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Looking for the perfect serviced office space in Telford?

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The Serviced Office Company’s recently refurbished St. James House is your first port of call for serviced offices in Telford, just a few minutes from the M54 and A442.

With 52,000 square feet of office space across four storeys, including an exclusive outdoor terrace for third-floor occupants and two communal outdoor spaces at ground level, there’s plenty of opportunity to get some fresh air throughout your busy day.

Our architects and designers worked hard to produce the high standard of serviced office Telford businesses need in order to thrive, creating our biggest premises yet right at the heart of the Midlands.

Express transport links with the North West and London mean you’re open for business to clients nationwide – and make it easier to visit our serviced offices in Manchester and London, if you need to schedule a meeting there instead.

Features and benefits

Our serviced offices in Telford come with an extensive list of features, starting with the office space itself, which is unbranded ready for you to make your own mark.

There are free hot drinks and kitchen facilities, allowing you to prepare snacks or lunch, or just to grab some liquid refreshment to stay hydrated through the day.

Comfortable breakout rooms and eco-friendly spaces help you to relax, recharging your mental batteries and giving you some crucial time to think about something other than work.

We’re open whenever you are, with 24-hour serviced offices in Telford protected by round-the-clock security. There’s even on-site showers and changing rooms if you need to freshen up without leaving the building.

Within easy reach

We’re easy to find, just a stone’s throw from the A442 and M54 in Central Park (TF2 9TZ, if you’re following satnav) or ten minutes’ walk from Telford Central Station.

There’s on-site car parking with electric vehicle charging available, as well as secure bike racks if you prefer to cycle to work.

With meeting rooms to hire in the building, you can also welcome job applicants, potential investors and important clients to meet face-to-face – just book a room via the app when you need some private space to talk in confidence.

As mentioned, we’re open around the clock, so you can get 24-hour access to your office space when you need to pull an all-nighter to beat a big deadline.

Want to know more?

We’re proud of the hard work that went into St. James House, as well as the fantastic results that we achieved working with top-quality architects, interior designers and bespoke office furniture suppliers.

In fact, we’re so sure that we’ve produced the serviced office Telford businesses have been waiting for, we’d love to show you round in person.

So if you’re looking for business premises in the area, get in touch to schedule your tour of the Serviced Office Company’s biggest development ever.

With open-plan office space on the top two storeys, and nearly 50 serviced offices, hotdesking and co-working facilities across the ground and first floors, we have the flexibility to support your business, and its need for room to grow.

Co-working and hot desking in Telford

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Our serviced offices in Telford are our biggest development ever, and across 52,000 square feet of floor space, we offer some of the best hot-desking and co-working space Telford residents could ask for.

Whether you’re looking for professional surroundings to work from as a freelancer, or you want to benefit from the flexibility of hot-desking in Telford, St. James House has plenty of capacity and is just 10-15 minutes from central Telford and the train station.

If you’re arriving by bike or car, you’ll find us just a few minutes from the A442 and M54, with on-site secure cycle racks, car parking and electric vehicle charging available to our customers.

What we offer

St. James House offers four storeys of fully refurbished office space, our newest and biggest location in the country. In addition to nearly 50 serviced offices on the bottom two floors, and open-plan office space on the upper storeys, we cater for occasional clients too:

Hot-Desking

If you only occasionally need a desk to work from, you split your time between multiple locations or you often work remotely, hot-desking gives you on-demand access to comfortable, professional facilities only when you need them.

Co-Working

Co-working in Telford is an excellent way to meet like-minded entrepreneurs by sharing a communal workspace. Again access the space when you need to, while also benefiting from access to our other on-site facilities.

Virtual Offices

We also provide virtual offices in Telford – giving you direct contact details at the same address as our hot-desking space. It’s the perfect solution if you want to be reachable at St. James House even when you’re not working from there.

Meet and greet

Good business is about building relationships, whether that’s your relationship with us at the Serviced Office Company, or your relationships with your colleagues, peers and customers.

We have designed our co-working space in Telford to facilitate collaboration and a sense of community, but also to allow you to get your head down when you don’t want to be disturbed by your fellow entrepreneurs.

If you need a private place to meet with external stakeholders, you can hire a meeting room in Telford, again on-site at St. James House so anyone visiting you in person can follow directions to your mailing address.

Finally, we would love to meet you ourselves – we welcome all potential future and current customers to visit St. James House and can show you around all of the facilities if you want to take a look for yourself.

