Archive for July, 2008

Making the Most of Your Serviced Offices

There are many advantages of serviced offices that are well documented in other parts of this site.  To get the best for your money it is important to take full advantage of everything on offer, so we’ve covered a few areas just to make sure you’re on the right track.

How to Get the Best Serviced Office Deal

Everyone likes a good deal and it’s always good to feel you’ve got a little extra for nothing – those extra minutes on your mobile tariff or a few pounds off your holiday.  But how do you go about it with serviced offices?

Lead Generation in the Serviced Office Sector

Following on from the recent debate at the Business Centres Association (BCA) annual conference on the subject of leads and office brokers, Offices North West has decided to take a look at the current state of play and what may change.

Abbey Business Centres Appoint Sales Director

Abbey Business Centres have appointed Kim Dann, ex Sales Manager with City Executive Centres, as Sales Director. Abbey currently operate 14 centres across the UK, including one on Fountain Street in central Manchester, where Kim will be based. 

Your Experience Using Online Serviced Office Brokers

We had a visitor to our site this week who was enquiring about problems with online serviced office brokers and it made us wonder how those searching for serviced offices are actually finding the service provided by the online agents.

Incentives from Serviced Offices – A Short Sighted Approach?

In our conversations with various serviced office providers over the last few weeks we have come across a common theme – incentives and cost cutting.  While many believe it to be a valuable tool for securing new business, is the short term benefit really worth it in the long run?

The Works Enjoy Bumper Month

Independent Manchester serviced office operator, The Works Business Centres, have bucked the trend for office lettings in the last month with no less than 4 new clients taking up occupancy in their offices. In what has been widely reported as a ‘difficult year’, it is great to hear good news from business centres for a change.  It [...]

Cost Comparison Tool Launched

Offices North West is pleased to release our Serviced Offices Cost Comparison Tool for download. It is designed to allow those searching for office space to input a variety of variable costs and it will provide an overall comparison at the end. Collating all the costs on a spreadsheet is one task at the end [...]

dotMailer Choose UBC for Northern Office

Online marketing agency dotMailer, who have been looking for offices in the North for a couple of months, have taken space at the Digital World Centre run by United Business Centres (UBC) in Salford Quays. dotMailer have been looking after a large number of clients in the North from their headquarters in London but decided they could service them more [...]

Your Space fill the first Manchester Spinningfields Void

We mentioned in an article last week on Manchester office rents that we thought there was potential for a serviced office operator to pick up an bargain in Manchester city centre with the number of corporate relocations to Spinningfields. It seems Your Space have been the first to jump at the opportunity and are now advertising serviced [...]