Our Thoughts - Page Categories View All Timeline Our Sector Sustainability Community Charity & CSR HR Select Category Timeline Our Sector Sustainability Community Charity & CSR HR Jul 01st 2013 BE Offices named finalist in UK Customer Experience awards We’re delighted to announce Business Environment has been named a finalist in the UK Customer Experience Awards 2013, which celebrate British companies offering exceptional customer service. We were shortlisted in the ‘Professional ... Jun 27th 2013 SMEs – Small and Competitive David Saul, Managing Director of leading serviced office operator Business Environment, explores how SMEs can thrive. The recent launch of an online store devised to allow small and medium-sized businesses to take on larger corporations ... Jun 21st 2013 Keeping Up Appearances: The Demise of Productivity We are all familiar with the traditional sense of time management, but how often do we manage a task by giving it an allotted amount of time, and in doing so, fulfil it productively? The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ... Jun 21st 2013 A Year On – Has the Olympic Legacy Benefitted UK Business? Legacy was a key feature of the 2012 Games, but have they delivered their promises? It’s hard to believe that it’s a year since the Olympics came to London and the UK celebrated its best ever tally of 65 medals. Yet, even before the Olympic bandwagon ... Jun 21st 2013 Tammy Gilbert tackles Parkinson’s with inspiring art exhibition In partnership with Business Environment, Tammy Gilbert’s debut exhibition in support of charity Parkinson’s UK launches with a private view at The Arts Depot in North Finchley on 1st July. Gilbert, who suffers from Parkinson’s herself, ... Jun 06th 2013 Things to Remember on Twitter It’s very easy for businesses to jump straight in and use Twitter. But social media is as much about science as it is about “chatting” to an invisible audience. Strategy, content, outcomes and sales all play an equal part. Here are our ten “must ... Jun 06th 2013 Top Ten Social Media Tips for SMES So how do you utilise SOCIAL MEDIA to promote your business? Here are our top ten tips to maximise your valuable time and ensure you get the most from the benefits of social media: 1. PLANNING MUST COME FIRST: Find out where your customers are. ... May 15th 2013 Bringing CSR to the Fore David Saul, managing director of Business Environment, leading serviced office operator, examines the business benefits of making CSR central to strategy Nowadays most businesses include a statement relating to corporate social responsibility ... May 02nd 2013 The Good and Bad of a Desk-less Office David Saul, managing director of leading serviced office operator Business Environment, explains the pros and cons of a desk-less office. Technology has advanced dramatically over the past few decades, which has consequently changed ... Mar 27th 2013 Flexible and professional: meeting in the middle David Saul, managing director of leading serviced office operator Business Environment, on striking the balance between remote working and a professional presentation. Technology has revolutionised the way we work. With our tablets, ... Mar 27th 2013 The Budget – what does it mean for SMEs? On Wednesday George Osborne delivered his fourth budget, which included a small cut in corporation tax, a large rise in infrastructure spending, more austerity, and much else besides. As the days unfold the announcements will be examined ... Mar 06th 2013 Waking up to other ways of working David Saul, managing director of leading serviced office operator Business Environment, explains why work-life balance is so crucial With perhaps the exception of a bed-testing firm, there aren’t many companies that would want ... Mar 06th 2013 Best Companies 3 Star Employer For Fourth Year Business Environment has scooped another 3 star accreditation from Best Companies which comes on the back of their 36th position in the prestigious Sunday Times ‘100 Best Small Companies to Work For’ Awards. The 3 star award means they provide ... Mar 05th 2013 BE Offices named as top employer for record sixth time BE Offices has scooped 36th position in the prestigious Sunday Times ‘100 Best Small Companies to Work For’ Awards, becoming one of less than a dozen companies to remain on the list for more than four years. The serviced office provider, which ... Feb 06th 2013 Smarter business – adapting to thrive David Saul, managing director of leading serviced office operator Business Environment, explains why businesses need to be prepared to change in order to thrive Even someone who only occasionally glances at the newspapers will have become ... Jan 