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Richard Branson is offering entrepreneurs, such as those who search for serviced office space with officebroker.com each day, an opportunity that he wishes he had had when he started out on his road to success. Taking the form of a 2 minute video pitch, Virgin Atlantic’s “PitchTV” will be aired on international flights as well as online to allow businesses and individuals to get their ideas in front of people who could well help bring their ideas to life.

According to reports on thisislondon.co.uk, landlord and property developer British Land is considering breathing new life into several developments, including the 47-storey skyscraper Leadenhall Building nicknamed the “Cheesegrater”.

Two serviced office centres in the City of London, both operated by the same high-end office provider, have recently updated their online officebroker.com with attractive new photos.

Recognition and acceptance of the Business Centre Association’s (bca) Code of Conduct has recieved the stamp of approval from a leading member of the brokering community, with officebroker.com completing the integration of the bca Code of Conduct Shield to its website.

Property agents Drivers Jonas Deloitte are to handle the office lease process of a Grade II building in Liverpool, based in the city's Baltic Quarter.

They have also reportedly claimed that the property could provide an ideal location for serviced office providers.

32 properties based in the UK, ranging in location from Aberdeen to Plymouth, have been put on the market by Kenmore's administrators. The sales will be handled by property agent Savills.

The properties include several office buildings, along with industrial sites, shopping centres, retail outlets, leisure facilities and a number of development sites.

Petrol giant Shell is currently in negotiations to move to offices in Canary Wharf, located on Bank Street in the Docklands area. The proposed lease agreement is for a reported 10 years.

Shell, who are currently based at offices in South Bank, have been looking at a number of temporary office solutions for around 2,000 staff, while long-term development works are completed on their current location.

The multi media company UKRD Group Ltd have leased an office space in Exeter of 1,166 sq ft at Broadwalk House from landlords Land Securities.

For businesses seeking workplace solutions that are new to the serviced office industry, it can be difficult to grasp the concept of a serviced office, and what differentiates this category from other forms of office leasing.

This guide from officebroker.com is designed to explain the key points of serviced offices, including examples of inclusive services and facilities.

What is Serviced Office Space?

The BBC have received the keys for their final two office buildings, located at the acclaimed MediaCityUK site at Salford Quays.

Peel Media handed over the keys for buildings A and B last week. Building C was handed over in October 2009.

BBC Children's presenters Sonali Singh from Newsround, Helen Skelton from Blue Peter and Alex Winter from CBeebies (pictured) visited the site, which will become the home of their respective programmes in 2011.

An office property operated by a global leader in serviced office space has recently been added to the officebroker.com website.

Based on bustling Broad Street in the heart of central Birmingham, this 6-star business centre has a range of top-class facilities suited to client-facing companies and corporate firms.

The 217,000 sq ft office building “Waverley Gate”, located in Edinburgh City Centre, has entered the market and is expected to sell for around £30m.

The entire production staff, including editors, reporters and producers of Inc. Magazine abandoned their Manhattan office last month in a brave experiment to test the practicality of virtual offices and home based work.

Figures from property agent NB Real Estate show that rates for conventional office leases in the City of London rose by 12% in the last quarter of 2009.

Other areas of London also showed positive upturns, including Canary Wharf and the West End.

The firms behind Birmingham's iconic Cube development have gone into administration, but work will continue on the site after a last-ditch attempt to find funding proved successful.

The Cube project is set to bring office space to central Birmingham, along with shops, restaurants and a hotel next to the Mailbox. There are just four months of construction left, but this looked doubtful after Birmingham Development Company (BDC) and BuildAbility, the companies behind the scheme, recently announced that they had gone into administration.

According to a report in today’s Liverpool Echo, a serviced office provider based in Birkenhead has taken the decision to open its Enterprise Suite for Women up to male entrepreneurs after to-few female entrepreneurs took advance of the exclusive business suite.

