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The take-up of office space across Central London fell in the opening quarter of 2011 according to the commercial property firm Colliers International, with office space in the City and Dockland submarkets showing the most significant decreases.

Property consultants CBRE are predicting that the office space market across the North West will cope well with the expected cuts in the public sector – despite acknowledging that the north of England looks set to bear the weight of government jobs cuts.

The number of new businesses entering serviced office space in Bristol has increased according to a new report published by officebroker.com, with the opening 3 months of 2011 showing a 14% rise on the levels recorded in the same 3 month period of 2010.

Office space with an overall value of over £400m will be at the heart of the Greengate development close to Manchester Cathedral, with the plans submitted by ASK Developments seen as a vital addition to the ongoing regeneration of Salford and the surrounding area.

The amount of office space required by new businesses in Birmingham City Centre has increased in the opening 3 months of 2011 - this is just one of the findings revealed in a new report published by officebroker.com.

Providing an insight into 13 regional and 7 city centre markets, the Serviced Office Review Series from officebroker.com is the only regular research which delves into the serviced office space market across the UK.

Serviced office provider Orega Ltd, which operates nine business centres across the UK, has reached 100% occupancy at their newest location in London's Midtown just six months after opening.

One year on, as our monthly award reaches its first anniversary, we look back over the past 12 months to celebrate the winners of officebroker.com's Business Centre of the Month award.

Later this year, officebroker.com will reach its official 10th anniversary.

The company was registered in November 2001, but that's not to say the enquiries started flooding in - it took another 6 months, some close calls and the dedication of three individuals to make that happen...

Last week, officebroker.com's Rebecca-Jane Strawford visited Landmark plc's latest serviced office acquisition in the acclaimed Heron Tower, on 110 Bishopsgate in the City of London, and used one word to describe the experience...

While a handful of businesses will see a short-term gain from the upcoming wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton, the truth is that the vast majority of UK businesses will suffer damaging and in some cases fatal losses as a result.

Serviced office provider Basepoint Business Centres, which operates 28 locations around the Midlands and the South of England, is launching a new scheme aimed at helping start-ups and SMEs to drive their businesses forward.

A team of 14 runners from serviced office provider Avanta, which operates over 650,000 sq ft of office space across London, the Thames Valley and Edinburgh, will again be taking part in a 5.6 km race to raise funds for children's charity Sparks.

Here at officebroker.com we often have visitors, from the many serviced office space providers who come to meet the team to our friendly postman Andy. But while all these visitors are always welcome at the officebroker.com HQ - today we had a unique and particularly popular visitor in the shape of Woody the Jack Russell.

Flexible office space provider Orega are celebrating after achieving 100% occupancy at their 12,500 sq. ft. business centre in Birmingham, paving the way for Orega to begin work on a second phase which would see their office space capacity in the city rise to 20,000 sq. ft.

Office space provider Ventia, which operates serviced offices throughout London, Bristol and the Thames Valley region, has added another Central London location to its portfolio - with a new location in Westminster.

The Mailbox, an iconic office property in Birmingham's city centre, has been sold for £127.1m to London-based investment partnership Brockton Capital and Milligan.

Bracken Developments, a serviced office provider which operates two business centres in Leeds and a third in Ormskirk, is currently expanding one centre and is also on the lookout for a fourth site following increased demand.

A serviced office business centre in Leatherhead, which officially launched in September 2010, is proving to be hugely popular with clients since the ground floor of the building reached 80% occupancy.

Read the story in full here:

Swift Expansion for Popular Leatherhead Business Centre.

Leanne Murphy of serviced office company Business Environment recently organised a cake bake at their Clifton and Temple Meads offices, which raised £400 for Target Ovarian Cancer.

Serviced office provider Fasset Ltd has welcomed more new clients to its business centres in Surrey-based Hersham, near Kingston-on-Thames, and Caswell in Northamptonshire.

The demand for office space in Osaka could increase in the wake of Japan’s devastating earthquake, with businesses relocating or establishing back-up offices away from the traditional business centre of Tokyo in an attempt to minimise disruptions to Japan’s supply chain.

March was an exciting month of company expansions, charity fundraisers and Boy George outfits! Find out what happened last month in our latest round-up, and if you have any news or press releases that you want to share with us, please send your stories to news@officebroker.com.