Article - April 2011

Exeter proves it is the cream of the South West for office rentals

At the first casual glance towards a map of the United Kingdom, you could be forgiven for making the assumption that Exeter is a town neatly tucked away within the South West of England.

You may think it is only popular with the touring crowd who visit Devon for their cream teas, with little commercial influence, but this opinion would be as far from the truth as you could get. Exeter is in fact a thriving and historic city which, although it does attract tourists, does not rely on them solely for its industry. 

In fact, Exeter thrives so well as a city in its own right that it has been identified as one of the top ten most profitable locations for a business to be based.  Exeter St David’s railway station and Exeter Central railway station as well as the M5 Motorway and Exeter International Airport ensure the city has good transport links to the rest of the UK and indeed Europe.

The transport links with Europe are so firmly routed that there is evidence of a settlement on the site which traded with the Mediterranean region as early as the year 250 BC.  The site itself favours from being on a dry ridge of land ending in a spur which overlooks the River Exe, once teeming with fish, which in turn led to Exeter being the most South Westerly Roman fortified settlement in Britain.

Now that we have established the credentials for Exeter as a commercial city, perfect for expanding companies and new business start ups alike, what is there on offer as far as serviced office space for a business to establish itself in the city?

Forsyth Business Centres, as they commonly do within many major commercial locations around the UK, have office space in Exeter to be proud of.  Their Grade A office building situated in the city’s prime office location, Southernhay Gardens, offers prestigious new serviced offices on an impressive site adjacent to the city’s Crown and County courts.

Furthermore Forsyth @ The Senate fronts directly onto Western Way, which is Exeter’s main ring road.  The building itself offers 14,000 square feet of serviced office accommodation (equating to over 230 workstations) and provides all the usual facilities of a Forsyth Business Centre including car parking, staffed reception, meeting and conference rooms, IT and Telephone systems, virtual offices and secretarial support.

Exeter really is the cream of the crop for offices to rent in the South West of England.  To learn more about Forsyth’s serviced offices in Exeter simply follow the link, or feel free to get in touch with any queries you may have about any of Forsyth’s services on 0800 731 5928.