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A former movie set in Edinburgh has been transformed in to a series of modern serviced offices and meeting rooms following a £500,000 redevelopment.

Flexible office provider Business Environment, which owns and operates over one million sq ft of serviced office property in the South of England, has been awarded the Investors in People (IIP) accreditation for its commitment to employees.

Serviced office provider i2 Office, which currently operates four business centres around the UK, is launching a fifth location in central Leeds which marks their first foray into Yorkshire.

A business and technology park located in Hersham, Surrey, welcomes two new clients this month. Alliance Mobile Security / Alliance Security, experts in keyholding and manned security, and imaging systems test and verification specialists The Real-Time Data Company will move into the site later this month.

On Sunday 5th of June at 11am, the locals of Sutton Coldfield will be joined by 6000 fun runners competing in this year’s Great Midlands Fun Run, including officebroker.com’s Greater London Account Manager, Gareth Smith.

Serviced office provider Anvic Developments, which operates four business centres in Manchester and Burnley, has launched additional space on the sixth floor of their building on Piccadilly following an extensive fit-out.

The serviced office space market in Central Manchester has continued to show signs of improvement according to the latest data from officebroker.com, the UK’s leading online broker to the serviced office industry.

We all make mistakes during our working life, some are quickly forgotten about, some become notorious and some may even end up with you being handed your P45. But as a company who work alongside 1000’s of other business around the world, we thought we would share a few of our favourites with you…

Sales and marketing professional Annie Rickard has joined the team at Caswell Science & Technology Park near Towcester, to manage the sales and marketing of the 25-acre Northamptonshire site.

Since March this year, our consultants have been out visiting business centres all over the UK and have so far visited over 150 buildings, from Brighton and Portsmouth in the South up to Liverpool and Manchester in the North West.

The serviced office industry is home to business centres of all shapes and sizes, from small city centre conversions and high-rise office towers, to modern purpose-built properties on elite business parks.

One of the most intriguing and beautiful locations listed in the officebroker.com portfolio of serviced offices is that of Cams Hall - a 300-year-old mansion located on Cams Hill in Fareham, overlooking Portsmouth Harbour.

Today was an exciting one for the marketing and finance team here at officebroker.com, with our very own Bob the builder turning up to plan the installation of our brand new kitchen.

As the capital of Western Australia, Perth is an ideal commercial location ranking in The Economist's top 5 venues for business trips, conferences and training locations, situated only 12km from the international airport.

Internet search giant Google UK Ltd has taken 160,000 sq ft of office space at the iconic Central Saint Giles Development in the West End, in what is London's biggest conventional office deal so far this year.

This week marked the 21st conference of the Business Centre Association (bca), with members of the Serviced office space and workspace industry coming together in Central London to discuss industry matters, network and learn from the guest speakers.

Entry systems and security specialist Doorentryonline Ltd has recently secured a new office near Dartford with the help of officebroker.com Account Manager, Daniel Mcleod.

Caswell Science & Technology Park has received a free video by the officebroker.com team as part of their reward for winning the Business Centre of the Month Award in April 2011.

A new business centre in Liverpool that has recently undergone a full refurbishment has been added to the officebroker.com website.

Serviced office provider Basepoint Business Centres, which operates 28 locations throughout the Midlands and the South of England, are continuing their support of local charities and have recently pledged to help a charity in Kent.

The Leadenhall Building in the City of London, also known by its nickname 'The Cheesegrater', has secured its first tenant in the form of Aon - the UK's largest insurance broker and provider of risk management services.

Avanta, a serviced office provider with business centres located across London, Thames Valley and Edinburgh, has introduced measures to improve energy consumption and reduce its carbon footprint at each of their locations.

Central London workstation prices should return to 2008 levels by the close of 2011 according to Jim Venables, with the officebroker.com MD also confidently predicting that these peak prices will be exceeded during 2012.

In terms of office space, our newly listed offices in Perth are pretty special – not only because of the impressive views offered from the 31 storey building in which they are located, but also because they provide smaller businesses with the opportunity to take space in one of Perth’s most prestigious business addresses.

Basepoint Business Centres, which operates 28 locations throughout the Midlands and the South of England, has seen high demand for its latest addition in Camberley which has just been officially opened following a full refurbishment.

Tower 42 is London's original skyscraper.

Completed in 1980, the 600 ft icon was the tallest building in the UK until the topping out of One Canada Square in 1990. It was also the first skyscraper in the City and subsequently held the title of tallest tower in the Square Mile for almost 30 years, until it was overtaken in height by Heron Tower in 2009.

Serviced office provider Orega, which currently operates nine business centres across the UK, has welcomed its first clients at their new Bristol location and also appointed a team to manage the space.

officebroker.com's Central London Account Manager Jade Edwards, who joined the company just over a year ago, has been praised for the work she did to find a new trading floor in The City for wealth management and trader training company, London Stone Trading Ltd.

Raw Games, a creative games developer based at Birmingham Science Park Aston and founded in 2010, has received a significant boost from Legendary Investments Plc after it took part in the Park's Entrepreneurs for the Future (e4f) programme.

officebroker.com's very own Simon Jones has reached a milestone birthday today - the big 30 - and is celebrating by jetting off for a long weekend in New York.

Serviced office provider Wenta, which operates business centre locations across Stevenage, Potters Bar and Watford, has received a funding boost for their existing business incubation scheme which will enable them to expand the service across all of their centres.

The launch of a new business centre earlier this month marks the first time that officebroker.com has listed a serviced office property in Latvia.

Catch up with news from the serviced office industry in April 2011 with our monthly blog round-up.

The West End is back on top – with Commercial Property Agents Knight Frank announcing that it has regained its crown as the world’s most expensive location in which to rent office space.