Timeline - Page Categories View All Timeline Our Sector Sustainability Community Charity & CSR HR Select Category Timeline Our Sector Sustainability Community Charity & CSR HR Jan 31st 2011 Employees cutting back on lunch breaks and working harder The recession has taken its toll on the workplace. Job insecurity and tax hikes have put huge amounts of pressure on workers and, as a result, many have cut back on lunch breaks and are working even harder. According to new research from Business ... Jan 31st 2011 Virtual offices to become the next big thing The internet revolution has given us many things – pain free shopping, social networking and the ability to manage your finances at the push of a button. But arguably the biggest change the internet has resulted in is radically overhauling ... Jan 31st 2011 Office spirits soar as Happy Monday rolls around Just two weeks ago, British office workers were in the doldrums. Blue Monday was in full swing and workers found themselves at the mercy of post-Christmas debt and coalition government cuts. Business owners with their fingers on the pulse ... Jan 28th 2011 Getting the lighting right in your London office space Spending eight hours a day indoors is inevitable for many. During the winter, when you arrive at sun up and don’t clock out until after dark it can seem like you’ve become nocturnal. The impact of low-level winter light is so profound ... Jan 28th 2011 Small business owners need a confidence boost Small business confidence dropped to its lowest ever level at the end of last year thanks to the global financial crisis. So whether it’s a change of office space or some good news from the coalition government, business owners are in ... Jan 28th 2011 Keeping staff contented is vital Thanks to the recent economic downturn, small business owners have a lot on their plates at the moment. But they can’t neglect the fact that the people they share their office space with – their employees – might be struggling ... Jan 27th 2011 Charities are taking the lead in flexible working practices Big business is no longer at the forefront of modern working practices – far smaller organisations are taking the lead it seems. According to fundraiser and charity sector consultant Valerie Morton, charities in particular are at ... Jan 27th 2011 Keeping office staff happy during the downturn Workplace morale isn’t as high as it once was – thanks in part to rising unemployment and the severe deficit reduction measures put in place by the coalition government. And according to new research from Badenoch and Clark, business ... Jan 27th 2011 London office space demand soars Demand for office space in London soared in the past year – thanks to growing interest from the financial services sector. Despite the drastic downturn in the British economy and concerns that the UK could be in for a double-dip recession, ... Jan 24th 2011 Director of Business Environment Human Resources Appointed Business Environment has appointed Nazia Ahmed as Director of Business Environment Human Resources. The leading provider of serviced and managed office solutions has promoted Nazia from her role as Human Resources Manager. Nazia has supported ... Jan 06th 2011 107 Cheapside Launch – Announcing Our New Marketing Suite Business Environment has announced it has opened a new marketing suite for its newest serviced office centre at 107 Cheapside, London EC2V 6DN opening in Spring 2011. Business Environment is the first to open a serviced office in Cheapside, ... Jan 06th 2011 Location, location, location: Choosing an office that’s right for your business As the new year has arrived many businesses will be taking a fresh look at their operating costs in light of the tough financial conditions that 2010 had to offer, and which show no immediate signs of improving. Apart from staff, the major overhead ... Dec 17th 2010 Secret Santa spend up to £5.50 this year! Secret Santa spend up to £5.50 this year! With 25% of us prepared to spend over £10! According to a survey* on UK office life by Business Environment (BE), the UK’s premium serviced office provider, when asked about the traditional “secret ... Dec 08th 2010 The National Customer Service Awards Rounds Off a Great Year Business Environment are officially recognised as one of the best B2B customer service teams in the UK. Business Environment has rounded off a very successful year with an evening at The Grosvenor House Hotel for The National Customer Service ... Dec 07th 2010 