Business Centre Reflections

• Egg Bank harassment From B3CPres in Business Centre Reflections (101 days old)

  Although this blog has hitherto been restricted to business centre issues, I feel I must warn all readers about the deplorable attitude and bad behaviour of Egg Bank. If a customer misses a payment, a… more

• Workspace From B3CPres in Business Centre Reflections (152 days old)

  I saw reported in May 30 Estates Gazette that Patrick Marples is leaving Workspace. Workspace is an interesting company. I had a few shares in my SIPP for a while, but sold when the price got too high… more

• MLS Bites the Dust From B3CPres in Business Centre Reflections (160 days old)

  MLS was the company everyone loved to hate in the UK business centre industry. Either it opened too many centres, or it priced its workstations too cheaply, or it didn't pay its suppliers on time, or … more

• Business Centres Still Outperform From B3CPres in Business Centre Reflections (348 days old)

  As any reader of The Estates Gazette or Property Week knows, the demand for office space in the conventional office sector (the non flexible sector) has fallen sharply in 2008. This is not true for th… more

• Funds pour out of property From B3CPres in Business Centre Reflections (821 days old)

  According to a Financial News headline this morning, investors are withdrawing large amounts from UK property funds, influenced no doubt to the wave of articles from journalists about how the property… more

• Yourspace plc From B3CPres in Business Centre Reflections (842 days old)

  Good news continues to fly in from the business centre industry. The latest company to report good results is AIM quoted Yourspace, which has announced full-year pretax profits of £4.2m up from £2.1m … more

• Latest news from The Serviced Office Group From B3CPres in Business Centre Reflections (843 days old)

  I've just seen a news report that the Serviced Office Group PLC, one of the UK's quoted business centre comapnies, said it has sold three properties to Consort Property Holdings, a joint venture compa… more

• In vino veritas! From B3CPres in Business Centre Reflections (844 days old)

  Regus Chief Executive Mark Dixon has put his money where his mouth is and has bought a vineyard! The French vineyard, the Chateau de Berne estate in Var, Provence produces more than 400,000 bottles of… more

• Avanta and London First From B3CPres in Business Centre Reflections (855 days old)

  I must put in a plug for Avanta, the serviced office group run by David Alberto, one of the industry's most visionary and dynamic young leaders. I operate out of one of Avanta's buildings, so … more

• Yourspace From B3CPres in Business Centre Reflections (870 days old)

  Just reported on the excellent EGI service this afternoon is the news that the small but dynamic business centre company Yourspace plc has acquired one of Glasgow’s finest examples of Victorian archit… more

• Larry Lipman, From B3CPres in Business Centre Reflections (872 days old)

  the former owner of BizSpace, which he sold to Highcross, is back in the business. This is old news, but his company Safeland today reported good profits, "LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Safeland PLC sw… more

• The Basil Street Hotel From B3CPres in Business Centre Reflections (872 days old)

  MWB Business Exchange secures Knightsbridge site Today's news reported by EGI is that, MWB Business Exchange has secured a Knightsbridge building for its latest central London centre. The AIM-listed… more

• Large scale move into business centres From B3CPres in Business Centre Reflections (903 days old)

  According to Frank Cottle, President of the Alliance Business Centre Network and one of the leading figures in the industry, in an interview in this week's Estates Gazette, the industry is about to se… more

• Estates Gazette From B3CPres in Business Centre Reflections (912 days old)

  If you read the property press, you will have seen big articles about our new fund in both Estates Gazette and Property Week.  Progress has been good so far and we hope to finalise the investor g… more

• Investment Property Forum From B3CPres in Business Centre Reflections (990 days old)

  I would like to use this blog give a plug to the Investment Property Forum www.ipf.org.uk This organisation, which as its names suggests caters for property investors, generally of the institutional … more

• 2007 News From B3CPres in Business Centre Reflections (1038 days old)

  The Business Centre Capital team starts off the New Year with a search for a new investor. Our former financial partners were never able to raise the sort of capital needed to reach critical mass for … more

• Regus Presentation From B3CPres in Business Centre Reflections (1479 days old)

  I was hoping to attend the Regus investor presentation today to get a better insight into their strategy for the future, but unfortunately they wouldn't let me in. Something about me being a competit… more

• ABCN From B3CPres in Business Centre Reflections (1496 days old)

  You can tell what an ego I must have posting my picture twice on the first page of this blog! (Actually it was just incompetence, as I didn't realise that it would show up as it did.) Anyway for t… more

• Slough Estates trials new serviced office From B3CPres in Business Centre Reflections (1512 days old)

  According to a newsflash on egi.co.uk Slough Estates has just announced it is setting up a new serviced office on a trial basis just outside Cambridge. The units in the building will be from 350 sq f… more

• What's the point? From B3CPres in Business Centre Reflections (1521 days old)

  of business centres? Why make such a thing about them? Well in short, the secret is this. Unlike traditional property, business centres offer flexibility in terms of how much space a company needs a… more

• Welcome! From B3CPres in Business Centre Reflections (1522 days old)

  I thought I should start by giving a very warm welcome to anyone who chances upon this blog and to encourage everyone to join in and post messages. The theme of this blog will not appeal to man… more

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