Property Week has today published advanced coverage of officebroker.com’sQ1 2010 Serviced Office Review Series. Having been provided with an exclusively preview of officebroker.com’s findings relating to Q1 activity-to-date in the serviced office market, the leading property magazine has highlighted the return of optimistic caution to the market in a report by Richard Heap.

A free office space scheme launched earlier this year, which was set up to attract international investment and to create local jobs, has received its first tenant - German company P3 Igenieurgesellschaft mbH.

Through the Hello Northwest scheme, the company have set up a UK base at Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus, based to the South-West of Warrington in Cheshire.

An award winning office building in Manchester, which is already home to a high quality business centre offering serviced office space at the heart of Manchester’s city centre, has leased an additional 12,710 sq ft of office space to EC Harris – taking its overall occupancy to over 60%.

Brian Andrews, executive director of UK serviced office provider Basepoint Centres Ltd, commented on the Small Business Rate Relief (SBRR) as announced in Alistair Darling’s Budget Report yesterday.

"We recently changed our all inclusive license fee to one excluding business rates, having realised that the majority of our customers could be eligible to take advantage of the Government's Small Business Rate Relief Scheme," he says, "so we are delighted that the Budget has given our licensees a fantastic boost to their finances by allowing further reductions in costs."

Entrepreneurs in waiting are being given the chance to see their ideas come to life thanks to the £500,000 “Take One Small Step” competition launched by Barclays Bank.

A successful UK publishing company, creator of the WWII Re-enactors Magazine, has recently been awarded a major contract with the War and Peace Show, the world's largest military event.

Edon Publishing, who recently moved to new offices in Tonbridge (pictured) with the help of officebroker.com, will be publishing the 2010 Official Show Guide for the event which is to take place at Hop Farm in Kent from 21st-25th July.

Zoom Inventories, a unique video inventory company that specialise in the residential property market, has been working with officebroker.com in the search for new office space.

The company are expanding fast as the demand for video inventories increases. With a current client base in the North London area, Zoom Inventories are the only company that offer property inventories on film - a process that provides video evidence of items supplied by landlords when letting out residential property.

An impressive Grade II listed office property in the City of London, located on St Martins Le Grand, has undergone a profile update with new photos showcasing the striking exterior of the building.

New images have also been added of the business centre interior, including shots of the reception and waiting area, grand marble lobby entrance, and the impressive boardroom.

As recently reported on our blog, plans for the development of a new ICT Village and Innovation Centre at Birmingham Science Park Aston were announced at the global MIPIM property conference held in Cannes, France.

National building chain Rok have moved to the Tournament Fields Business Park near Warwick where they will occupy a new, two storey 3,063 sq ft office building.

UK office space specialists officebroker.com field take to the field in a local football tournament and show off their new kit.

The FSA (Financial Services Authority) are reportedly relocating to a new office in Canary Wharf, central London, in a move that will enable them to hire an additional 460 financial services staff.

The new staff will provide additional support for regulation of the financial sector in a more 'confrontational' approach.

A serviced office business centre in Burnley that is listed on the officebroker.com website has recently featured in a video tour, which is now available to view online.

The property's online profile page on officebroker.com is already well-stocked with 12 professional-style photos and a full list of services, and now benefits from a video tour too.

A serviced office business centre near Chessington in the south west region of Greater London, just north of Epsom, has recently been added to the officebroker.com website.

Located half a mile from Chessington North train station with its direct line to London Waterloo, the property occupies a convenient base with straight-forward links to central London. It also overlooks the A3 Kingston by-pass, with easy access to junction 10 of the M25.

The first three office properties for the BBC, which are being created at MediaCityUK - the acclaimed new Salford development - are due to be completed ahead of schedule and under budget.

Head of Property at the BBC, Chris Kane, has said that their new base at MediaCityUK on Salford Quays is "an ambitious programme" in terms of the complex requirements and technical facilities, but also because it is being designed as an "enduring landmark building that the public can use".