23rd 2013 Business Barometer 2012 Q4 Business Environment are delighted to announce the publication of their latest Business Barometer report for Q4 2012. The data is collate from over 150 key business individuals and gives a current state and future predictions opinion poll ... Jan 18th 2013 Starting up start-ups David Saul, managing director of leading serviced office operator Business Environment discusses the importance of supporting start-ups and entrepreneurs. An increasing number of entrepreneurs are preparing to start their own business, ... Jan 17th 2013 BE Offices Launches a Volunteer Scheme for 2 Colleagues at Cambodia Children’s Orphanage BE Offices, the leading serviced office provider have announced a search to find two employees to take part in a unique and rewarding opportunity to volunteer at a children’s orphanage in rural Cambodia. In conjunction with PoD, a leading ... Jan 07th 2013 Beat the Tube Strikes – FREE DESK FOR HALF A DAY Tube strikes have been cancelled (updated 16/01/13). As the planned January tube strikes approach Business Environment is offering a FREE DESK at any of their centres across LONDON and The South of England. The FREE DESK FOR HALF A DAY places ... Jan 07th 2013 Two Wheels Are Better Than 4 Across The UK! Many UK Businesses are discovering that the financial advantages of cycling go far beyond the environmental benefits and improving employees’ health and well-being. After almost half a century of decline, cycling’s popularity is growing ... Jan 07th 2013 Glass Half Full For SMEs in 2013 Despite the prospect of a triple-dip recession, the downgrading of the UK’s credit rating and the extension of austerity measures, UK’s small and medium-sized companies are cautiously optimistic about prospects over the next few months, ... Jan 07th 2013 Announcing Basingstokes First Entrepreneur Roadshow at ViewPoint Business Environment (BE) are sponsoring the 2013 Entrepreneur Roadshow being held at ViewPoint on 31st January 2012. The event, the first to be held in Basingstoke, is aimed at any business based in the UK. The event is designed to showcase ... Dec 19th 2012 Giving employees reason for cheer during the festive season David Saul, managing director of leading serviced office operator Business Environment explains the importance of providing a healthy work-life balance Christmas can be a busy and stressful time. Some of us will worry whether we’ve put ... Dec 10th 2012 Secret Santa spend up to £5.80 Despite Economic Climate Is it any surprise to see that recruitment and marketing departments are the highest spenders for the second year running spending an average of £5.80 on their office Secret Santa? They also enjoy their office Christmas parties more than any ... Dec 04th 2012 Record Sales Increase in Bristol Office Sales The leading serviced office operator Business Environment has seen a record rise in sales in the second half of the year. Sales have risen by over 320% versus the same time in 2011 at its two Bristol locations. One of their centres is set in the ... Dec 04th 2012 Supporting SMEs In The Current Economic Climate David Saul, managing director of leading serviced office operator Business Environment explores ways to help our UK businesses The current state of the economy is never far from the headlines. National newspapers are filled with articles ... Dec 03rd 2012 Business Environment Are A Finalist At The BCA Awards Business Environment just missed out on the Business Centre of the Year award in the annual Business Centre Association (BCA) Awards – Their Wembley centre was a finalist yet again bringing its tally to 5 finals over the last seven years, with ... Nov 12th 2012 Global Entrepreneurship Week 2012 This week (12th – 18th November) is Global Entrepreneurship Week. GEW is the world”s largest campaign to promote entrepreneurship, and takes places over 155 countries. To support this fantastic global initiative, Business ... Nov 07th 2012 Business Barometer 2012 Q3 Business Environment are delighted to announce the publication of their latest Business Barometer report. The data is collate from over 150 key business individuals and gives a current state and future predictions opinion poll of UK business. ... Nov 01st 2012 Southern UK businesses enjoy Indian summer The economic weather may be bad, but businesses in the South of England enjoyed a more pleasant summer than expected, according to a new survey by Business Environment, one of the UK’s largest serviced office providers. Firms in the South ... Oct 23rd 2012 CSR: a must-have, not a nice-to-have Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is not a new phenomenon for businesses. The notion