Sandyford Business Park in Dublin is to become home to a major new let. Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) have chosen the site as their new business operations centre. D&B will initially take up 47,782 sq ft of 
office space at the business park, but also has the option to take another 15,000 sq ft at a later date.
The news comes as the latest sign of an increased interest in the Dublin commercial property sector, as well as recovery after the recession. (more…)
A property investment fund for the green regeneration of commercial buildings has closed having raised £69 million.
Climate Change Capital Limited (CCC) ran the fund and invested in two commercial properties in Birmingham and Edinburgh last year. They are now looking for further investment properties to give the ‘green makeover’. (more…)
Just seen a PPC ad for Mini Offices. These guys have been around for a while now, so I thought it would be worth giving them a mention. If you look at their website they offer easy to install office space in your garden. Yes that’s right in the garden. Seeing as I only have a communal garden, this would not suit my circumstances, however, it’s clearly been of interest to some people.
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Check out this new Virtual Office website, VirtualOfficeWorld.com.
Virtual offices are a great way for new companies to establish themselves with very little overheads. Just been looking through the site and you can get the most basic package, a mailbox, for as little as £55 per month! For many businesses is does not make financial or logistical sense to pay for physical office space. Often there is a need for flexible working, particularly if you are out of the office a lot anyway or have a long way to commute.
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Officebroker.com have today published an article about the increase in enquiries for virtual offices. Given the current economic outlook and the increased demand for flexible office space, this is hardly surprising. It does seem to indicate that the marketing message is getting across, however I imagine there is still some way to go before most people would be able to explain what a virtual office is. There could be some problems for the industry however. What if more people are set on choosing a virtual office, will that mean less will take a serviced office? If this was the case then providers and brokers would both lose out you could argue. Or if there were no virtual offices, would people not bother to seek workspace and therefore not start their business as they perceive it as too expensive? Hypothetical questions, but remember that it would be hard to maintain a growing business or more than 2/3 people virtually.
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