CALLING ALL LANDLORDS........

FOR SALE CIRCA 2.5m

This is a must see for any operator/landlord looking to acquire an existing building for Business Centre use. The Hotel is located just off the A27 and is approx 15 miles away from the M23. There are no other business centres in this location and we have had preliminary discussions with the local authority who would welcome a business centre in the area.

All 55 bedrooms are approx 250 sq ft plus, and there are three existing meeting rooms. The Hotel has a restaurant which could be converted into further units and has the potential of building above.

There are various other rooms such as laundry and general stores.Total Plot: 2.2 Acres, Gross Sq Ft of Hotel = 21,500, Lettable Space = 18,750 exc Meeting rooms, restaurant, Kitchen, Reception, Managers Office and Laundry Rooms.

Price circa 2.5m - Call David Woodings on 02392 449630 or 07833 205411

• London (to Parliament Square) = 60 miles
• Gatwick Airport = 39.5 miles
• Brighton = 19.2 miles
• Portsmouth = 30.4 miles

We have an exciting telesales vacancy that we need to fill asap!  This is for a funded, new-start company within the commercial property industry.

Absolutely essential skills include:

• Previous OUTBOUND telesales experience
• Ability to manage callbacks
• Ability to work to a script whilst building a natural rapport with prospective clients
• Knowledge of using a PC with e-mail, internet and Microsoft Office

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone of the right calibre to be able to contribute to what will become a successful company and be rewarded accordingly.  There will also be the opportunity for job progression as the company grows.

Basic salary £15,000pa with realistic OTE of £35,000 (after that uncapped).  28 days holiday entitlement including Bank Holidays.  Hours Mon - Fri  9:00am - 5:00pm

Interested? email hello@simplyworkspace.com with CV and covering letter.

If you don't run 'Pay Per Click' Campaigns for your business, then let us do it for you.....

For £250, we'll set up a pay per click campaign specifically for your location.  So if you have an office in Bournemouth, we'll create a campaign on Google so that when someone searches for "office space Bournemouth", or anything else appropriate, they'll see an advert for Simply Workspace.  When the visitor clicks on that advert they will be taken directly to your listing.  Not to a page with lots of offices in or around Bournemouth.   One page with your listing and your listing alone will appear.

From that £250, we charge a 'one off' set up fee to get the campaign up and running. The remaining £200 is yours and you will benefit from every penny.  If Google charge us 50p a click then you get 400 clicks before your money runs out.

It might be that your £200 lasts for a week, it might be that it lasts for a month or longer.  The point is, anything you pay us goes is in your pot and gets used for nothing else.

Obviously, this will only work for one centre per town/city and we're committed to making sure that this remains an absolutely exclusive deal on a first come, first served basis.

Our campaigns are already helping many Landlord/Operators across the UK. You have nothing to loose.........let Simply Workspace help generate more enquiries for you NOW!

Call  0844 770 9155

The Simply Workspace Technical Director is 46 today....!!!   To celebrate Andy Jacobs special day we allowed ourselves 18 holes this morning followed by Birthday cake and a cuppa in the office.

Some would say Andy is ageing well but of course those who know him would disagree.  Andy had a tough paper round when he was younger and even with the man makeup he applies everyday, nothing can be done about the receding hairline, the bald patch beginning to appear on top of his head and his memory loss which affects us all in the office.

Happy Birthday Andy and well done on your 125 shot round today!

***Editor's note:  Actually I'm 37 and have more hair than my commercial director.  Most of his is on his knuckles.

What a great week it's been for Simply Workspace, we've had placements for offices and virtual offices, along with a number of Affiliates joining us (see homepage) and to top it all off, another major office provider has decided to use our services. 

Nine holes at 7am this morning was a well deserved treat.....and what a beautiful warm morning it was!! 

With the warm weather set to continue over the weekend (South of the UK) we're hoping to take a little time out from Simply Workspace to enjoy the Sun.  Building this business so far, has meant that most weekends have been taken up with viewings, listings and adjustments for featured space, the list goes on.........!!   Andy & I are extremely happy with the progress we have made over the last six months and if that's anything to go by, then the next six months should see some huge strides forward for Simply Workspace, in our bid to become a recognised and more importantly, trusted brokerage, whom Landlords actually enjoy using.

