Centre News

What is the Kickstart Scheme and am I eligible?

FSB is teaming up with Adecco Working Ventures to become an official intermediary for the Government’s £2bn Kickstart Scheme which will play a key role in rebuilding the UK's economy and supporting young people into sustainable employment.

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SERVICED OFFICES

The growth of the serviced business centre is one of the UK’s biggest success stories of the past few years. The value of the sector in the UK has been put at £16 billion, if you use conventional methods, and even this might be a conservative estimate. The area is likely to grow much bigger, too, with some analysts saying its net worth could be as high as £126 billion by 2025. Serviced office to let supplier Basepoint has 31 centres spread right across southern England and in the Midlands. Here we look at how such business centres can operate as a miniature community, and what benefits they can offer your SME

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FIVE PREDICTIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF COMMUTING

From contactless journeys to working closer to home, here are five things the future might have in store for how, why and when we travel to work Travelling to the workplace is unlikely to be the top of many people’s list of things they miss since the Covid-19 crisis forced millions to stay at home. Yet, just as the pandemic has forced a rethink of agile working and the role of the traditional office, there are also signs that commuting will change for the better, too. Here are five ways that might happen in 2021.

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Aimee Beagley - Priority Environmental Consultants Ltd

We have been at Basepoint for a number of years now and decided to purchase a property so have left Northfleet. At Basepoint we really enjoyed the community spirit that…

Brian Gallagher - Gallagher IT Ltd

I've been at the centre a few years now, I’ve left and returned as I loved the atmosphere at Northfleet Basepoint. Sadly, I’m moving on but I have nothing but pr…

Lee McGowan, Pin & Play LTD

Having been a Basepoint tenant as far back as 1997, albeit at another location, Pin & Play have found The Old Rectory to be one of the best run business centres in the So…