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Business centre Prama House, located in north Oxford, has won officebroker.com's Business Centre of the Month Award in September 2011.

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officebroker.com Business Centre of the Month: September 2011.

The third North East Expo, a free business networking and informational event, will be taking place in Newcastle in November and features former BBC Dragon and entrepreneur, Rachel Elnaugh.

Debt pressures are reportedly mounting for SMEs in the North West according to new research, causing experts to call for “Early Action” in order to keep their financial options open – a call which arrives at a time when the up-take of flexible office space has increased by more than 25%.

In August, Lester House was selected as officebroker.com's Business Centre of the Month Award winner, thanks to its high level of customer service, top-notch facilities and happy clients.

Pioneer Offices, which recently launched a new business centre near Liverpool, are now adding a new dimension to the concept of flexible space which will allow clients to create their own space based around their exact needs.

Google is set to play a major role in nurturing innovative tech companies here in the UK, providing office space and support in what has been heralded as the UK’s answer to the Silicon Valley –located on the Old Street roundabout in London in case you were wondering.

On Thursday 29th September 2011 Langstone Technology Park will be hosting a donor recruitment event in the hope of finding a suitable bone marrow donor for 8 year old Oliver Baylis.

The Leeds business centre of i2 Office, located at the prestigious No 1 Leeds development near the city centre, has been named as a new hub for Institute of Directors (IoD) members.

Where do your priorities lie when times are tough? Would you for instance be willing to move to a smaller or less prestigious office for the “Greater Good” – or would you happily sit back and watch a colleague clear their desk in order to keep your personal status quo?

The low-carbon vision of Milton Keynes has earned it the status of one of the UK's greenest cities, thanks in part to its high number of recycling centres, solar powered buildings, bicycle routes, wind powered estates and a massive 22 million trees.

Spare a moment to answer our 2-second green office survey as part of our research into sustainable buildings and 'green' attitudes. One lucky winner will bag a delicious Thorntons hamper - a perfect treat for the office!

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Mel Efstratiou, General Manager of Sales for i2 Office in London, discusses the current state of the market and how this has been influenced by the weak economy, as well as providing insights into life as a General Manager.

A campaign group believes that nearly 50% of the additional homes needed in Bracknall could be provided by converting empty office space – providing a boost to the town’s rejuvenation plans in the process.

Located in London's West End, Centre Point was one of London's first iconic skyscrapers and is now a grade II listed building providing prestige serviced office space.

In November 2009 we launched a review facility on the officebroker.com website to encourage feedback from clients who had toured or taken office space, along with those who had used meeting room facilities or signed up to a virtual office.

Sarah Stewart, Centre Manager at a Northumberland based business centre operated by UBC (United Business Centres (Midlands) Ltd) has successfully completed a marathon 56-hour charity radio broadcast.

The team effort, which she achieved with fellow broadcaster Jamie Thirlwell, holds the new world record for the longest team radio broadcast - beating the former record held by BBC Radio One's Chris Moyles and Dave Vitty.

UK retail giant Debenhams is set to take 145,000 sq ft of office space at Regent's Place in London's West End, a 13 acre estate operated by leading property development and investment firm, British Land.

officebroker.com's April Business Centre of the Month winner, the Fasset managed Caswell Science & Technology Park welcomes 2 additional occupants, in addition to their new location manager Steve Collard.

Once perceived by many as an auction site for second-hand goods, eBay.co.uk is now the UK’s largest online shopping destination. Now, with 61% of the goods sold at fixed costs and over 17m unique visitors every month, eBay predicts that the number of million pound businesses trading on the site will increase by 25% in 2011.

With Dragon's Den now making its 9th series appearance on our television screens, we shift the spotlight onto the dragons for a snapshot of their personal wealth and find out how theses fortunes were amassed.

officebroker.com's very own Richard Horwell and Dan Mcleod will be facing up against some of Aston Villa's past heroes in a charity footballing match on Sunday.

Thanks to entrepreneur Alex Barton, founder of StudentDesigners.com, our fond preconception of party-loving students could soon be about to change.

Alex's venture puts businesses of any size and shape in touch with some of the UK's most promising design students, in his words, "professional quality design from the best upcoming design students".

HR Magazine has reported on research, headlining that 64% of men would prefer to work in an all-male setting, avoiding the "bitchy environment" caused by "some female colleagues".

Our team of dedicated consultants have bulging bellies thanks to the kind gesture delivered to them this lunch time, with a stack of pizzas from a well-known chain turning up at officebroker.com courtesy of Clarendon Business Centres.

Tower 42, a landmark office skyscraper on Old Broad Street in the City, has again been put on the market.

Following the success of their first business centre in Warrington, UBC have launched a second serviced office location in the area, based in the popular Daresbury business park.

Manchester City Council has published plans for a new 287 acre Enterprise Zone located within the Manchester Airport vicinity, with the report labelling the aptly named Airport City as "a very significant opportunity for Manchester and the city region".

Acclaimed property developer Gerald Ronson, chief executive of Heron International and responsible for the recently completed Heron Tower, has written to City planners in objection to a proposed new office tower in the City of London.

Serviced office provider Citibase has added Chester to its growing UK portfolio, bringing their current business centre total up to 34.

Google Europe Vice President Philipp Schindler is anticipating approximately 365,000 jobs to be created in the next 5 years within the UK, as internet businesses continue to grow.

Following the news earlier this week that Fasset's business centre and technology park at Hersham Place has reached record occupancy levels, the company has revealed more good news in the form of a new tenant at their Langstone location.

Across the UK Bizspace employees are taking part in a variety of sporting challenges in order to raise more than £3000 for their chosen charity, The Stroke Association.

Serviced office provider Orega Ltd, which operates nine business centres around the UK, has recently announced that their Birmingham-based business centre is set to expand, having successfully filled all available space within phase one of the development.

Hersham Place Technology Park has reported that their serviced offices have reached full capacity with 3 new tenants arriving on site.

When Sharon Burkey from recruitment and career development firm, Purple Eclipse Executive Search & Coaching, contacted officebroker.com for help finding a new office, she confessed to being "unsure" about the broker experience.

But having spoken to Marcus Shelton, one of officebroker.com's most experienced Account Managers for the Thames Valley and Greater London region, Sharon soon found her questions quickly answered and was booked in to see a number of offices starting the very next morning.

While the serviced office industry is already renowned for its flexible 'plug and play' style of workspace, Orega Ltd - a serviced office provider with nine UK business centres - has gone one step further by offering a new part-time office scheme.

Serviced office provider i2 Office have expanded their London presence with a second location in the City.

Catch up on all the latest goings-on throughout the serviced office industry with our August news round-up...

The reincarnation of Yorkshire’s Industrial past continues, with TheBusinessDesk.com revealing that yet another historic mill has been given a new lease of life after being converted into a modern business centre offering office space to businesses.

Lester House Business Centre, a popular serviced office property located in central Bury, Lancashire, has won officebroker.com's Business Centre of the Month Award for August 2011.

Read more in the full press release here.