• Business Centres and serviced office operators that can't place someone due to lack of space or facilities
• Commercial Agents who want to generate revenues from flexible office space rather than traditional leased office space
• Accountants
• Franchise Companies
• Business advisors
• Banks
• Solicitors
• Anyone else who comes into regular contact with small businesses in their day to day activities who might want extra income for just passing a client over to us

What you get in return

The first thing you get is the confidence that your contact will be treated professionally and with respect.  We'll contact them, find out their requirements and arrange viewings for them based on what they tell us.  Where practical and wanted, we'll even accompany people to viewings.

On top of this, we also pay a market leading 15% commission on referrals that lead to business.

Don't delay, get yourself or your business signed up today - it's free and takes 2 minutes.  www.simplyworkspace.com/affiliates.html 

Any questions or further information, please call us 0844 770 9155

Last week, Simply Workspace attended the UK Science Park Association meeting, held at the Hardwick Hall Hotel in Darlington. The meeting was hosted by NETPARK and saw some 70 members turn up for the two day event which was focused on Innovation Connectors - examining how Science Parks can become more embedded in their locality for the benefit of all.

This was the first time that Simply Workspace were introduced to the members face to face, having agreed a partnership with the Association back in May 2010. The meeting went well and gave us the opportunity to give comfort to the Innovation community about the service which Simply workspace can offer.

For those who have not heard of UKSPA, its well worth having a look around their website www.ukspa.org.uk even more so if you are involved in Innovation/Technology.

Simply Workspace would like to thank UKSPA and NETPARK for their hospitality and look forward to the next meeting in February 2011.

I have just been to see a Landlord in Portmouth who has 17,000sq ft of workspace available.  The space has been stripped out awaiting interest.  The Landlord is very flexible and is prepared to convert the space to suit the Business that agree their terms (which are very simple).

The location is superb with excellent links to Motorways, Airports, Train Station and main bus routes.  The space would suit most types of businesses including the Science and Technology sector.

Other benefits Include a superb working environment with on-site cafe bar and kiosk, attractive landscaped setting and a range of shopping and leisure facilities within easy reach.

• On-site cafe
• Landscaped site
• Tesco superstore nearby
• Restaurants, bars, shopping & cinema.
• Excellent on-site car parking
• Meeting room/conference facilities available for hire
• Shuttle bus service
• Onsite fitness trainer and gym

If you are interested or know of anyone who may be, please contact us for futher information.

simplyworkspace.com are now offering Virtual Offices space across the UK.  We have partnered The Virtual Office Company who are the market leaders in this sector and have almost 200 locations country wide.  This is another service added on to our easy to use website which has already resulted in a few enquiries. 

Elsewhere, we are moving on to the next level in our strategy which will see new faces joining Simply Workspace, various PR activity and the launch of another service Simply Workspace will be offering Landlords and online customers.......watch this space, this one is going to turn a few heads!!

Our optimisation strategy is continuing to work well, so if you are not taking advantage of this as a Landlord/Operator, take a look at the previous blogs.......you could be missing out!

So all in all, we are extremely happy with the progress simplyworkspace.com has made to date.  It's busy times for us - even golf has been parked for the last three weeks!! 

Business Centre in Arundel........opportunity knocks! 

Simplyworkspace.com are listing/selling a 55 bedroom Hotel in Arundel West Sussex.  The Hotel is situated on a business park just of the busy A27, ideally located for Arun District's first Business Centre. 

The Hotel is approx 25,000 sq ft (gross) and sits on approx 2.2 acres.  There is plenty of room for expansion which would suit workshop units.

Interested......?  Give us a call and we'll send you site plans etc.....  Also look at 'Sites For Sale' on our Homepage.  

We have recently added some very impressive serviced offices in Banbury to our current listings.  This Business Centre is located out of Town in North Oxfordshire and offers fully serviced offices with hassle free terms and conditions.  They have a great choice of offices - 1 person up to 60 and whats even better is that there is ample of parking for everyone and visitors.

The other benifits of renting these serviced offices are the full reception and messaging facilities, 24 hour access, leased line broadband, on site IT support and modern telephone system.  The are no set-up charges, just one cost effective monthly licence fee.

