Article - June 2010

Don’t be left out in the cold with Video Conferencing

The recent bad snowfall has shown us that the transport network in the UK, stretched at the best of times, is not the most adapted to dealing with weather events which may only occur 2 or 3 weeks out of the whole year, or sometimes every 2 or 3 years in ten.

Anyone not too severely affected can count themselves lucky, as turning on the television and watching the news reports will show that some parts of the country, particularly Scotland and the North East have are often the worst hit.

As far as our children are concerned, this may be the winter wonderland they dream about and wish for, but for the average commuter it poses its own problems.  There are some office workers out there fortunate enough to be able to continue working quite happily at home, but as a recent government estimate showed, the nation as a whole is losing £1.2 billion a day on average thanks to lost productivity.

Even if you are able to get out of your driveway then there are still those all important business meetings you are missing with clients around the country.  Talking on the telephone is all well and good, but sometimes you just want to see the whites in someone’s eyes and gauge a reaction from their facial expressions; it is overall just a much nicer way of doing business.

Well, fortunately for the customers of one company providing Serviced Offices in the UK, this is not a problem.  Anyone savvy enough to have taken up residence in a Forsyth Business centre has the opportunity to connect their business with the outside world not only when the weather is bad, but all year round.  This not only allows them to continue communicating with customers when we do have inclement conditions, but it also saves them a fortune on travel expenses too.

Travelling around the UK to visit clients and colleagues alike for short afternoon meetings is now a thing of the past for a Forsyth customer thanks to the facilities found in most of their business centres.  Video conferencing is just one of many services you would expect from a growing company which operates business centres in most of the UK’s major locations, including London, Edinburgh, Manchester, Leeds and Sheffield amongst others.

The full range of services from Forsyth Business Centres typically include staffed receptions, fully serviced offices, Hotdesk facilities, meeting rooms, IT and telecoms along with the video conferencing mentioned above, and for those of you who still wish to do the majority of your work at home and only occasionally need to take advantage of services such as the meeting rooms and hot desks, there are virtual office and secretarial answering services available too.

There are many more reasons to join the Forsyth family of business centres other than just some bad weather every now and again, but by doing so will give you advantage when the worst the elements have do throw at us happens.  Primarily the main advantage is the convenience of having just one monthly bill covering everything from office services to maintenance, so if you are a new business start up or a larger company looking to expand, it makes sense to look at the options offered by a Forsyth Business Centre.