ft level, it is still a remarkable performance given the current economic circumstances. It is thought ...

Does virtual working work?

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

Working together well as business, virtually, is a challenge and it is no different for us at Choregus. Some people will say that it is critical to success that business owners work in the same location. However the Choregus team managed to do this rather well over the years. We worked ...

Abbey Business Centres appoint Kim Dann as sales director

Friday, July 25th, 2008

Abbey have announced a new recruit to the company, Kim Dann, as sales director. The ex-MWB and City Executive Centres area manager arrives at his new role with the intention of building upon Abbey's already excellent profile as a leading office space provider in the UK. Kim says: "Abbey Business Centres has always ...

30 Million Sq ft of London Office Space is vacant

Friday, July 25th, 2008

CoStar are today reporting that take up of London office space has fallen dramatically in Q1 and Q2 of this year.  Midtown faired worse than the City with a 74% drop compared with 54%.  According to their research there is 30 million square feet of available office space in the ...