Business in High Wycombe

high-wycombe-municipal-gardensThe town of High Wycombe is located in the Thames Valley in the county of Buckinghamshire, less than thirty miles from central London. The economy of High Wycombe is largely dependent on paper production, the clothing and plastics industry and precision instrument manufacturing.

High Wycombe District Council promotes an Inward Investment initiative, providing help and advice for businesses along with details on business services and partner organisations. The Wycombe Business Summit highlighted recent accomplishments and discussed continued sustainable economic prosperity across the High Wycombe area. Priorities included optimising investment in the district, nurturing enterprise and innovation, commercial and residential property investment and community cohesion.

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Relocating Your Business to Solent Business Park

Solent Business ParkThe Solent Business Park is widely recognised as one of the leading business addresses in the South East of England, and it has been so since its construction towards the end of the 1980s. This business park covers an area of approximately 130 acres and its total office space exceeds 2.55 million square feet. Over the past few years, a second sector has been added to the park in order to provide additional office space. This area is known as S2 and has an extension of 16.8 acres.

Location

The Solent Business Park is located approximately half way between Southampton and Portsmouth, as the park is 8 and 12 miles away from these cities respectively. Other important towns that are relatively nearby are Basingstoke, Winchester, Guildford, and Bournemouth. The Solent Business Park is located 81 miles south of Central London.

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Announcing the Prime Office Space Relaunch

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Prime Office Space Website Relaunch

The ever popular Prime Office Space website has had a facelift.

New Look: After nearly 8 years of helping businesses to find office space in the UK Prime Office Space has a new look, a new logo, a new colour scheme, and a new layout.

News: We’ve added a News section, both to let you know about updates to our site and offerings, and to keep you informed about important commercial property and business issues.

Social: In an effort to make it easier for you to communicate with us we’ve linked our Facebook and Twitter accounts from the site and included social sharing buttons so that you can easily comment, post and share offices or news that might interest your friends and colleagues.

Visually, everything on the website has changed, yet underneath the shiny new exterior it’s still the same site that you know and trust.

Prime Office Space still provides one of the UK’s most comprehensive databases of shared, serviced, managed, conventional, temporary and long term office space available to let. We still offer outstanding customer support and it’s still available to businesses at no cost, and absolutely no obligation.

We would love to hear what you think about the new look, as well as any glitches you might come across. We hope that we have tested the new site “to destruction” but there is no better quality control team than a site’s users, so please let us know if something goes wrong (or right).

As always, thank you for using Prime Office Space. If you haven’t already, please join us on Facebook or Twitter or send us a note. We look forward to hearing from you.

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Relocating to the Quorum Business Centre

The Quorum is a modern office building within the Oxford Business Park. It offers tenants serviced office space with the latest in information technology and telecommunications. Thanks to its location within the Oxford Business Park and its proximity to Oxford’s city centre, the Quorum offers its tenants and their employees convenient transportation links and a range of amenities, including shops and restaurants.

Background

The Quorum is one of the commercial developments found at the sprawling Oxford Business Park. Both the Quorum and the Oxford Business Park are owned and operated by Goodman, which manages more than 30 business and science parks across the United Kingdom and Europe. The site is 35.6 hectares or 88 acres is size, and features office space, landscaped parks with paths and cycle tracks, and additional land awaiting further development.

The Oxford Business Park is home to some 69 companies employing approximately 5,500 people. The business park’s tenants include utilities such as British Gas and BT, government agencies such as Inland Revenue, HM Customs and Excise, the Royal Mail and the National Health Service (NHS), charities such as Oxfam, and other companies ranging from Harley-Davidson Europe to Grafton Merchanting and Wiley.

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Business in Maidenhead

Maidenhead BridgeThe town of Maidenhead is situated in Berkshire in the Thames Valley region, within the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. Maidenhead enjoys an enviable position on the River Thames, approximately twenty five miles from central London, making it a popular choice for commuters. Maidenhead is one of the wealthiest areas in the country with house prices equal to or often even exceeding those in the heart of London.

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead council provides support and advice to businesses and commercial enterprises in the district along with promoting business continuity in the area. In addition to this help is offered in regards to community legal advice, employment rights, risk management and economic guidance.

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Office Christmas Party Dress Code

Ladies holding wine glassesWith Christmas only 4 weeks away, most of us are busy planning our holidays, organising our agendas, and choosing gifts for friends, relatives, and work colleagues. During this busy period, choosing what to wear to the office Christmas party can be a daunting task, so in this article we have put together a list of suggestions that can inspire you.

Choosing an outfit for the company’s Christmas staff party: do’s and don’ts

Office Christmas parties provide an opportunity to relate to your colleagues in a relaxed atmosphere and outside the rigid dress codes of the corporate world. However, this does not mean that everything goes when it comes to choosing an outfit. Although it is true that the dictates of appropriateness vary from company to company, there are certain general guidelines that can help you decide what is appropriate or inappropriate in terms of a Christmas party outfit.