A 1930s Typhoo tea factory in Birmingham has been placed on the open market by Jones Lang LaSalle, with planning permission to be redeveloped into a mixed-use scheme comprising housing, parking, a gym and commercial space.

The new scheme could also see part of the historic factory, which has been vacant since 1999, transformed into office space for the Digbeth area.

42,000 sq ft of grade A office space in Halifax will form part of a major regeneration scheme for the West Yorkshire town after funding was finally agreed with Yorkshire Forward.

A business centre on the outskirts of Blackburn, which is listed on the officebroker.com website, has recently had a video tour added to its online profile.

The property offers flexible office space with a number of facilities including a staffed reception, waiting areas and on site car parking. As shown by the video, the property is modern with a well-kept exterior and a bright reception area - ideal for client-facing businesses who are looking to project a professional image.

Serviced office provider Avanta is supporting a charity fundraising evening in aid of children's medical research charity Sparks, with special guests from the world of rugby including Kenny Logan, Peter Scrivener and Damien Cronin.

Award-winning TV presenter Gabby Logan and leading rugby commentator John Taylor will also be in attendance.

A major new office property development in Coventry, scheduled to start this week, is set to bring around 50 new jobs to the area.

The new Scala office building, which is part of the Far Gosford Street Regeneration Initiative (Fargo), is set to complete a trio of projects which form the £3.5m first phase. The scheme is expected to transform one of Coventry's most historic areas into a cultural quarter specially earmarked for creative industries.

A graduate start-up support scheme that was created at the University of Wolverhampton has recently celebrated its first anniversary.

The initiative, called Student Placements for Entrepreneurs in Education West Midlands (SPEED WM), gives students the opportunity to start their own business whilst they are still at university.

Reports from The Bank of England have revealed that lending to small to medium-sized businesses fell by record levels in January 2010. So in an industry that heavily relies on SMES, will this drop in lending affect the number of new tenants entering serviced offices throughout the UK after a period which had shown such promise?

officebroker.com is streamlining the process of managing enquiries by collaborating with RJ Metis, the UK's leading supplier of serviced office management software.

This process will ensure that the CentreCharge software supplied by RJ Metis to office providers interacts seamlessly with their system.

The new 'Accept/Reject Upgrade', which will be linked to existing CentreCharge lead DADI software already in operation at officebroker.com, will speed up the process of handling initial enquiries by automating communications between the two systems.

Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills yesterday completed a vertical mile in the latest of his “Miles from Hell” challenge in aid of Sports Relief. The challenge, which saw him climb the stairs of 5 landmark buildings in London – several of which are home to serviced office listed with officebroker.com.

A serviced office property in Alloa, located to the east of Stirling, has recently had new photos added to its office profile on the officebroker.com website.

The property is located on a popular business park on the edge of Alloa, with close proximity to a number of major road networks, offering easy access to the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Goodman Property, who provide “Strategically located, individually developed, proactively managed” business parks and offices throughout the UK, have appointed Keppie architects to review the development process for the next stage of its waterside business park Glasgow Central Quay.

Spinningfields office property 3 Hardman Street has been sold by owners Allied London, to European fund manager Ærium, for a reported £183.5m.

The property has a total of 350,000 sq ft of Grade A office space, and its prime location in the acclaimed new Spinningfields business district has attracted interest from many financial and professional services firms, including current tenants Pinsent Masons, Barclays Bank, Shoosmiths, The General Medical Council, PKF and Beachcroft.

A new location has been added to officebroker.com's global office space search - the coastal city of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, in central East Africa.

There is currently one serviced office centre available in Tanzania, occupying a prime location in the central business district of Dar es Salaam, close to the seaport.

Nottingham is amongst the many cities taking up a temporary tenancy in the South of France this week at the annual MIPIM property show as it seeks to attract commercial property investment to the city – with the filling of six soon to be vacated City Council Office buildings high on the agenda.

Psychotherapy and counselling firm Harley Therapy, currently based in London's West End, have recently acquired an additional office in the City with the help of officebroker.com.

