Provide promising startups with an immersive entrepreneurial environment, education, mentoring, networking opportunities and, typically, seed capital. Many receive government or corporate funding to advance promising ideas. like incubators, they are often affiliated or partnered with a university.
A service where mail can be delivered in the name of a person or business for retrieval. The service is similar to Post Office boxes. Small businesses use accommodation addresses when they have no fixed place of business, and do not wish to use a Post Office box, a proper address giving an air of respectability.
Baby Boomers
This was the original 'generation'.
The phrase used to describe the cohort of babies born from the end of the War all the way up to the early 1960s.
Baby Boomers, as a phrase, was first used in 1970, in a Washington Post article.
A building in which facilities such as Furnished Offices, Internet Connectivity, Telephony, Virtual Services, Meeting Rooms and Videoconferencing facilities may be found.
A service offered by most Business Centre locations to assist your company should a disaster occur. They can provide you with an office, internet access, telephones and helped to keep your business running.
Often a purpose-built facility in a flexible space environment - they are ideal if you don't require a fixed workspace, or if, through your work, you travel frequently, then Business Lounges are the ideal facility for you as they are generally situated in or close to city and transport hub locations.
Cloud computing is a style of computing in which dynamically scalable and often virtualised resources are provided as a service over the Internet. Users are not required to have knowledge of, or expertise in, or control over the technology infrastructure "in the cloud" that supports them.<br />The concept incorporates infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) and software as a service (SaaS) as well as Web 2.0 and other recent technology trends that have the common theme of reliance on the Internet for satisfying the computing needs of the users.<br />The term cloud is used as a metaphor for the Internet, based on how the Internet is depicted in computer network diagrams, and is an abstraction for the complex infrastructure it conceals.<br />
Is a telephone call where more than two people need to be on the same line to have a conversation or listen to information being relayed.
A more flexible workforce, a desire for greater workspace efficiency and huge advances in mobile technology have led to the remarkable growth in coworking and shared office facilities across the UK.
Coworking hubs are
home to collaborative communities of
Cowork spaces are
part of the sharing economy. Gone are private offices and allocated
workstations. In come open plan spaces, shared desks, break out areas and
creative meeting rooms.
In addition to social & networking events most coworking spaces offer business support, professional advice drop-ins & investor meetings.
Coworkers typical
pay a monthly club membership or subscription fee which includes access to the
hub, a hotdesk, internet & meeting rooms. Some also provide day access
rates.
For a quarter of a
Company Voluntary Arrangement
Double Income Small Companies
The term economies of agglomeration is used in urban economics to describe the benefits that firms obtain by locating near each other ('agglomerating').
This concept relates to the idea of economies of scale and network effects. Simply put, as more firms in related fields of business cluster together, their costs of production may decline significantly
Estimated Rental Value
Serviced offices, Workspaces, Light Industrial Space, Coworking, Touch Down Space, and Hot Desking available on flexible easy in easy out terms which allow customers to vary the length of contract and size of space occupied to meet the ever changing demands of their business.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the European Union’s new legislation to protect the personal data of EU citizens.
The GDPR has been born of a need to regulate data protection, amongst other data concerns, throughout the European member states by updating the now archaic 1995 Data Protection Directive (DPD); a set of laws created at the onset of the internet era and long before the digital age.
Organisations have been given a two year lead in period to become compliant, ending 25th May 2018.
Are places where people with common interests come to work, collaborate, share technology and tooling, and learn from each other. Fees are typically membership-based, though some community or school-sponsored spaces are free.
A desk with a telephone and Internet connection which allows you to turn up, plug in and start work. Usually available by the hour, and often in a shared environment, hot-desking is proving popular with people who are constantly on the move, but need 'quality time' in a professional working environment with access to full office support services. With the increase in flexible working hot desking is frequently being used as a one day alternative to travelling to a company head office (think global work local)
Infrastructure as a Service
These are typically low or no-cost spaces made available to startups. The incubator owner often takes a small equity stake in the venture, offers mentoring and coaching, and provides access to financing. Many incubators receive government funding aimed at encouraging entrepreneurship. They are often affiliated or partnered with a university.
Internet of Things
Jellies are a relatively new concept that expands on the idea of coworking. Jellies are regular, informal gatherings of independent workers who convene or choose to 'hang out', in a cafe or 'free' workspace for a day, and work or converse from the local Wi-Fi connection. Similar to coworking, it provides a community vibe and allows workers to escape the loneliness of working from home. Jellies are ideal for Home-workers or freelancers who want an occasional, low-cost alternative to the home office.
Is an easy to understand legal binding contract which gives the customer permission to occupy on easy in easy out terms and does not require a solicitor. A Licence is used for short periods of time making them an ideal solution for flexible space.
Similar to Traditional Industrial Space but offered on easy in easy out terms. Most Units are self contained with access for goods vehicles.?
Mail forwarding is a mailing address service which allows your mail to be sent to a business address and then forwarded on to you.
The term generally applied to flexible workspace designed for light industrial use.
a business with no more than nine employees
This refers to the number of offices/units that are occupied by customers. If your building has 40 offices and 20 of them have are occupied then your occupancy is 50%.
Platform as a Service
Total Revenue divided by the number of available workstations.
Total Revenue divided by the number of occupied Workstations
Software as a Service
The term usually associated with flexible office workspace found in a business centre which is supported by a range of inclusive services such as telephone, IT, lighting and heating plus reception, kitchen security and office cleaning.
Offers private offices, meeting rooms, shared staff and amenities, flexible terms on 'easy in and easy out' basis (typically from a month, 3 months and longer). They are often located in premium office buildings that clients could not otherwise afford.
This is the total ratio of rental income to service income. All income with the exception of Rent or licence fees is deemed as service income. It is an indicator of the % of service revenue.
While most centres provide reception services, many now provide pay-as-you-go secretarial support services which range from having help with photocopying or binding documents for a presentation to providing staff cover for that urgent project.
Is a reliable and professional service for businesses and their customers. The service provides telephone answering and message forwarding which creates a professional image to the customer particularly if you are a small business and work from home or travel frequently.
the social surroundings separate from the two usual social environments of home and the workplace
Enquiry date to move in date. This is the average time it takes to convert a lead to a move in.
Technology, Media and Telecoms
An Audio and Visual service which allow two or more locations to interact via two-way video and audio transmission simultaneously.
This is the total number of viewings to the number of new deals. It excludes virtuals, renewals and upgrades etc. It is purely a new sales measurement.
A virtual office is a service which provides the customer with a Mailing Address and Telephone Answering service, typically offered from a Serviced Space location.
A service which offers you a personal assistant that works remotely. They can office a wide range of support services to you and your business.
Voicemail Mail Messaging provides businesses with a service that allows customers to record a message on a professional voicemail. The message is then stored on the system which you can access any time of day. Some companies also offer an email service where the recorded message can be automatically emailed to you.
This refers to a desk, chair and in most cases an under desk drawer unit. It can also be the amount of space a business centre allocates to one person.
This is the total income that a building is receiving per occupied square foot. It includes meeting rooms and all services income. It is the total monthly income (not billed revenue) divided by let square footage. This is the ultimate indicator of how an operator makes the building work. A serviced office operator must be able to make a building work harder than a conventional commercial property
This is the total income that a building is receiving per square foot whether it is fully occupied or not. It includes meeting rooms and all serviced income. It is the total monthly income (not billed revenue) divided by square footage and the end of the month. This is the ultimate indicator of how much money the building is making. A serviced office operator must be able to make a building work harder than conventional commercial property.