Who enjoys their office Christmas parties the most? Recruitment and marketing departments enjoy their office Christmas parties more than any other group, according to a survey on UK office life by Business Environment (BE), the UK serviced office provider. The survey* revealed that 51% of ... Nov 22nd 2010 THE BEST IN THE UK! And that’s official…… Business Environment has won the coveted Business Centre Association (BCA) Award for 2010 with all 14 centres nominated. Business Environment Wembley was named as the winner of the BCA Best Business Centre Award 2010 for the second time making ... Nov 21st 2010 BE announces the first serviced office centre in Cheapside Business Environment announces the first serviced office centre in Cheapside opposite One New Change. Business Environment has announced it is to open a new serviced office centre at 107 Cheapside EC2V 6DN. It’s the first to open in this prestigious ... Nov 17th 2010 The Winner of the Pitch 2010 – Active Minds 16th September 2010 heralded the grand final of The Pitch 2010, co-sponsored by Business Environment. A superb business conference with talks from TV Dragon – Doug Richard, Enterprise Tsar Lord Young and Founder of Adeptra – ... Oct 15th 2010 Business Environment to attend Virtual Event – London Live! Business Environment, the UK’s leading provider of flexible office solutions, are exhibiting at London Live! event on 21st October 2010. The virtual show is the definitive digital conference and exhibition for the London property ... Oct 04th 2010 Business Environment launches flexible Video Conferencing Business Environment (BE), the leading provider of quality serviced offices in London and the South East has launched a new video conferencing facility to help businesses reduce costs and limit carbon emissions. BE has installed the very ... Sep 30th 2010 Concierge Services launching from Business Environment Business Environment is partnering with leading concierge services provider Flag in the Sand to launch their range of services and products to our clients across the UK. A serviced office sector first, the service is designed to provide a ... Sep 28th 2010 Rewarding Clients for Their Referrals We are pleased to announce a new referral scheme to reward Business Environment clients for recommending their friends and business contacts to us. We are offering up to £5,000 7.5% of contract value (£no limit – revised April 2011) ... Sep 21st 2010 Business Environment launches new website Business Environment has launched their new website: www.beoffices.com. The design is clean and crisp with a modern and contemporary feel. The most radical change is the new and innovative photography style that brings the site to life. ... Sep 20th 2010 BE Offices is a National Customer Service Award Finalist BE Offices has made the shortlist as a finalist in The National Customer Service Awards 2010. They are nominated in the B2B team category along with a number of high profile brands like Johnson & Johnson, Rackspace and RBS. David Saul, Managing ... Sep 08th 2010 Director profile: Nazia Siddiq Nazia Siddiq is Director of Human Resources nazia@beoffices.com 0207 959 6000 1. When did you start at BE? April 2009 2. Sum up your job in one sentence. Actively encouraging and supporting our staff to be the best in what they do, in order to uphold ... Sep 08th 2010 Director profile: Nick Gandy Nick Gandy is Director of Business Centres nickg@beoffices.com 0207 959 6000 1. When did you start at BE? 13th April 2004 2. Sum up your job in one sentence. To ensure our clients enjoy the business lifestyle that they have wished for 3. What is ... Sep 08th 2010 Director profile: Jayson Jenkins Jayson Jenkins is Director of Group Reporting & Accounting jayson@beoffices.com 0207 959 6000 1. When did you start at BE? March 2007 2. Sum up your job in one sentence. I report 3. What is your favourite food? French cuisine 4. What is your ... Sep 08th 2010 Director profile: Andy Emden Andy Emden is Assets Director andy@beoffices.com 0207 959 6000 1. When did you start at BE? July 2000 2. Sum up your job in one sentence. Anything relating to buildings – knocking them down, building them up 3. What is your favourite food? Sushi ... Sep 08th 2010 Director profile: Andrew Stewart Andrew Stewart is Corporate Director of BE Offices. andrews@beoffices.com 0207 959 6000 1. When did you start at BE? May 2001 2. Sum up your job in one sentence. A lot of juggling 3. What is your favourite food? Not fussy as long as there’s plenty ... Sep 08th 2010 Director profile: Colin Gershinson Colin Gershinson is a former Director of Business Environment. info@beoffices.com 0207 959 6000 ... Sep 08th 2010 Director profile: Simon Rusk Simon Rusk is Finance Director of BE Offices. simon@beoffices.com 0207 959 6000 1. When did you start at BE? When we first started the business in 1993. 