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BE Offices partners with Innovations for Learning’s TutorMate programme

Employees volunteer to commit to weekly online reading sessions to support literacy for primary school children. BE Offices is partnering with Innovations for Learning/TutorMate to take part in their virtual reading scheme that enables ...

Jan 19th 2023

Essential people skills for 2023’s workplace

The development of people skills, also known as soft skills, is as important to business success as hitting those sales targets. Cultivating soft skills helps to ground us and direct our energy into supporting colleagues and the business ...

Jan 09th 2023

How to hit the ground running in 2023

The new year is the perfect time to reflect on who you are and what you want to achieve, on both a personal and professional level. Here are our top tips on how to start the year as you mean to go on. Your new year’s resolutions may already be ...

Jan 04th 2023

Belfast’s new premier workspace opens doors to first clients

Custom House, the crowning jewel in the BE Offices flexible workspace portfolio, welcomes its first clients as a mix of businesses take up occupancy to kickstart the new year. BE Offices is thrilled to announce the opening of Custom House as ...

Dec 20th 2022

The top 5 skills that will get you hired in 2023

Planning a career change in 2023? These are the skills recruiters are most impressed with and how to recognise them in yourself. The great resignation, job hopping and quiet quitting have become post-pandemic trends, changing the recruitment ...

Dec 14th 2022

5 predictions on the future for flexible office space in 2023

By 2023, the flexible office space market is predicted to be even more in demand than it is today, with a variety of new offerings available to meet the needs of businesses and their staff. We spoke to Nick Riesel from freeofficefinder.com to ...

Dec 06th 2022

5 things businesses can do to support their communities

Amid growing concern around the cost of living crisis, together with issues such as social inequality and the environment, the corporate world needs to accelerate their social impact measures now more than ever before. For many companies, ...

Dec 01st 2022

How to plan for winter weather disruption

Winter brings the potential for harsh weather conditions causing disruption for commuters trying to get in to work, so it’s always good to be prepared. In an age of global warming, many recent British winters have been very mild, but ...

Nov 23rd 2022

Belfast’s Custom House welcomes local property agents for exclusive tour

Historic landmark building opens its doors to local commercial property experts as BE Offices and Straidorn Properties showcase newly refurbished flexible workspace offering. Leading independent flexible workspace provider, BE Offices, ...

Nov 09th 2022

How to retain exceptional employees

To run a successful business you need exceptional employees. Here’s how to keep them engaged. It’s one thing to hire good people and another thing entirely to keep them. Exceptional employees might easily take their exceptional ...

Nov 01st 2022

Spotlight on Belfast: The Maritime Mile

Featuring our new Belfast building, Custom House, the Maritime Mile is an exploration of Belfast’s historic waterfront. Custom House has been a part of Belfast’s rich maritime history since it was built in 1857. Merchants arriving ...

Oct 26th 2022

The top 10 passive-aggressive phrases you might be using in emails

Written communication can be open to misinterpretation and as we continue to work remotely some of the time, our tendency to send emails over engaging in face-to-face conversation is potentially placing us at risk of miscommunication. Remote ...

Oct 14th 2022

BE Offices’ Euston and Farringdon buildings join the 2022 Mayor of London’s Business Climate Challenge

BE Offices’ Euston and Headspace Group’s Farringdon buildings have been accepted on to 2022 Mayor’s Business Climate Challenge with the Camden Climate Change Alliance. BE Offices today announces it has been accepted at two locations ...

Oct 06th 2022

Top 5 traits of a good listener

Listening is a skill which is trickier to accomplish than one might think but it is critical to personal and professional development and absolutely essential in the workplace. We often feel the need to talk when really we should be listening. ...

Sep 27th 2022

Celebrating BE Offices’ social impact on City Giving Day

The annual City Giving Day, now in its 7th year, is an opportunity for City businesses not only to raise valuable funds for the Lord Mayor’s Appeal and other charities, but also to celebrate the value those businesses bring to society. ...