Get in touch

If you’ve been looking for places that offer hot-desking in Telford, we hope the Serviced Office Company has the answer to everything you need.

You can find out more, including a full list of the features we offer in our serviced offices in Telford, by visiting our page all about St. James House under ‘Locations’.

If there’s anything else you would like to know, or you’re ready to make an enquiry about booking our co-working space in Telford, please get in touch via our Contact page and we’ll help you get the professional workspace you need as soon as possible.

Everything you need to know about Serviced Office Company’s meeting rooms

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Serviced Office Company meeting rooms for hire give tenants of our serviced offices in Telford, London and Manchester access to some extra private space on an ad hoc basis.

When you need somewhere to interview job applicants, host a seminar or discuss a sensitive issue without being overheard, our meeting rooms give you a comfortable and confidential place to do just that.

Meeting rooms can be found in all of our serviced office buildings so (subject to availability) you should never need to go further than just down the hall to get some privacy in a dedicated, meeting-orientated room.

SOC Meeting Rooms Telford

Newly refurbished and purpose-made, our meeting rooms in Telford are part of our biggest redevelopment ever, the 52,000 sq ft St James’ House.

As part of the complete four-storey refurbishment, which cost £8 million, we created seven unbranded corporate conference rooms fitted out with Verco and William Hands furniture.

When you need a Telford meeting room, you can check availability and make your booking via an app – so there’s no need to go to reception and no doubt over what’s available.

Find out more about St James’ House, Telford.

SOC Meeting Rooms London

Our London meeting rooms are furnished by Humanscale and Sedus, to give you the very best in comfort during long conferences and training sessions.

Again the room itself is unbranded, but decorated and furnished to a high standard, to put across the right impression if you’re meeting clients, investors or stakeholders face-to-face.

Like all of our conference rooms, SOC meeting rooms in London have superfast internet and audiovisual technology, making them the perfect place to hold a presentation or video call.

Find out more about Davenport House and Millharbour Court.

SOC Meeting Rooms Manchester

SOC meeting rooms in Manchester are a few minutes’ walk from the Exchange Quay Metrolink tram stop, in stunning waterfront locations.

Positioned either side of the Salford Quays MediaCityUK postcode boundary, you can choose between:

  • Imperial Court, Exchange Quay, Manchester (M5 postcode)
  • Clippers House, Clippers Quay, Salford Quays (M50 postcode)

With some of the country’s biggest media companies based on your doorstep and the scenic surroundings of Salford Quays, our Manchester meeting rooms help you to make the best first impression on candidates, new recruits, clients and investors alike.

Find out more about Imperial Court and Clippers House.

Beyond Meeting Rooms

We work hard to ensure that all SOC meeting rooms are equipped with the latest technology, plasma screens and projectors, AV equipment and high-speed internet.

In addition, we can place snacks and refreshments in the room by request, ideal if you’re planning to host a longer meeting or a lunchtime conference.

All of our serviced offices in London, Telford and Manchester have casual chillout rooms, kitchen areas and access to exterior spaces for outdoor meetings too.

Together, this means whether you’re meeting with two people or as many as 60, in an informal or corporate environment, we have space available on-site and on-demand.

Find out more about SOC meeting rooms.

Collaboration central: the benefits of meeting room rentals

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SOC serviced offices in Telford, Manchester and London enhance collaboration in many different ways, from those snatched water cooler moments right through to meeting like-minded entrepreneurs who have office space in the same building.

Whether you’re meeting with colleagues, subordinates, sole traders or fellow business leaders, our premises are designed to facilitate collaboration in all its forms.

Our ever-increasing hotdesking capacity is one example of this, allowing self-employed individuals to work from a dedicated space alongside others who are in business in their own right.

But one of our best examples of collaborative workspace is our supply of meeting rooms in London, Manchester and Telford, all of which are fully fitted out to the highest standard.

What to expect in SOC meeting rooms

SOC meeting rooms are available on an as-needed basis in all of our serviced office buildings and can also be booked if you are a virtual office customer who needs a physical room to meet with a high-profile client or stakeholder.

All of our meeting rooms in Telford, London and Manchester offer certain core features:

  • Unbranded, purpose-built meeting space
  • Ergonomic designer office furniture
  • High-speed internet access
  • Audiovisual equipment for presentations
  • Optional snacks and beverages

We want your meetings to run as smoothly as possible, which is why we will make sure the room is ready for you at the start of your booked time slot, complete with any food and drink you have requested in advance.