All occupiers can enjoy the on site Cafe (the Spicy Tomato Soup is delicious) and terrace and be sure of a welcoming stress free evironment.

For further information on this listing, just call us or email us at hello@simplyworkspace.com

Just how many Offices and Workshops can one person add to the Simply Workspace website in one day.......? Well 30 is pretty good going and that has been my daily target this week, so that we can start to clear the backlog of locations waiting to be added.

Landlords all over the country are starting to hear about the 'transparent' service Simply Workspace are offering and early feedback has been very promising. We now have over 1000 listings either on or waiting to be added to our site which includes all of the Science Parks within the UK.

As a reward for our efforts, we played 9 holes this morning. Tee off at 0715 on Hayling Island, where the weather was perfect and the course was in superb condition. The highlight of the morning was Andy's drive off the 8th. He lined himself up perfectly and took what looked to be the perfect swing. Nothing was going to stop him making at least 200 yards on this one, you could see it in his eyes. (I should also point out that Andy recently purchased some online training tips) Whack.............. what a hit...... 2ft and not anywhere close to the ladies tee. This boy is good and the training has certainly helped.

So what next for Simply Workspace? We will be concentrating on listings and the optimisation strategy which is working so well at the moment (see previous blogs). There will also be a few changes to the website to enable the best user experience and maximize any opportunities which come our way. We are also in the process of adding a 'Virtual Office' section and are looking forward to welcoming a new member to the Simply Workspace team at the end of the month - more on this later.......

Lastly, remember if you know of anyone looking for business space, please send them our way and in turn we'll give you £250 if your referral turns into a successful placement..!!

We're making some subtle layout changes to the site and introducing some new incentives for potential tenants and also people who can refer possible tenants to us.  If you're thinking of moving or you know someone who's thinking of moving then pass them our way and we'll pay £250 in cash as soon as you move in.

In addition, we're still adding properties all the time and continue to add new clients to our unique marketing packages.  The premise of these packages is that you spend an amount of money and we market your listing specifically. This means that you benefit directly from our efforts.

UKSPA (UK Science Park Association) have agreed that all "Innovation Space" listed on the Association website can also be promoted through simplyworkspace.com.

simplyworkspace.com is now in it's 13th week and is making fantastic progress through search engine rankings.  The Science Parks and Innovation Space went live on the 19th July 2010 and makes up some 65 locations across the UK.  Simply Workspace Ltd are officially the only online broker to have agreed a partnership with UKSPA which, given the early stages of our development, is a significant move forward.

UKSPA members will now benefit from simplyworkspace online marketing.  Our strategy is different and refreshing compared to our competitors and should sit well with the UKSPA members.  As a reminder from our previous blog, starting from £50, we'll set up a pay per click campaign specifically for your location.  So if you have an office in Portsmouth, we'll create a campaign on Google so that when someone searches for "office space portsmouth", or anything else appropriate, they'll see an advert for Simply Workspace.  When the visitor clicks on that advert they will be taken directly to your listing.  Not to a page with lots of offices in Portsmouth.   One page with your listing and your listing alone will appear.

From that £50, you will benefit from every penny.  If Google charge us 50p a click then you get 100 clicks before your money runs out.

It might be that your £50 lasts for a day, it might be that it lasts for a week or a month.  The point is, anything you pay us is in your pot and gets used for nothing else.

Obviously, this will only work for one centre per town/city and we're committed to making sure that this remains an absolutely exclusive deal on a first come, first served basis.

We have currently implemented the above strategy in Milton Keynes and are in the process of adding Bournemouth, Weymouth, Liverpool, Exeter, Newport Pagnell, Fareham, Glasgow and Brighton.

Interested?  You should be.........!

Today saw the second Simply Workspace Power Meeting.  Starting at 7.15am at the first tee of Crookhorn Golf Course near Portsmouth, the weather was perfect for the 18 holes we decided to play this morning.  It's an amazing course with views over the Sussex Downs and Portsmouth harbour.

Anyway, as we were slogging up and down hill (it's more like mountaineering than golf in places) we came up with a new way to help market office space for centre owners.

