17th May, 2013 - Posted by admin - No Comments
One way to make your staff happier could be to encourage them to walk to the workplace, research has suggested. Today is the final day of Walk to Work Week, an initiative organised by the national charity Living Streets, to encourage more people to travel to work on foot to improve their health, help the » Read More
16th May, 2013 - Posted by admin - No Comments
A survey of 1,000 office workers, commissioned as part of Green Office Week has revealed that more than 80% of individuals in the UK would like to see the businesses they work for do more for the environment. Despite the increasing importance for companies and organisations to adopt greener policies, 40% of office workers would still » Read More
15th May, 2013 - Posted by admin - No Comments
A canine catering company has set tails wagging across the country after a successful exhibition at this year’s Crufts show. Mrs Bishop’s Doggy Deli has been based at our Byron Industrial Estate in Arnold, Nottingham, for almost a year and has won a host of new private and retail customers after visiting the UK’s premier » Read More
14th May, 2013 - Posted by admin - No Comments
This week a series of high profile events are being held across the UK to encourage more small businesses to export. At the moment just one in five British companies export, but Export Week, which runs until Friday, is part of a drive to increase this to at least one in four and generate an extra » Read More
13th May, 2013 - Posted by admin - No Comments
The eighth annual Work Wise Week kicked off yesterday, aiming to encourage UK businesses to work ‘smarter’ by adopting practices such as flexible, remote and mobile working, as well as working from home. The week will culminate with National Work from Home Day on Friday 17 May 2013. Organised by Work Wise UK, a national » Read More
10th May, 2013 - Posted by admin - No Comments
Research suggests it is still a man’s world in some professions, particularly for working mothers. A study by Indiana University shows mums are 52% more likely than childless women to resign from a job where most of their office colleagues are men. The research indicates that women with children are more likely to feel pushed » Read More
9th May, 2013 - Posted by admin - No Comments
Our Pixmore Business Centre in Letchworth has been given high praise in recent customer reviews, with its quality being rated both “Excellent” and “Very Good” within the past month. One customer commented: “We have been a client of Bizspace Letchworth for nearly two years now and during this period have enjoyed a professional and thoroughly satisfying » Read More
8th May, 2013 - Posted by admin - No Comments
Customers using our serviced offices will be able to access faster, more secure internet as we roll out a new IT package from next month. We have appointed essensys to install new infrastructure at 10 of our business centres by the end of this year. Essensys is the leading supplier of IT and telecommunications to shared workspaces. Our » Read More
7th May, 2013 - Posted by admin - No Comments
Office staff are most irritated by management catchphrases and jargon like “let’s touch base” and “thinking outside the box”, according to a new poll on office bugbears. Research by the Institute of Leadership and Management shows employees also get wound up by colleagues sending them emails when they are close enough to talk to them » Read More
3rd May, 2013 - Posted by admin - No Comments
Finding business funding can be hard work, especially in the current economic climate. But research suggests a lack of knowledge is stopping many entrepreneurs from taking advantage of a scheme aimed at attracting investors. Many people running their own company are not aware of the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS), » Read More
2nd May, 2013 - Posted by admin - No Comments
A month after the Government introduced its biggest changes in decades to the employment tax system, we would like to remind small and start-up businesses to be prepared for the changeover. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) says the Real Time Information (RTI) system will save employers millions of pounds each year by reducing errors and » Read More
1st May, 2013 - Posted by admin - No Comments
Two of the antiques world’s best known personalities descended on our Price Street Business Centre in Birkenhead this week to film an episode of popular BBC show The Antiques Road Trip. Experts Charles Hanson and Christina Trevanion travelled to Kruger Gibbons Auctioneers and Valuers in their vintage Morris Minor, battling it out to see whose haul » Read More
30th April, 2013 - Posted by admin - No Comments
Companies still using Windows XP and Office 2003 on their PCs need to start thinking about the future and investing in new technology to make sure they are meeting their business IT needs. While many businesses, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises, may still be happy to carry on using Windows XP, it is essential for » Read More