Informal meeting spaces

While we design our meeting rooms to encourage collaboration, with comfortable furniture, refreshments and the full complement of telecommunication technologies, we know sometimes you want a less formal setting.

That’s why you’ll find kitchen areas, chillout rooms and other breakout spaces on all our premises, including outdoor seating and indoor meeting pods where appropriate – all to give you as much choice as possible.

You’re never far from a phone or an ultrafast broadband connection, so wherever you choose to chat, you should always find you have access to the facilities you need.

How to book SOC meeting rooms

Booking a meeting room should be easy, which is why we allow you to book SOC meeting rooms via a dedicated app, with immediate access to check current availability of all the rooms in your building.

When you know which suite you want to reserve, and the time slot you’d like to book it for, just follow the instructions in the app to secure that slot, with no danger of finding the room double booked.

For last-minute meetings, just check the app to see what’s available and, subject to capacity, you can duck into a meeting room at short notice for a private and confidential conversation.

Find out more

To find out more about SOC meeting rooms for 2-60 people or any other Serviced Office Company services, please get in touch today and we’ll be happy to help.

You’ll find all our details on our Contact page, you can email info@servicedofficecompany.co.uk or call our main switchboard on 0207 510 9400.

5 reasons why serviced offices are best in winter

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With the cost of living rising rapidly and the final weeks of 2022 bringing an extended cold snap, many businesses are already feeling the brunt of winter – and spring is still several months away.

But with the option to occupy serviced offices in London, Manchester or Telford, the Serviced Office Company can cater for your needs, while delivering a long list of benefits that come as standard.

Some of these include…

Energy efficient heating

Our serviced offices come with individual heating and air conditioning controls, but throughout our buildings we make good use of energy efficient heating, to reduce our energy consumption and make savings we can pass on to our tenants.

Whether you’re a hot desking customer or a serviced office tenant, this means you can expect a warm, comfortable workplace throughout the winter months, without wasted energy, excess carbon footprint or unnecessary bills.

Light and bright

Another part of our commitment to energy efficiency is our use of natural light, and we design all of our serviced office buildings to capitalise on the availability of daylight, even in the winter when the days are that bit darker.

If the sun decides not to shine, we provide overhead lighting using energy efficient bulbs, so again, you can minimise your carbon footprint and your energy bills in one fell swoop.

Freshen up

There are few things worse than getting caught in an icy downpour or arriving to work muddy from the morning cycle commute – but with washrooms and shower facilities on-site, you can clean up and dry off, ready to face the day.

With bicycle racks also provided at each of our locations, you can commit to your eco-friendly pledge or exercise regime and keep cycling all through the winter, with somewhere safe to lock up your bike while you work.

Snacks and drinks

No matter how you get to work, a hot drink can be a welcome pick-me-up when it’s still dark outside. Our kitchen facilities give you a dedicated space to prepare snacks and drinks, giving you essential fuel to keep you alert all day.

We can also provide light snacks and beverages in our meeting rooms for hire – just ask for more details about the preparations we can make for any upcoming conference or seminar you might be planning to hold.

Break out

Don’t leave the premises when you need to relax. With our comfortable breakout rooms, you can step out of the office without facing icy winds or frosty pavements.

Our breakout rooms are provided free of charge, subject to availability, and are a great way to mingle with your fellow entrepreneurs who also use the hot desking facilities or serviced offices in the same building.

Find out more

To find out more about how we can keep you cosy this winter, get in touch with us today. We welcome enquiries about any of our serviced offices in London, Manchester and Telford, as well as general enquiries if you haven’t yet chosen a location.

Start the New Year in serviced offices in Telford

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As we start the New Year, many sole traders, small businesses and new start-ups will be looking for premises to call their own, and our serviced offices in Telford are the perfect place to set up an office in the Midlands.

With London and Manchester both around two and a quarter hours away by train, and Manchester less than two hours’ drive, a serviced office in Telford gives you access to key markets in both the north-west and the south-east.

And because we have serviced offices in Manchester and London as well, we can offer virtual office services from both locations, giving you direct professional contact details in desirable postcodes in both regions, in addition to your physical office in Telford.

Why choose a serviced office in Telford?

Our serviced offices in Telford are based in St. James House, a ten-minute walk from Telford Central Station and just four minutes’ drive from the M54, with great access to the M6 and A442.

