Recently we have seen media and public reaction to manufacturing work sent overseas to China rather than keeping it at home for Australians. Understandably employees are concerned about the security of their jobs, particularly when they have mortgages and families to support. Sometimes it can be just as challenging for the bosses of small to medium businesses when they not only have their own family's security, but the responsibility of their employees' security to consider too.
One of the most difficult times is when a commercial office lease comes up for renewal. Given the volatility of the world's economies, who can reliably predict how strong demand will be over the next 12 months let alone five years? Yet business owners are often expected to sign office leases for 3 or 5 years and more scarily, they are often asked to give a personal guarantee up to the full amount of the lease. This means that if a business owner gets it wrong and business dips, potentially s/he could lose the family home. On the other hand. if s/he is too cautious and the economy bounces back, then there is the business risk that too small a premises could restrict growth.
One alternative is to use a serviced office. The benefits include:
* You can commit for offices for as little as 3 months.
* Serviced offices are modular so you can start with a conservative amount of office space
and then upgrade or downgrade office size or number of serviced offices as required.
* You have furnished offices, telecommunications, and big office facilities such as professional boardrooms.
* A personal receptionist.
* "Virtual" office services for home based businesses or out of state businesses that seek the professional impression of an established office.
Traditionally serviced offices have been a valuable resource for small offices of 1-10 workstations, branch offices, regional offices, country offices, and home offices.
"Now with the incredible volatility that has seen us jump from inflationary to deflationary fears and potentially back again, serviced offices are a valuable resource that give the flexibility to 'ride out' whatever the economy throws at us, " said Grant Mason, Managing Director of Gordon Executive Centre, a division of Advantage Serviced Offices in Sydney Australia.
Find out more about serviced offices Sydney advantages, comparison of Sydney commercial offices with serviced offices Sydney, and virtual office Sydney advantages at Gordon Executive Centre Serviced Offices on Sydney's North Shore.
Gordon Executive Centre is a leading provider of serviced offices and virtual offices on the North Shore of Sydney Australia.
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Gordon Executive Centre offers an ideal North Shore Sydney location for Serviced Offices and Virtual Offices. Office suites are contmporary, furnished, and come with broadband, dedicated LAN, and telephone answering. Boardroom, Meeting Rooms, couriers,and secretarial services available. As a member of the Serviced Office Network(SON), office clients may enjoy up to 8 hours of free meeting room usage per month at 40+ Australian centres and 600+ centres internationally through Alliance Business Centres Network.
Virtual Office Options include Telephone Answering, Mail/Business Address Service, Fax Service, Signage Service, Meeting Room Package, as needed Meeting Rooms and Boardroom, Secretarial, Scanning, Binding, Laminating, Printing, and Copying.
Grant Mason is Managing Director of Advantage Serviced Offices providing Serviced Offices and Virtual Offices on the North Shore of Sydney; with principal location at Gordon Executive Centre.
