Dementia Awareness Week highlights our chosen charity

24th May, 2013 - Posted by admin - No Comments

The Alzheimer’s Society is Bizspace’s chosen charity for 2013. The charity supports people with dementia and carries out vital research into the condition. We are pleased to provide office space at our Shipley business centre to the Alzheimer’s Society and we have been holding fundraising events all this year to support the charity. To find out » Read More

Coastline art celebration in Cockenzie

23rd May, 2013 - Posted by admin - No Comments

Our Cockenzie Business Centre will this year host part of the largest and most diverse arts festival in East Lothian. The venue on Edinburgh Road will host exhibitions of paintings by local artists Patricia Kane and Carol E Duff as part of the week-long Three Harbours Arts Festival. Now in its eighth year, the festival » Read More

Managers creating vibrant business centres

21st May, 2013 - Posted by admin - No Comments

The manager of our Price Street Business Centre in Birkenhead, Neil Williamson, is celebrating his second anniversary at the helm. Neil took over management of the centre in May 2011 and has seen occupancy increase significantly through his ideas and hard work.  A vibrant place to work When he first took over as manager, he was » Read More

Doggy delights in Arnold

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

Customers appreciate quality at our Letchworth centre

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

ICT upgrade makes sense with essensys

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

BBC antiques date for Birkenhead customer

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

Civic visit launches new Bradford showroom

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

Blackburn customer wins award, boosting growth

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

Business is booming in the East Midlands

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

How to manage an award-winning business centre

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

Our Newton Heath business centre bucks the trend

11th April, 2013 - Posted by admin - No Comments

Despite the doom and gloom of the current economic climate, our Wilson’s Park business centre is helping more companies than ever to launch, grow and thrive. The business centre in Newton Heath, Manchester, now has a record occupancy level, with all of its light industrial and studio spaces fully taken. Offering a variety of flexible » Read More

Artwork bringing smiles to Gloucester business centre

5th April, 2013 - Posted by admin - No Comments

A resident artist has brought smiles to the Morelands Trading Estate  in Gloucester by creating murals featuring giant portraits of familiar businesspeople. Portrait artist Russell Haines moved his studio into our business centre earlier this year.  He thought the plain white walls of the enclosed outdoor walkways could do with some cheering up, so, after » Read More

On-site cafés create a brighter work environment

3rd April, 2013 - Posted by admin - Comments Off

Two of our North East business centres are now offering customers the additional benefit of an on-site eatery. Businesspeople can lunch in style at North Sands Business Centre’s Caffe Olivero in Sunderland, or pick up a tasty treat at the takeaway style Caffe Olivero at Queensway Business Centre, Middlesbrough.  They also provide an in-house catering » Read More

Brixton customer Green Oil scoops Green Apple Award

2nd April, 2013 - Posted by admin - Comments Off

A firm that offers the world’s most environmentally-friendly range of bike lubricants and maintenance products has scooped a Green Apple Gold Award – one of the most prestigious environmental accolades a business can receive. Green Oil, based at Bizspace’s Shakespeare Business Centre in Brixton, was founded by entrepreneur and keen cyclist Simon Nash five years » Read More

Ashmore Park Rangers’ new strip is the business

1st March, 2013 - Posted by admin - Comments Off

We have sponsored a smart new strip for Ashmore Park Rangers’ Under 10s football team – don’t they look great? Team coach Rob Palmier runs Red River Games, which has been based at Bizspace’s Planetary Business Park in Willenhall, for two years.  Rob approached centre manager, Stewart Pearson, regarding sponsorship and he was happy to help » Read More

Celebrating Lancashire businesses at the Red Rose Awards

13th February, 2013 - Posted by admin - Comments Off

We are happy to now be sponsoring the Red Rose Awards – a prestigious celebration of the best businesses in Lancashire. Read More

Start-up mum talks about her business on BBC radio

30th January, 2013 - Posted by admin - Comments Off

The owner of The Living Way, a counselling service based at our North Sands business centre in Sunderland, was interviewed on BBC radio Newcastle yesterday, talking about the why she set up the service and what she hopes to achieve. Read More

Snow stopping you getting to work? Join us for free

21st January, 2013 - Posted by admin - Comments Off

We are offering free use of workspace at any of our 110 sites throughout England and Scotland to anyone who can’t make it into their office because of the snow. Read More

Industry excellence celebrated at the BCA 2012 Awards Night with Bizspace picking up Workspace of the Year award

4th December, 2012 - Posted by admin - Comments Off

World class expertise and unparalleled standards of service were celebrated at the Business Centre Association’s 12th Annual Awards ceremony in London on Friday (30 November). The BCA Awards, held at the Park Lane Hotel, Mayfair, are a highpoint of the industry calendar, recognising the most innovative and dynamic operators, brokers and suppliers to the flexible » Read More

Saving you money as part of StartUp Day

14th November, 2012 - Posted by admin - Comments Off

To celebrate and support StartUp Day today, Wednesday 14 November 2012, we’ve released four offers for new bizspace customers to take advantage of. Choose from: 3 free meeting room days 6 months free business mentoring one month’s free virtual office rental or one month free on your business space rental. These offers are available until 31 December » Read More

Free entrepreneurial advice for budding business brains

1st November, 2012 - Posted by admin - Comments Off

Bizspace and Andrew Porter Limited are hosting a second Global Entrepreneurship Week session in Altrincham, to complement their popular London event. The event at Bizspace’s Atlantic Business Centre, Atlantic Street, Altrincham, is aimed at anyone who has launched a new company or who is thinking of doing so. On Friday 16th November from 12.30pm to » Read More

Preston Firm Bags Star Wars Star’s Site

25th October, 2012 - Posted by admin - Comments Off

Movie legend Kenny Baker has chosen a home town company to design him a brand new website. Pumpkin Web Design, based at Bizspace’s Preston Technology Centre, Marsh Lane, will create an exciting, interactive site for the Star Wars and Time Bandits actor. Managing director, John King, explained: “Kenny’s nephew, Drew Myerscough, is a gas engineer » Read More

Insurer Hiscox to move into new office space in York

5th October, 2012 - Posted by admin - Comments Off

International specialist insurer Hiscox has announced that it will be expanding into new office space in York in a boost for the local economy. The firm has joined forces with City of York Council and S Harrison Group to find a location in the council-owned Hungate site of the city centre. From October, the office » Read More

Start-up the conversation with new business group

16th August, 2012 - Posted by admin - Comments Off

Bizspace, along with business relocations provider Andrew Porter Limited, has launched a new group on LinkedIn to give support to new businesses. Read More

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