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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Whether you’re a startup entrepreneur or work for a large global corporation, it’s likely you have some familiarity with the concept of co-working. But are you confident you know about all the benefits it offers? Here we share the less obvious perks of your co-working space – and how to maximise them to suit your own ends.
Basepoint Tewkesbury welcomed a new tenant, The Green Deli back in November 2018 and 15 months later it is great to see that the business is thriving with many regular customers both from on and off site.
The cafe is run by Clare and Dean who have created a lovely atmosphere for their customers to go and enjoy a barista coffee, cake or healthy lunch option. They also provide corporate buffets for team or networking events and have supplied Basepoint events recently with excellent feedback.
We are looking forward to our first Networking Hub of 2020, being held on 20th February at the centre. For this event we will be welcoming Mark Whittle of the FSB as our guest speaker.
Mark will be talking about the range of advice, financial expertise and support they can offer through membership.
Tewkesbury Borough Council is hoping to reduce road emissions by installing electric car charging points at its council offices in Tewkesbury.
The charging points, provided by BP Chargemaster, are available for members of the public to use and are in the rear car park of the council’s offices in Gloucester Road.
There are two charging towers but they can charge two cars at a time, so there are four in total.
The Basepoint Business Centre in Tewkesbury provides us with everything we need to be able to run our business in a calm professional environment. Any problems regarding … ”
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David Billingham, David Billingham & Partners
I just wanted to extend my warmest thanks to the team at Basepoint Tewkesbury for your help this afternoon. In the hectic world which I seem to inhabit it is a real plea… ”
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Diana Stephens
Fantastic offices, professional staff. A cost effective yet desirable option for all types of businesses. ”
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