The premises in Telford’s picturesque Central Park are our biggest ever, spanning 52,000 square feet across four floors.

On the ground and first floors alone you’ll find around 50 offices supporting 250 desks in total, and each office has its own heating and air conditioning controls, plus ultrafast Wi-Fi 6 internet access.

Above that, the top two floors offer open-plan office space, with an exclusive outdoor terrace on the third floor. Breakout rooms and app-bookable meeting rooms are located throughout the building for use when needed.

How to prepare your business for 2023

It’s hard to know what the economy will bring during 2023, but our serviced offices in Telford are an excellent way to prepare for any eventuality.

Our flexible office space plans mean you can occupy only as much as you need, with meeting rooms available to book via our app when you want to hold a conference, training session or stakeholder meeting.

We welcome enquiries about virtual offices in Telford, Manchester and London – allowing you to be contacted via our telephone number or postal address, without having a physical office on-site.

All of this gives you plenty of ways to future-proof your business growth in 2023, while giving you the professional brand perception you need to secure new clients and investment.

Getting to our serviced office in Telford

We’re proud of all our premises, and especially of the work that went into St. James House, so if you’d like to view our meeting rooms and serviced offices in Telford, just ask and we can schedule a tour of the building.

Getting here is easy. There’s a 180-space secure car park with six spaces reserved for visitors, plus a 50-space underground parking garage for executives.

Alternatively if you prefer to cycle, we have on-site bicycle racks to keep your bike locked up safely throughout the day, as well as shower facilities and washrooms in case you need to freshen up on arrival.

For more information about any of the above, contact us and we’ll be happy to help you put your business on the road to a prosperous New Year in 2023.

Flexible working made easier with Serviced Office Company

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One of the lasting effects of lockdown has been the proof that flexible working models are feasible for many more companies than may have been thought prior to the pandemic.

As the UK economy has opened back up, demand has grown quickly for serviced offices, virtual offices and hot desking facilities, driven by workforces keen to retain a hybrid working model.

This is good news for employers, as embracing this trend can help to keep employees happy and productive, while cutting the costs of fixed office space.

Serviced Office Company’s facilities cater for all of these modes of working – allowing you to embrace a fully flexible and hybrid workforce in the post-pandemic era.

Serviced offices for flexible working

It’s in our name, and with good reason. Serviced office space has been used for years by new start-ups, fast-growing SMEs and large businesses setting up new branch offices.

So it’s no surprise that serviced offices have been in demand among companies adapting to the flexible working model.

In fact the two go hand in hand, giving you versatile office space and just as much capacity as you need to accommodate your workforce – without spending on unused desks and workstations for personnel who are now largely working from a remote location.

Virtual offices for hybrid workers

If you’re not familiar with virtual offices, they give you access to our physical addresses and contact details, without you occupying any physical office space.

You – and your workforce – can work wherever you want, with our postal address and telephone numbers on your letterheads and email signatures.

When you receive a phone call or mail to one of our serviced offices, we’ll forward it on to you, allowing you to operate (or appear to do so) from prime locations in Telford, Manchester and London without facing a daily commute.

And if you’re creating a hybrid workforce, our virtual office services are ideal for your personnel who work remotely, coupled with fully serviced office space for those working on-site.

Hot desking for mixed-mode working

When you need some top-up capacity, for example if you have a higher number of employees working on-site during a training day or ahead of a major deadline, we provide hot desking facilities in London, Manchester and Telford.

Just book the workstations you need for the number of additional personnel coming into the office, and you’re all set.

Hot desking facilities are also available on an ad hoc basis for individuals, such as freelancers who might be looking for a professional office environment to work from for any length of time.

Contact us today

Whether you’re an individual looking for virtual office or hot desking facilities, or a business adapting to a flexible hybrid workforce, we have the services to suit you.

Our recently opened serviced offices in Telford and hot desking facilities in London are just part of our ongoing commitment to cater for growing demand from British businesses.

To find out more or to enquire about serviced offices and virtual offices near you, call us or email us today and we’ll be happy to help you find the flexible workspace you need.

How serviced offices can save you money this winter

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Fully serviced office space could be your company’s solution to a perfect winter storm of problems and pressures when it comes to counting your operating costs.

With high inflation, eye-watering business energy prices and the threat of a recession, many companies will be looking to save costs on premises.

Serviced offices are an excellent way to do this, by giving you the space you need, without the running costs of extra unused offices or meeting rooms standing empty.