As a general rule of thumb, you should not choose an outfit that will attract unwanted attention. This includes clothing that is too revealing or “alternative”. Needless to say, showing too much cleavage or wearing a dress that is shorter than mid-thigh will probably be considered inappropriate. Another way to look at it is not choosing anything that you would not want your boss to see you dressed in.

It is also important to consider where the party will take place. Certain outfits are appropriate for a lunch party but not for a formal event at a 4-star hotel, and vice versa. Lastly, it is better to avoid excessive displays of jewellery or anything too “glitzy”.

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The Beehive Gatwick

The Beehive was the original airport terminal building at the current site of London’s Gatwick Airport. Today, the building is a stylish and modern business centre with tenants representing various business and service sectors, from information technology to the oil and gas industry. The Beehive features a range of office amenities and excellent transportation links, including high-speed broadband technology and ample meeting space. With its heritage setting and stunning architecture, The Beehive provides occupants with a unique working environment.

History
Completed in 1936, The Beehive was a state-of-the-art terminal during the early years of commercial aviation. In addition to being the first airport terminal building in the United Kingdom, the structure was noted for being the world’s first circular passenger terminal building. In 1952, the government authorised the development of Gatwick as an alternative to Heathrow Airport. As a result, The Beehive closed in March 1956 to allow for construction of a new airport. In 1958, Gatwick Airport re-opened as London’s second major airport.

Refurbishment
From 2000 to 2008, the iconic building served as the headquarters of GB Airways. The two-story building is owned by the Bland Group, which also managed GB Airways until it ceased operations in 2008. Following an investment of £1.6 million to refurbish and renovate the landmark building, The Beehive reopened in July 2009. Since 2009, Orega has managed a business centre at The Beehive under a joint venture agreement with the Bland Group. The company provides full-service and managed offices to all types of businesses at facilities across the United Kingdom.

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Business in Oxford

The city of OxfordThe city of Oxford is located in the county of Oxfordshire, in the Thames Valley region. Oxford is situated in the heart of the UK, less than ninety minutes from both London and Birmingham. There are approximately 3,400 businesses in Oxford, employing 106,000 people. The service industry accounts for 89% of employment, with half of workers commuting into Oxford daily.

Academics and tourism are key drivers in the economy and Oxford is famous for its University, which is the oldest in the English speaking world. The tourism industry brings in around 9.3 million visitors annually. The bioscience sector is also a key feature along with software and IT, creative media businesses and research and development. Motor manufacturing is another important industry in Oxford, with BMW recently investing a large amount into its Cowley production plant.

The Oxford Business Park is set over 88 acres, providing a large number of offices in Oxford, and benefits from fast links to Heathrow, London and the Midlands. The Oxford Science Park was developed as a true Science Park and is home to more than forty science and technology companies.

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Corporate Christmas Gifts

Man in suit holding a gift wrapped presentChoosing the right Christmas gift is never easy, especially when it comes to finding presents for staff or clients. In this article we look at some useful suggestions and guidelines to consider when shopping for corporate Christmas gifts.

Corporate gift ideas for clients

Fruit baskets are a very common corporate gift, but you could give them a special touch by including sweet treats, speciality teas, or a product that your region is well known for. Flower bouquets are another option, although if you are planning on sending flowers to an international client do some research first to ensure that you are not sending “unlucky” flowers.

Another popular option is to give your clients tickets to events (theatre plays, sporting events, etc.). However, it is advisable to avoid giving tickets for events that take place in December, as your clients may already have plans or may be busy attending other social events.

Other original ideas include tea or coffee growing kits, eco-friendly gifts (like organic goods, fair trade leather photo albums, or no-electricity espresso makers), artwork, personalised paper weights, or decorative items.

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Listed Building Office Space

Listed building in Edinburgh converted into office spaceFormer farm buildings, historic churches, sprawling industrial buildings and other listed buildings can find new uses with careful restoration. Finding new uses for listed properties can help preserve them for future generations, while ensuring they are not left to decay because of neglect or disuse. Listed office buildings are also being maintained and preserved thanks to ongoing use as office space. Although heritage and listed properties can pose unique challenges in terms of developing them into office spaces, they evoke memories of a bygone area and provide companies unique spaces to do business.

About Listed Building Office Spaces

The hallways and offices of listed buildings in towns and cities throughout the UK have seen businesses grow, disappear and prosper over the decades. Their preservation ensures a historic tie to centuries of economic and business development. As the same time, developers in communities across the UK are preserving the country’s built heritage by transforming and re-purposing listed properties into office buildings. Listed buildings are often attractive for developers because of their location. In many cases, listed and heritage buildings are found in city centres where space is limited for development of new properties.

While maintaining their original character, listed office spaces can provide tenants with modern services and amenities found in any contemporary office space. These amenities can include virtual meeting rooms and state-of-the-art telecommunications. Office space in heritage and listed properties also provide tenants with one-of-a-kind character that offers a unique work environment for their employees.

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