It’s no secret that the UK has undergone various economic hardships in recent times. The issues are too multifarious and too complex to go into in any great detail here, however needless-to-say it is smaller business that have suffered greatly.
One of the biggest costs for smaller business to bear is the cost of office space. Therefore, in these more difficult economic times it can here where problems may arise. Perhaps you are due to renew your contract, but simply don’t have the funds to do so. Or perhaps, a rising London property market makes it inviolable for you to find offices to rent.
Thankfully, running parallel to these tougher economic times are advances in technology, the internet and general flexibility and convenience. How does this help?
Well it has never been easier to find office space, either short term or long term, and so small businesses can realistically shop around for office space to rent that carefully pertains to a specific need or budget.
Perhaps the economic situation is encouraging you to work in novel ways, and you know longer feel the need to rely on a permanent office space. This can work especially well for businesses that exist online, and have no real need to expensive offices.
Short term could be a better idea, and is well suited to smaller businesses that don’t want to risk it all with a permanent premises.