Harley Therapy has been established in the West End for four years, at their aptly named Harley Street centre. Following expansion of their practice, Harley Therapy acquired the additional location in order to increase their coverage in London and become more accessible to clients.

Small and Medium-sized companies, who are often tenants of business centres offering serviced office space, were amongst those severely affected by the cold winter weather according to a new study reported in the Business section of the BBC Website.

The MIPIM international property event currently in full swing at Cannes, on the South coast of France, has provided the setting for a number of UK-based development announcements, including one £40m scheme earmarked for Birmingham.

The plans outline the creation of a new ICT village, to be constructed at Birmingham Science Park Aston, and which will incorporate four new buildings totalling 10,000 m sq with a 4280m sq 'iCentrum' as the main piece.

A stunning Grade II Georgian office property located in Menstrie, a few miles outside of Stirling in rural Scotland, has recently had a number of new photos added to its profile page on officebroker.com.

The updated images show the property's attractive stonework exterior and scenic surroundings, along with the more practical business features such as on site car park, entranceway and meeting room facilities.

A new serviced office centre has been launched in Soho, Greek Street, in the heart of central London. Despite only being launched in February, the prime location and facilities available have resulted in the centre becoming 50% occupied after just one month.

The new centre is located within an attractive Georgian property on the eastern borders of cosmopolitan Soho.

The Serviced Office Sector has grown to become a worldwide industry that continues to be an important part of the business community and a noticeable player in the commercial property market.

With this in mind we thought we would take a look at some of those iconic building offering serviced office space both here in the UK and around the world.

A business centre located opposite Roche train station, based near the city of Plymouth in scenic Devon, has recently been added to the officebroker.com serviced office website.

The offices are fully furnished and based within a modern property, with large windows offering plenty of natural light. The centre provides a range of on site facilities including conference rooms, car parking and 24-hour access to the property, along with broadband internet access, a staffed reception and admin support.

The new “More London” offices for PricewatherhouseCoopers (PwC) has become the first office building in the UK to be awarded the BREEAM “Outstanding” rating after the professional services firm chose to raise the bar in sustainable office design.

A major city centre office development in Leeds city centre, which has been a 30-year dream for businesswoman Jan Fletcher, has finally been submitted for planning application.

The project involves plans to build ten new high-rise properties in the centre of Leeds, along with a 25-storey tower in Leeds called 'City One'.

An ambitious mixed-use development has been earmarked for a former industrial site in Leeds, which is set to include houses and up to 300,000 sq ft of office space.

The Kirkstall Forge scheme has been created by architects Feilden Clegg Bradley - RIBA Sterling award winners - and will transform one of the oldest industrial sites in the country. The scheme is set to achieve a BREEAM Excellent rating for the offices and business space.

A report in The Times property section explains that up to 50 buildings are to be targeted by a new Trust that aims to retrofit old buildings and turn these properties into eco-friendly, de-carbonised buildings – a move that would go some way to helping government targets to be met within the property industry.

The price of flexible office space in Birmingham increased by £160 in February to reach a cost of £378 per workstation, the highest seen for over 6 months and following an 11 month low of £218 per workstation in January 2010.

The cost of renting serviced office space throughout the UK may be about to rise for the first time since 2008 according to early indications from serviced office specialist officebroker.com.

Regus, the world’s largest supplier of serviced office space has aquired 11 business centres from property investors Affine, taking their total number of business centres in France to 50.

Serviced office provider Forsyth has recently opened a new business centre in Euston. The company have signed a 10-year lease on the property, and now control a total of 27,000 sq ft of serviced office space there.

The centre is located on the pedestrian approach to Euston Station, and offers businesses fully furnished office space based on flexible terms. A range of services are on offer, including meeting rooms, a staffed reception, telephone answering, secretarial services and virtual offices.

Serviced office group Avanta have recently completed a full refurbishment of their business centre in Mayfair, on Dover Street, which was formerly operated by MLS.