What you get in serviced office space

Serviced office space gives you a lot for your money. Furnished offices ready to use, with up-to-date audiovisual equipment, telephony and internet/network connections already installed as standard.

You can put your own stamp on the space if you want, or you can move in immediately with minimal setup costs.

At the Serviced Office Company, we include a comprehensive list of features and benefits at no extra cost – you can check this on our website for total confidence about what you’ll get.

Why is serviced office space cheaper?

Generally speaking, fully serviced office space can be much cheaper than owning or leasing office space of your own – so why is this?

First of all, it’s easier to get exactly the amount of space you need, so you’re not paying to lease or maintain office space that you don’t really need.

We have meeting rooms for hire on-site when you need them, whether that’s for a one-to-one private conversation or for a group seminar, as well as breakout spaces where you can make a phone call or just relax.

The key word here is ‘lean’ – you trim the fat from your office space leasing, paying only for what you need, which is crucial in the current climate.

Save your staff from spending

It’s not just the rental cost that makes serviced office space a compelling proposition. It’s also a wallet-friendly option for your employees.

Our serviced offices in Manchester, London and Telford are in prime locations with good transport links, including an excellent mix of public transport to choose from.

And for an even more budget-friendly commute, employees who live nearby can walk or cycle to work, with places to securely park bicycles and washroom facilities on-site if they need to freshen up on arrival.

Finally, our well-equipped kitchen areas allow your staff to prepare lunch, snacks and hot drinks to reduce their reliance on daily purchases from nearby coffee shops and delicatessens.

Find out more

These are just a few examples of how serviced office space can help you and your employees to control your spending this winter – and of course, the confidence you gain over the cost of your workplace heating bills will be a huge factor too.

If you would like to know more about our serviced offices in Manchester, Telford and London, please get in touch and we will be happy to discuss the facilities available at each location and how we can help your business to thrive throughout this winter and into the new year.

How to Stay Active in the Office

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We all know that sitting in one place for eight hours a day is not a good way to keep active, which is why our serviced offices in Manchester, Telford and London have several features that help you and your employees to stay active.

It doesn’t take a lot to reduce sedentary time and unleash a whole host of benefits. The SMART Work and Life programme offered by the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust encourages small and simple changes in workplace activity to reduce time spent sitting.

By cutting sitting time by one hour, the SMART programme can achieve:

  • 33% of staff less stressed
  • 50% of staff less back and neck pain
  • 58% of staff less fatigued
  • 53% of staff more engaged
  • 66% of staff more productive
  • 71% of staff more focused
  • 87% of staff more energised
  • 65% of staff improved quality of life

Ultimately this is all done by encouraging employees to stand up and walk around more often – including productive time, such as standing-up meetings and standing phone calls.

How to Cut Sitting Time in the Office

Research to test the SMART programme included 756 workers from offices in Manchester, Liverpool and Leicester.

Through simple interventions such as tracking time spent sitting and actively encouraging standing, participants reduced their time spent sat at their desks by an average of 22 minutes per day.

By introducing adjustable height desks, this could be increased to over an hour on average – but even without doing this, the workers reported feeling more focused, energised and productive, and less stressed.

Keeping Active in Serviced Offices

Our serviced offices in Manchester, London and Telford have been designed to allow employees to move around, with spaces suitable for standing as well as a variety of seating areas:

  • Kitchen facilities for informal standing meetings
  • Meeting rooms for hire to enable movement of staff
  • Comfortable breakout rooms for relaxation and change of posture
  • Open-plan layouts to facilitate face-to-face collaboration
  • Good access to local amenities to encourage active breaks

In addition to all of this, we encourage walking and cycling to work, with on-site bicycle racks for secure parking and washroom facilities to clean up on arrival, ready for the working day.

All of this together means your workforce has plenty of places to spend a few minutes standing or moving around, without compromising on productivity – and reaping the benefits in physical fitness and state of mind as a result.

Find out more

If you would like to know more about the facilities and furniture available in our serviced offices in Telford, London or Manchester, or you want to enquire about our meeting rooms and hot desking facilities in any of our locations, please contact the Serviced Office Company today.

You can find our quick and easy enquiry form on our Contact page, along with the other details you can use to get in touch.

And if you’ve already decided on a location and would like to take a look for yourself, just click Book A Tour at the top of the location’s page on our website, and we’ll get a visit scheduled in for a time that suits you.