2. Sum up your job in one sentence. This, that and a bit of what? 3. What is your favourite food? ... Sep 08th 2010 Director profile: David Saul David Saul is Managing Director of BE Offices (BE Offices Ltd). david@beoffices.com 020 7959 6000 David is co-founder of BE Offices and the Managing Director. He is also an Executive Board member of Rays of Sunshine. Job description: Overall ... Aug 12th 2010 How to maximise your business potential through your office space David Saul, Managing Director of Business Environment, the leading provider of serviced offices, offers advice as to how to choose the perfect office space. Choosing the right office is an essential ingredient to business success. With ... Aug 12th 2010 World Cup 2010 BE Ball Winner Announced With World Cup 2010 behind us, at least one English footie fan can celebrate having beaten thousands of hopefuls from across the world to finish top of the league and winning the online BE-Ball competition. Business Environment, in association ... Jul 30th 2010 Rent Offices in Reading Are you looking to rent an office in Reading? The historic town of Reading offers a great balance between modern business life and a great lifestyle for contemporary companies. It has a rapid train link into central London and a great road ... Jul 30th 2010 Rent Offices in Cheapside Are you looking to rent an office in Cheapside? Cheapside is arguably the most thriving street in the City of London, and certainly the City’s answer to Oxford Street. Offering a fantastic mix of retail combined with the world’s ... Jul 30th 2010 Rent Offices in City Are you looking to rent an office in City? The City is the financial hub of the world and home to most of the largest financial and banking organisations. A truly dynamic and rapid-paced environment, this is where the most influential businesses ... Jul 28th 2010 Rent Offices in Milton Keynes Are you looking to rent an office in Milton Keynes? Milton Keynes is located equidistant from London, Birmingham, Leicester, Oxford and Cambridge, but is a major regional centre in it’s own right. A very modern and dynamic town with ... Jun 01st 2010 BE Offices launches BE-Ball world Cup Penalty Shoot-out Business Environment has launched their World Cup game! www.be-ball.co.uk You can’t change the outcome of the World Cup but you can enjoy the Business Environment Penalty Shoot-out game. Whether you play against the computer or challenge ... May 12th 2010 Business Environment take further Elephant in the Parade Yesterday we announced that we were delighted to sponsor Midnight Indigo in the Elephant Parade, and today we can confirm that we have sponsored another Elephant: Spooning Sunday – currently sitting on the 4th Floor of Selfridges ... May 12th 2010 BE Offices Launches Serviced Office Search & Locate iPhone Application BE Offices, the leading owner and provider of serviced offices in London and the South of England, has launched an exciting new iPhone application. Users will be able to conveniently search, locate and contact a Business Environment serviced ... May 11th 2010 BE Offices Elephant stops for a rest in Bow Churchyard BE Offices has teamed up with Elephant Family, the only charity solely dedicated to ensuring the survival of the Asian elephant, to launch London’s biggest ever public art event, which will see the capital taken over by elephants. Business ... Mar 04th 2010 BE Offices rises to no.23 in The Times Best Small Companies to Work For BE Offices are delighted to announce that we have risen to no.23 in the Sunday Times ‘Best Small Companies To Work For’. This is testament to how we value our employees and strive to provide a great working environment for our employees ... Mar 03rd 2010 BE Offices – Sunday Times Best Small Companies to Work For 2010 BE Offices Leaps to 23rd place in ‘Sunday Times Best Small Companies to Work For’ award. Business Environment (BE) entered The Sunday Times “Best Small Company To Work For” award in 2009 run by the Best Companies organisation. BE was voted a ... Feb 10th 2010 F160 Fleet Street venture makes City AM Our latest Business Centre at 160 Fleet Street has