The refurbishment was completed at a cost of over £430,000 and includes building infrastructure work, along with new IT, security systems and furniture. The refit also incorporated upgrades to lighting and ventilation systems which were carried out according to feedback from existing clients.

Since the announcement that Manchester council are planning to invest £15million into the recession-hit Spinningfields office development, the council have claimed that the move could bring 9,000 jobs to the region.

The plan involves the council acquiring the two remaining office development sites at Spinningfields - based on Hardman Square and Hardman Boulevard - which will then be leased back to the developers on a leasehold basis.

A global Twitter festival is due to be taking place in Birmingham, on Thursday, March 25, at Poppy Red in the Arcadian.

Known as the 'Brum Twestival', the event will bring together Twitter and social networking fans from all over the country, with other Twestivals taking place across the globe on the same day.

Three new office buildings providing a total of 64,500 sq ft of office space have been revealed as part of the plans for a £30 million business park in east Edinburgh located near the Old Graighall Junction of the Edinburgh City Bypass.

Bruntwood, a provider of flexible office space in the UK, has expanded its existing service office centre in Manchester by opening a new floor. This brings the company's total portfolio to 1,800 desks, spread across Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds and Birmingham.

The business centre is based in Deansgate, and now utilises two floors of serviced office space along with the use of ground floor meeting rooms.

Getting communication working effectively in the office can be a wonderful thing, generating new and fresh ideas that can bring great benefits to a business. But does it work and if so what is the best environment for such exchanges to take place?

Yahoo, LinkedIn and eBay are just some of a large number of corporate firms looking to stay or find new commercial office space in Ireland, according to a report by the Irish Times.

The office space market in many parts of Ireland suffered heavily during the recession, but recent reports suggest that there is a return in demand - specifically in the capital city of Dublin - which is being driven by clients taking advantage of break options to secure better value.

Serviced office provider Basepoint Business Centres Ltd has been 'highly commended' in this year's Customer Kings Awards, run by enterprise news source Real Business.

The accolade is presented to companies who have gone the extra mile for customers. Judges were looking for innovation, ingenuity and imagination, along with proof that the service resulted in full customer engagement.

The 135,000 sq ft Ealingcross office scheme has announced its first tenant in the shape of Housing Association A2 Dominion.

Offices in Ealing offer businesses a great location from which to operate, with good transport links into and out of London as well as easy access to Heathrow Airport.

Manchester Council is planning to use up to £15milion of taxpayers' funds in a bid to boost the high-profile city centre Spinningfields development, which has been hampered by the recession.

The Council are now expected to face tough questions, as the move comes just days after the announcement that they would be cutting 300 jobs a year as part of a programme to save £37million by 2013.

A video tour has recently been produced and added to the online profile page of a serviced office property in Milton Keynes, which is listed on the officebroker.com website.

The video is designed to add value to the property's online listing, which includes photos, description and a location map as standard, and helps businesses seeking space in the area to gain a more in-depth view of the office before arranging a viewing.

Three serviced office companies - Business Environment Group, Avanta and Instant Offices - have been voted into the Sunday Times top 100 'Best Small Companies to Work For' league table by their employees.

In the article from officebroker.com, the leading internet broker of serviced office space here in the UK, information on the first two months of 2010 reveals that businesses are once again returning to serviced office space in Scotland after seeing tenancy levels fall 10% in 2009. This decline occurred despite the number of tenants in serviced office space rising 13% nationally during 2009.

The possible closure of Council offices in Birmingham through spending cutbacks, along with a proposed downgrade of staffing levels, could hamper the bid to see Birmingham's historic Jewellery Quarter becoming a World Heritage Site.

The reduction in Council support has been blamed for the threat, according to the city's Conservation and Heritage Panel - the historic building 'watchdog'.

A serviced office property in Croydon which is listed on the officebroker.com website has recently had new photos uploaded to its profile page.