that companies should aim to do good as well as make money has a long history – and one that the property industry can readily identify with. In the 1880s ... Oct 15th 2012 Pedal Power – UK Business Will Benefit From Getting On Its Bike Cycling is officially cool! The outstanding performances of Team GB’s cyclists at the Olympic Games and Bradley Wiggins’ record breaking Tour de France victory have built on its increasing popularity and have catapulted cycling into the ... Oct 08th 2012 BE Offices Wins Award for Best Social Intranet at Interact Intranet Awards BE Offices has won the award for “Best Social Intranet” at the 2012 Interact Intranet awards in London, beating Waterstones and GHA in the final. The company launched their new intranet across the business in early 2012 and it was widely praised ... Oct 01st 2012 Office makeover? Green isn’t just a colour The negative impact we have on the environment is never far from the headlines. And nor should it be. Each year we create a staggering amount of rubbish and waste unnecessary energy through irresponsible practices. It falls to everyone to take ... Oct 01st 2012 CSR and its impact on employee engagement and development David Saul, managing director of the leading serviced office operator Business Environment, on how commitment to CSR delivers more than reputational benefits. CSR is increasingly recognised as a key component of employee engagement Companies ... Oct 01st 2012 Stoptober: Colleagues aim to ‘kick the habit’ with smoking support initiative Five co-workers are pooling their efforts to kick the nicotine habit for good – including one receptionist who has reached the three-month milestone, thanks to a dedicated smoking support initiative offered by her employer. Georgina Verso, ... Sep 26th 2012 Removing Financial Hurdles For Start Ups And Growing Businesses The FSB ‘Voice of Small Business’ Index has just been published and the findings suggest businesses are still finding it tough across the UK with the exception of London. The quarterly report has been created from the views of small firms ... Sep 21st 2012 World’s Biggest Coffee Morning Join us for The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning to help MacMillan Cancer Support at Business Environment locations across the UK… The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning is Macmillan Cancer Support’s biggest fundraising ... Sep 19th 2012 Meeting rooms, office space and value for money David Saul, managing director of leading serviced office operator Business Environment, on meeting rooms and value for money A report recently that claimed up to £800m a year could be slashed from the cost of running government buildings. ... Sep 18th 2012 The Olympic Legacy: More than Feel Good for UK Business? After all the hype, will UK business see long-term benefits from hosting the Olympics. As the UK’s glorious summer of sport fades into autumn and the Olympic bandwagon rolls off into the sunset, the reality of life after the Games has arrived. ... Sep 11th 2012 Using Olympic sustainability to make your business greener Can UK businesses use the Olympics’ focus on legacy and sustainability to become greener in the future? Sustainability and legacy have always been central to the London Games: as early as 2008, the Mayor of London announced that sustainability ... Sep 03rd 2012 An Olympic effort to do business better David Saul, managing director of leading serviced office operator Business Environment, on the lessons the Olympic Games have for the business world. Few events have captured the imagination of the British public like the London 2012 Olympics. ... Aug 14th 2012 Great Customer Service is a Way of Life, Not Just a Business Unit! The hallmark of successful companies, outstanding customer service is easy to say, but difficult to define and even harder to deliver We all think we understand customer service; we appreciate good service, complain when we don’t get it and ... Aug 14th 2012 Meeting rooms meeting business needs David Saul, managing director of leading serviced office operator Business Environment, on the importance of quality meeting rooms in the current climate. I was interested to read recently that a company in New Zealand has developed a video ... Aug 13th 2012 The Olympics are Over…but the Paralympics are coming! Wow – The Olympics were amazing! What a fantastic two weeks of excitement, but before everyone gets Olympic withdrawal syndrome don’t forget the Paralympics kick-off in 16 days… As we did throughout the Olympics we will ... Jul 30th 2012 BE Offices goes Global as part of the Mercedes Benz Anniversary Celebration We are proud to announce we are