Advice

Some Words on Why Using a Broker Works

Brokers as a whole perhaps don’t have the greatest reputation when it comes to the serviced office world (justified in some instances in our opinion!) but they are there for a reason and some can be a really great help in an office search, providing options you don’t know of and keeping points of contact [...]

Where to Find Shared Offices in Manchester

We’ve seen an increasing number of news businesses looking to rent small offices in recent months and have noticed a shift in attitude towards shared office space, which is now being widely considered when perhaps one year ago it wasn’t quite so popular.  So, where to start, what are the options out there for you [...]

Let Portal Take the Strain on Match Days

As World Cup fever takes hold over the country businesses are looking at how to deal with an increase in holiday requests, as their staff want to support their chosen team. Businesses are taking on board the desire for their employees to support the world cup, the England game on Wednesday 23rd June being the [...]

Offices Up North need you…

If you’re looking at opening a new office in the North West as an expansion into this area or are setting up your first office then Offices Up North are looking for your help! In return for some free publicity and help finding office space, Offices Up North would like to document the moving process [...]

Where to turn for Disaster Recovery Office Space

Not everything always goes to plan in the business world and problems can quickly appear that can paralyse a business instantly.  This could be anything from a flood in the office, a fire (perhaps even in a nearby building that becomes unsafe), or telecoms and internet outages.  Have you ever thought about what your business [...]

Co-Working: Time to Believe the Hype

We’ve visited in excess of 70 business centres in the North West since the turn of the year and one service that has become a talking point in most of them is co-working.  Going by a variety of names including hot-desking, shared workspace, or touchdown offices, the basic concept is that businesses share offices with [...]

eOffice Host Manchester Co-Working Day

Following on from their successful events in Bristol, and in Manchester earlier this year, eOffice have announced another free co-working day to take place next Thursday 25th March in Manchester. Located on 1 Portland Street, the offices are incredibly easy to reach with Manchester Piccadilly a couple of minutes walk and Piccadilly Gardens transport interchange [...]

Could Google Street View Bring Viewings Down?

Last week Google rolled out their latest update to Street View and now claim to cover around 95% of the UK’s residential streets.  Regardless of your opinions on the ethics, that is a pretty impressive statistic!  However, one thing it did make us question is what impact this could have on office viewings, particularly in [...]

You Can Now Buy Your Virtual Office Online

Offices Up North are delighted to announce that you can now purchase your virtual offices online now via their dedicated virtual offices mini site at http://www.thevirtualofficecompany.co.uk/OfficesUpNorth. Virtual offices provide businesses with a local telephone number and address where it is not necessary for them to have a full time office.  They are therefore ideal for [...]

Looking for Offices to Rent in Spinningfields?

We can help.  We currently have a selection of serviced offices available to rent in the Spinningfields area of Manchester run by two different business centre operators, catering for office requirements from 1 person, right up to 40 people on flexible terms from just three months in length. The first is in the heart of [...]