The offices are based in South Croydon, close to the Sanderstead and Selsdon train stations, and feature a range of amenities for businesses looking to be located within Greater London.

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Businesses searching for serviced offices in Guildford now have another great office to add to their viewing list.These serviced offices located on Jenner Road in Central Guildford, are well located and provides great access shops, banks, cafes and both Guildford and London Road Guildford mainline station.

According to reports in today’s Herald (Scotland), the influential Markit Scotland Purchasing Managers Index has revealed that the Scottish economy has finally found its feet again after being hit hard by the recession – a fact which appears to be supported by statistics from officebroker.com showing the number of new business entering serviced office space grew throughout Scotland in January and February 2010.

Global serviced and virtual office company Servcorp has recently expanded into the US with the launch of their first office on the continent, based in Chicago.

The new Chicago office (pictured) has been launched alongside a new virtual office base in Kowloon, Hong Kong, and precedes the launch of more business centres due to be opening in various worldwide locations this summer.

The Shambles, a historic cobbled street in York which is lined with stunning 15th Century buildings, has scooped the title of Britain's 'most picturesque' street in Google's Street View Awards.

Over 11,000 people voted in the competition, which saw York's famous 'chocolate box' tourist attraction see off strong opposition from the likes of The Royal Crescent in Bath and Grey Street in Newcastle, which came second and third respectively.

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A prime serviced office business centre located in Victoria Square, central Birmingham, has recently featured in a short video tour which is now available to view on the property’s web listing on officebroker.com.

The centre is located within a modern landmark building in a prestigious location in the heart of the city, close to New Street Train Station and a number of popular destinations including the Bull Ring retail centre, and the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.

A business offering eClinical solutions, which is described on their website as helping “customers accelerate the drug development process through innovation”, have swapped one set of prime office space in Central Birmingham for another.

New photos have been added to the online profile of an office property in Warrington, a refurbished business centre listed on the officebroker.com website.

The business centre is located within a modern three-storey building based just outside of Warrington town centre. The centre offers a high level of customer services and an excellent choice of business services, ranging from meeting rooms with video conferencing facilities, through to on site car parking and Wi-Fi access.

The “Turun Sampotalo” property located in Turka, Finland has be purchased by Aberdeen European Balanced Property Fund from REDEVCO and is the second Finnish property added to their property portfolio to have been announced this month.

BSkyB has finally completed their search for new office space in Greater Manchester by settling on 23,500 sq ft of space at a new Grade A office property in Stockport, at BAM Properties' recently completed St Peter's Square office.

Over 550 customer services jobs will be created in the town centre, and will bring the building - the first Grade A office space in Stockport centre for seven years - to nearly 50% occupation following its completion less than a year ago.

A Victorian serviced office property in the City of London, that was once a working firestation, has recently undergone a profile update on the officebroker.com website, along with new photographs of the building.

This characterful building is located on Tabernacle Street on the fringe of the City, just a few minutes away from Old Street tube station. The centre offers a total of 30 office suites in a variety of shapes and sizes, all of which benefit from large windows, natural light, a range of professional business services and a fantastic working atmosphere.

New photos have recently been added to a serviced office centre in Dorking, Surrey, which is listed on the officebroker.com website. The property is located within walking distance of Dorking town centre, just over half a mile from the Dorking Deepdene train station.

The new photos show a number of different locations throughout the property, including an example of a four-workstation office, the atrium (pictured), boardroom, and the attractive pond garden.

A new £8m investment fund, known as the Early Advantage Fund, has been created to support start-up businesses in the West Midlands.

The scheme is managed by Birmingham-based Midven, and is supported by both Advantage West Midlands and the European Regional Development Fund.

Global serviced office provider Regus has taken the top two floors of a new Grade A office property in Bolton on a 10-year lease. The space totals 11,871 sq ft, and is located on Bark Street in the centre of Bolton, close to Queen's Park.

The property was completed in 2009 and is the only Grade A office building in the town centre. It currently has in excess of 59,000 sq ft of office space available to let by floor, or by suite.