Starting from £50, we'll set up a pay per click campaign specifically for your office.  So, if you have an office in Portsmouth, we'll create a campaign on Google so that when someone searches for "office space portsmouth", or anything else appropriate, they'll see an advert for Simply Workspace.  When the visitor clicks on that advert they will be taken directly to your listing. Not to a page with loads of offices in Portsmouth, one page with your listing and your listing alone.

From that £50, you will benefit from every penny.  If Google charge us 50p a click then you get 100 clicks before your money runs out.

It might be that your £50 lasts for a day, it might be that it lasts for a week or a month.  The point is, anything you pay us is in your pot and gets used for nothing else.

Obviously, this will only work for one centre per town/city and we're committed to making sure that this remains an absolutely exclusive deal on a first come, first served basis.

We've already signed up Milton Keynes, Liverpool and Weymouth this morning and are signing up new cities quickly so, if you're interested, please get in touch by calling 0844 770 9155 or filling in an enquiry form.  Make sure you mention that you want to be the centre for a town/city and say which one.

Over the last few days we've seen another influx of operators asking to be listed with Simply Workspace.  One operator has a fabulous portfolio of serviced offices and business centres spread from Bournemouth, through London and into Kent.

This particular operator has really concentrated on the quality of everything in their centres from the reception areas where a great first impression is created, to high quality kitchen areas and break-out areas, to the actual office space that you're going to be working in.

Having seen literally thousands of images of offices, I'm really coming to understand the importance of the working environment.  And that's from the perspective of a business owner who has to spend time in the officce and also when you're thinking about your staff.  Moving offices is stressful enough without the politics.  We had a discussion about the 'Walkscore' function on our listings and whether it was appropriate.  The concensus here is that if you're moving into an area that you don't know particularly well and you have staff moving with you then it is important.  All our lsitings have a tab on (shown below) that says 'Walkscore'.

Walkscore will show you all the amenities that are in the vicinity of the office you're interested in.  By default, it shows the closest in each category.  By clicking on the little arrows to the right of the distance you can scroll through and see what else there is available in that category.  So, even if you don't know what's around, this useful little tab will give you a decent insight before you think about a viewing.

07.15 am this morning saw the 4th of our weekly power meetings where Andy and I discuss our strategies for global domination.  Our boardroom is the back 9 of Furzely Golf Course and the weather this morning made for a spectacular day.

The image you see is the hole after Andy shot 17 trying to clear a small pond.  The brand new box of 12 Taylor Made balls was reduced to just 4 after this one short round.

Things did improve slightly for Andy, he found a ball on the 8th!!

Next weeks meeting will be on Friday morning, although I am considering playing alone and letting Andy do what he's best at....... letting office space....

On a serious note, our optimization strategy for search engines is moving forward at some pace.  We now are approaching 1000 pages listed with Google and seeing the odd enquiry come through.  In addition, serviced office providers are now finding us and listing their space through our site which is fantastic news.

We will shortly be changing the functionality to the map on our homepage for ease of use and the business Portal is now live with various businesses waiting to be listed.  The Portal is there to assist businesses who find workspace through our site.

Ok - on with some work before I slope off early......

COME ON ENGLAND!!!

On the Simply Workspace site, you're browsing through and finding properties that you like the look of.  When we started, you needed to sign up for an account in order to save these to your short list and it was a bit of a pain.

Now, we've set it up so that you can add properties to your short list without being signed in.  This short list will remain in place until you close your browser and then it will disappear.  We don't retain any of your information at all.

When you view your save properties, you can fill in a simple enquiry form with your details which will come through to us and we'll contact you.

If you want to save your properties indefinitely then you can still sign up for an account.  There's nothing sinister about this; it just gives our systems a means by which you can be identified if you choose to login later to view your favourites.

Part of the marketing strategy for Simply Workspace is going to be some very aggressive search engine optimisation.  Google accounts for over 50% of the searches done on the internet so that's what we use as our benchmark but we have to recognise that there are 5 or 6 other search engines that account for the other 50%.

If you want to benefit from our efforts and offer a business to business service or product then our new Business Portal is for you.

You'll benefit from exposure to your target audience on our site and you'll benefit from the fact that we link directly to your website and this will help your own search engine positions.

Click here to get some more information