part of one of the biggest global advertising campaigns this year, sponsoring the Mercedes Benz 125th Anniversary and featuring in the Diamond Jubilee year book for the very exclusive Mercedes Benz Club. You ... Jul 17th 2012 Engaging employees with volunteering David Saul, managing director of leading serviced office operator Business Environment, on ensuring employees are motivated when it comes to volunteering. The founder and CEO of Causecast – an American organisation that helps businesses ... Jul 16th 2012 BE Offices to attract foreign businesses with offer of free office space Serviced office provider BE Offices has launched a scheme to encourage foreign businesses to relocate to Bristol. Working in partnership with United Kingdom Trade and Investment (UKTI), the company has announced plans to allow firms to ... Jun 29th 2012 Time’s Running Out to Get Your Business Fit for the Olympics There’s still time to get your business fit for the Games, but start planning – now! There’s less than a month until the start of the Olympic Games! As London gears up for a summer of sport, many of the capital’s businesses have still to plan for ... Jun 29th 2012 An Olympic Opportunity for the UK to Embrace Flexible Working With the Olympic Games less than 36 days away, could they be the biggest incentive for UK business to finally embrace flexible working. The “Greatest Show on Earth” gets underway in less than 36 days’ time: all the planning and preparation reaches ... Jun 18th 2012 Rude receptionists biggest barrier to new business Bad-mannered front of house staff are the main reason that over half of South East professionals (52%) are put off from doing business with other companies, according to research carried out on service excellence. More than one in three (37%) ... Jun 14th 2012 Launching a commitment to delivering guaranteed service Already with a number of awards for employee engagement and customer service the serviced office operator Business Environment has published its first Service Excellence Guarantee. Providing details of the expected level of service its ... Jun 14th 2012 Our Service Excellence Guarantee is Launched! Improving customer service is seen as critical to any business in today’s’ economic climate. That’s why we have published our first Service Excellence Guarantee. It provides details of the expected level of service our clients ... May 31st 2012 Top 10 British Cakes Although famous for our doughnuts delivered to every single client office every Friday, we have ditched the American favourite in favour of more traditional BRITISH CAKES this week. It’s all in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee taking place ... May 31st 2012 Celebrating the Diamond Jubilee with British cakes and not a doughnut in sight! Famous for doughnuts delivered to every client office each Friday, we have ditched the American favourite for more traditional BRITISH CAKES. It’s all in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee taking place over the forthcoming bank holiday ... May 28th 2012 Becoming sustainable to create a sustainable business David Saul, Managing Director at the leading serviced office operator Business Environment, examines how sustainability is playing an important role in business success. A recent Accenture survey of 250 senior executives in the UK, US, ... May 21st 2012 BCA scores victory in Empty Property Rates campaign The Business Centre Association (BCA) has welcomed George Osborne’s decision to review Empty Property Rates (EPR) legislation, following a hard fought campaign with the property sector and MPs. York Outer MP Julian Sturdy, who led a cross-party ... May 18th 2012 Having A Winning Olympics Strategy How are you preparing for the Olympics? It’s a question more and more businesses are being forced to ask themselves as the Games rapidly approach. By David Saul, managing director, Business Environment In July 2012, London will welcome millions ... May 18th 2012 Decorate Your Doughnut Day It’s National Doughnut Week from 12th May – 19th May 2012! To celebrate we are turning our weekly client doughnut run on Friday 18th May in to a “DECORATE YOUR DOUGHNUT OR CAKE” event in support of Rays of Sunshine. Simply pick ... May 08th 2012 How to create a good working environment – and why it’s so essential This article was written by David Saul, managing director of the serviced office operator Business Environment. The company has been included in the Sunday Times 100 Best Small Companies to Work For list for the last five consecutive years. ... « Older EntriesNewer Entries » (Or jump to page 123 of 3) How to create a good working environment – and why it’s so essential