A former linen factory in Lisburn, Northern Ireland is to be redeveloped after Hilden Developments secured planning permission that looks set to bring this once important building back to life creating 17,500 sq ft of office space in the process

Serviced office space has become increasingly popular in recent years, attracting businesses of all shapes and sizes. So how does a broker help prospective tenants find the right space for them?

The North West Development Agency (NWDA) funded “grow-on” development of the Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus has finally begun construction which will provide a range of offices, workshops and laboratory space.

As the property market begins to pick up yet another prime site will be brought in from the cold as CB Richard Ellis are appointed to sell the “Noho Square” by commercial and investment banking group Kaupthing.

Leicester based firm The Developments Factory , whose sales and marketing arm have been served with a winding up order by property firm Frank Knight, insist that it will not hamper their plans to transform Birmingham’s Central Hall into flats, offices and shops.

An online office video tour has been produced for a serviced office property in Milton Keynes that is listed on the officebroker.com website.

The property is located within a business park in Milton Keynes, in the Linford Wood area, and offers a range of flexible office space to rent along with workshops and light industrial space.

BioMap Ltd, a supplier of quality temperature monitoring solutions to the life sciences and pharmaceutical industries, recently contacted officebroker.com for help finding a new office in central London.

Previously based in Kensington, BioMap Ltd - headed up by founder and Director Kane Edgeworth - are a team with many years experience in the pharmaceutical industry, and now supply temperature based services and solutions designed to meet cGxP regulatory guidelines. This includes project management, implementation, training, support, Cold Chain Compliance services and consultancy.

As reported in the Birmingham Post Commercial Property section, councillors in Coventry have met in order to discuss an influx of developments within the city including 14 new grade “A” office buildings.

Serviced office provider Orega has appointed a new Regional Sales Manager, following a restructuration of its existing team to better reflect their geographical spread.

New team member Adam Sutton (pictured), who previously worked for West London commercial chartered surveyors Vokins and flexible office provider Workspace Group, now has the responsibility for Orega's business centres in Staines, Slough and Wandsworth.

Worldwide office search specialist officebroker.com is embarking on a major recruitment drive, and is now looking for new consultants to join their expanding team both in the UK and in the US.

Following a surge in demand and sustained growth in enquiries for serviced office space, officebroker.com has been undergoing a restructuration process since August in order to help their existing team cope with the increase in enquiries, which has also led to the need for more staff to join the team.

For businesses that require a prestigious address in order set the right tone or attract the “right” clients, Virtual Offices can sometimes offer the answer. But when the virtual becomes restrictive other cost effective options are easy to explore

A leading serviced office provider has opened a new business centre on Fleet Street, central London, which was formerly occupied by national newspaper The Sun.

The property covers 62,000 sq ft and features a Williams Formula 1 racing car that was previously driven by Alex Zanardi. Serviced office operator Business Environment Group have now redeveloped the building as a serviced office location, ideally suited for SMEs and businesses seeking flexible or short-term space in the City.

Irish technology firm Capricorn Ventis has recently taken space at Birmingham Science Park Aston, having previously set up their England-based branch in Leeds.

"It quickly became apparent that Birmingham was the right location for the office," says business development director Glenn Morrill, "both because of its location at the centre of the transport network, and because of the wider ICT infrastructure in the Heart of England, West Midlands region."

Watchdog for the legal profession, The Legal Ombudsman, have been announced as the newest tenants at Birmingham’s Baskerville House.

While larger organisations continue to take long-term leases at this prestigious city centre building, smaller organisations have also been able to gain the address on their letterhead through the serviced office also available at Baskerville House.

A new business centre that is opening in Oman, close to the capital city Muscat, has been added to the officebroker.com website.

This business centre offers an excellent location in the Muscat Polyglot technology park, which is close to Muscat International Airport and adjacent to the Rusay Industrial Estate - Oman's largest industrial park.