Sep 22nd 2022

Top management lessons from the Great British Bake Off

The Great British Bake Off final might just seem like a cake competition, but in reality, it’s a complex recipe of management skills and diligence… With the 2022 Great British Bake Off under way, we take a look at the recipe for success that has ...

Sep 21st 2022

BE Offices commits to pursuing B Corporation Certification

BE Offices today announces it has committed to pursuing B Corporation Certification as a means of affirming one of its core values – We have a commitment to our communities and the environment. Certified B Corporations are companies verified ...

Sep 13th 2022

BE Offices clients join the Great City Race

BE’s largest ever team turns out for our 15th consecutive year of participation in City of London charity run. On Tuesday 6th September, we were delighted to field our largest ever team of runners for the 2022 Standard Chartered Great ...

Sep 07th 2022

Spotlight on Barbican

BE Offices buildings are situated in prime locations, surrounded by numerous places of interest. Today we explore the Barbican neighbourhood. Constructed between 1965 and 1976, in an area once devastated by World War II bombings, the Barbican ...

Sep 01st 2022

Meet our team: Richard Taylor, General Manager of Belfast’s Custom House

BE Offices recently appointed a general manager, Richard Taylor, to its latest flexible workspace offering at the fabulous Custom House in Belfast. Let’s find out a bit about him. Welcome to the BE Offices team Richard. Can you tell ...

Aug 23rd 2022

Spotlight on Belfast: The Lagan Weir and Lookout

On the doorstep of our new Belfast building, Custom House, the pedestrian bridge atop the Lagan Weir affords great views up and down the River Lagan. Places of interest abound in the area surrounding our incredible new building, Custom House ...

Aug 17th 2022

BE Offices partners with Treeapp on international reforestation projects

BE Offices supports carbon neutral ambitions through Treeapp’s certified global tree planting projects. BE Offices is delighted to have partnered with Treeapp to support reforestation projects across the globe as a means of offsetting ...

Aug 09th 2022

Spotlight on Belfast: City Hall

As we venture further into the area surrounding our new Belfast building, Custom House, we visit another historic building, Belfast City Hall. Having already featured the ‘Salmon of Knowledge’, the Albert Memorial Clock, ...

Aug 03rd 2022

BE Offices supports the COSMIC Dragon Boat Regatta

BE Offices once again participates in the COSMIC Dragon Boat Regatta in support of the Children of St Mary’s Intensive Care unit. On Thursday 28th July BE Offices took part for the 4th time in the annual COSMIC Dragon Boat Regatta and were ...

Jul 27th 2022

Spotlight on Belfast: The Titanic Quarter

Continuing our exploration of the area around our new Belfast building, Custom House, we find out more about the neighbouring Titanic Quarter. As refurbishment and fit-out work continues apace at the fabulous new addition to our portfolio, ...

Jul 18th 2022

100% of BE Offices clients would recommend us

Bi-annual ‘Voice of the Client’ survey reveals exceptional levels of client satisfaction across the BE Offices group of companies. Providing outstanding customer service has always been BE Offices’ ‘raison ...

Jul 12th 2022

Spotlight on Belfast: The Harland and Wolff Cranes

As the opening of our new Belfast building draws nearer, we continue our exploration of Custom House’s local area and the many surrounding places of interest. At BE Offices we are super excited for the imminent opening of the spectacular ...

Jul 05th 2022

The benefits of emotional intelligence in the workplace

Office workers who nurture emotional intelligence are less susceptible to burnout or chronic stress and demonstrate greater resilience and overall job satisfaction. The ability to utilise emotional intelligence in the workplace enhances ...

Jun 28th 2022

BE Offices secures first client at Belfast’s iconic Custom House

Marketing and tech firm Velocity Worldwide commits off-plan to prestigious office in the building set to become Belfast’s premier workspace. BE Offices has signed its first client at Belfast’s Custom House, within weeks of going to market. ...

Jun 21st 2022

It’s time to ‘BE Fit’ with BE Offices

The wellbeing of BE Offices clients has always been of paramount importance to us and next week we are very proud to be launching our new wellness, health and fitness platform, BE Fit! All clients will be invited to become a member, totally free ...