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The number of businesses moving into serviced office space across Yorkshire & Humberside remained within 1% of 2010 levels during the course of 2011 - despite a 9% decrease in enquiry levels.

MWB Business Exchange, the second largest serviced office provider in the UK, has rebranded itself with a new company tagline and customer service approach.

The office space used by civil servants is set to join the flexible revolution, with the Civil Service adopting a more corporate approach to its office facilities in order to increase efficiency – according to a report in today’s London Evening Standard.

Forsyth House in Edinburgh has become officebroker.com’s first 2012 Business Centre of the Month!

The Government is set to reveal new plans to offer state owned office space to entrepreneurs and start-ups in a bid to help small companies establish themselves.

Plans to build a 100 acre development for Pinewood Studios in the Green Belt near Iver Heath in Buckinghamshire have been halted by the government.

Serviced office provider Regus has revealed a deal with oil company Shell to trial drop in business lounges in a range of forecourts and motorway service stations across Europe.

Serviced office provider, i2 Office, have established their third location in the City of London.

As our financial, emotional and over indulgence fuelled hangovers begin to wear off, the arrival of 2012 can no longer be ignored. And as the sudden uptake in jogging and gym memberships reflects, people are planning (and promising) to make a change in 2012.

Welcoming in the New Year is often accompanied by the creation or renewal of well-intended resolutions. However, conceived at midnight on the 31st December - perhaps under the influence of a few too many glasses of fizz - these unrealistic pledges often don’t survive past the first week of January.

Having seen the volume of serviced office space secured in the UK rise by nearly 10% in 2011, office search specialist Chris Meredith outlines the 5 ways every business could benefit from choosing a serviced office solution.

It was recently announced that a Grade II Listed mansion in Brighton is due for a major facelift in 2012, making it a potential venue for offices of the future. And that got us wondering… which are our favourite historical office spaces around the UK?

Occupancy levels in Edinburgh offices appear to be experiencing a boost thanks to a new high-speed rail link to London.

A 10-storey hotel and office development in the centre of Leeds has been given the go ahead after approval from planning officers.

Today, with a decade of experience and a 100 strong team of professionals behind him, officebroker.com founder and Managing Director Jim Venables believes that 2012 is the time to acknowledge the value added by his company’s consultative approach to filling office space.

Following Google's recent fit-out of their office space in London, in which they completely remodelled the fourth floor of their office building and brought in everything from sci-fi themed breakout areas to sauna-inspired sofas, there seems to be a new trend emerging when it comes to office refurbishments.

Property and Facilities Management company Fasset has welcomed multi-disciplined marketing agency Chanel Max Ltd to its Hersham Place Technology Park.

Over 2m sq. ft. of office space will form the core of future phases at MediaCityUK, with the Peel Group revealing ambitious plans that would ultimately create a new town centre for Salford Quays over a 20 year period.

A science and technology park in Runcorn that provides serviced office space has received the go-ahead for expansion.

Another Christmas over and December feels like light-years away now. It was certainly a busy month, so here's another faithful round-up of all the goings-on throughout the serviced office industry in December.

Businesses occupying over 6 million sq. ft. of office space in Central London will see their lease expire or enter a break clause in 2012, raising the possibility that they may choose to downsize or seek out a more cost-effective solution to their property needs.