29th April, 2013 - Posted by admin - No Comments
The Lord Mayor of Bradford visited our Albion Mills Business Centre at the weekend to officially open an exciting new store. Shimu is a Chinese furniture and antiques specialist and its new 3,000 sq ft showroom is expected to attract buyers from across the country. A cultural contest To mark the opening of Shimu’s new » Read More
26th April, 2013 - Posted by admin - No Comments
The Government has extended its Funding for Lending scheme (FLS) to make it easier for small and medium-sized businesses to get hold of money. The initiative, which has been running since August 2012, will now run for an extra year, continuing until January 2015. The terms of the extension are aimed at encouraging banks to » Read More
25th April, 2013 - Posted by admin - No Comments
There is no doubt that flexible working is changing the way the UK does business, and many have suggested that the 2012 Olympics was a catalyst for firms to adopt flexible working on a regular basis. We debated the pros and cons of flexible working on our blog only last month, but recent studies have revealed different » Read More
24th April, 2013 - Posted by admin - No Comments
Congratulations to specialist fire and life safety firm, STF Solutions, which is planning a business expansion after receiving an Investors In People award. Based at our Glenfield Park Business Centre in Blackburn, STF Solutions has now set its sights on achieving the Bronze award in the near future, which is just three targets away. The firm has » Read More
23rd April, 2013 - Posted by admin - No Comments
More than 1 billion people took part in thousands of events across the globe yesterday to mark Earth Day 2013. The first Earth Day took place in 1970 and this year’s event focused on encouraging people to take responsibility for climate change. The theme was The Face of Climate Change – and there is still » Read More
22nd April, 2013 - Posted by admin - No Comments
Business-minded Brits are not letting the economic climate dampen their entrepreneurial spirit. The second Barclays Entrepreneurs Index shows the second half of 2012 brought a 14% rise in the number of firms with shares changing hands, indicating an interest in investment. The report claims that across the UK and Ireland, 24,000 growing companies had shareholder » Read More
19th April, 2013 - Posted by admin - No Comments
The economic crisis has made small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) more cautious when it comes to managing risks, new research has revealed. The tough trading conditions of the last five years have caused businesses to change their attitude towards risk, according to a study by insurance firm Zurich. The survey has shown 53% of SMEs now » Read More
18th April, 2013 - Posted by admin - No Comments
New business in the East Midlands is on the rise – with figures showing steady increases in February and March this year. This is the sharpest increase in the past 12 months, showing an encouraging trend of business growth for the region. What’s more, firms in the East Midlands are also taking on new staff » Read More
17th April, 2013 - Posted by admin - No Comments
Research discussed at the recent Cigna Global Healthy Workplace Summit in London suggests that businesses should invest in staff wellbeing to reap significant rewards in staff productivity. The indirect costs of poor staff health have been shown to be four times larger than the direct cost of providing health related programmes, according to Professor Allard » Read More
16th April, 2013 - Posted by admin - No Comments
Last December, our Millennium Business Centre at Staples Corner, North London, scooped the title of the Best Managed Workspace of the Year at a glittering ceremony. The national award, presented by the Business Centre Association (BCA) was the result of 33 nominations from happy customers. We caught up with Business Centre Manager, Valerie Prince, to reflect on » Read More
15th April, 2013 - Posted by admin - No Comments
So you’ve started your own business but you have more work than you can handle. However, before you jump into hiring a full-time employee, it might be worth thinking about whether that is the best option for you and your business. At Bizspace we offer flexible workspace to suit you – whatever the size and type of » Read More
12th April, 2013 - Posted by admin - No Comments
New research suggests that accountants are more important than ever in the continuing economic crisis. Despite the recession, business is growing in the accountancy sector with 4,210 new companies in this area starting up last year. A study of recent Office of National Statistics (ONS) information by the tax and accounting information group Bloomsbury Professional, » Read More