attracted the attention of City AM newspaper. Read the articles: City AM article on F160 Fleet Street City AM website post on F160 Fleet Street ... Nov 11th 2009 City Of London Considerate Contractor Scheme Business Environment have received a Gold Award for the Considerate Contractor Scheme for our new business centre in Fleet Street. The award is from the Chairman of the Planning & Transport Committee for the City of London. View Considerate ... Sep 01st 2009 Teneo helps Business Environment to take control of their bandwidth Business Environment delivers on their business’ bandwidth allocation promise to their clients by deploying Allot NetEnforcer appliances. Read the full Teneo & Business Environment article. ... Jun 04th 2009 BE awarded certificate of excellence for Flowers in the City campaign Business Environment have been awarded a Certificate of Excellence for their outstanding display in the City of London Winter Colour Competition 2008/2009 by the Flowers in the City Campaign.. View our Certificate of Excellence ... Apr 30th 2009 Resilient network helps Basingstoke businesses tackle the downturn Business Environment have chosen NTL Telewest Business, part of the Virgin Media Group, for a network consolidation project that delivers resilient voice and data services to hundreds of companies across the South of England. One of the ... Mar 28th 2009 Interest in regional centres is taking off according to Office Broker Overall picture looks strong as occupiers settle for juggling different types of space, says David Lawson Read the full article ... Mar 20th 2009 Nick Gandy appointed as Director of Business Centres We are delighted to announce Nick Gandy has been appointed as Director of Business Centres. He will oversee the operations of the business centre management for all our portfolio. ... Mar 07th 2009 Business Environment remove deposits on office space rental To help our clients and remove the barriers that stop smaller companies taking the office space solutions they need we no longer take deposits on our office space licence agreements. We are the first serviced office provider to make this step. ... Feb 27th 2009 BE Offices – Sunday Times Best Companies to Work 2009 BE Offices have been voted one of the Sunday Times ‘Best Small Companies to Work For’ for the second year in a row. BE were awarded 35th place in the prestigious list, up an impressive 17 places on last year. “We were absolutely delighted to be ... Feb 19th 2009 Business Environment achieve the highest level of Best Companies Accreditation 2009 Business Environment are delighted to announce that they have achieved the highest level of accreditation, a three star status for Best Companies Accreditation 2009. This is an ‘Extra Ordinary’ rating, which out of the 795 organisations ... Feb 07th 2009 BE Offices appoints new Directors – Nick Gandy & Andrew Stewart Business Environment has made two new appointments; Nick Gandy has been named Director of Business Centres, and Andrew Stewart has become Corporate Director. ... Nov 28th 2008 BE Offices AGAIN wins coveted bca ‘Business Centre of the Year’ award (2009) In a world of the credit crunch and economic uncertainty for SME’s there is some good news. Business Environment’s business centre at No1 Olympic Way, Wembley, has proven that customer service excellence is still the key factor in the success ... Oct 24th 2008 Managed Business Space: A shelter in an Economic Storm Rob Hamilton of Instant Offices & David Saul feature in Estates Gazette. Read the Full EG Article ... Sep 23rd 2008 Free Office Space for Ex-Lehman staff Ex-Lehman Brothers staff are being offered free office space to set-up a business from Business Environment. Read Press Coverage of our Ex-Lehman Bros Office Offer View further coverage ... Jul 16th 2008 Launch of Befit Gym at SoanePoint, Reading On Wednesday 16th July 2008 Fitness trainer to the stars Eddie Joseph, Shirley Sheppard, Centre Manager and all the BE Centre Team donned Befit t-shirts and launched the brand new gym at SoanePoint. 130 people signed up for it in the first ... Mar 02nd 2008 BE Offices – Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For 2008 Business Environment have entered the Sunday Times ‘Best Companies to Work For’ at no.52. Read the official Sunday Times publication ... « Older EntriesNewer Entries » (Or jump to page 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 of 31) BE Offices – Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For 2008