Following resurgence in demand for high quality serviced office space in the capital, Avanta has recently exchanged contracts to open a new business centre at One Fetter Lane, London EC4.This will bring the number of Avanta business centres in central London to 14 and increase its overall portfolio in the UK to 19 centres http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Third-City-Of-London-Centre-For-Avanta Following resurgence in demand for high quality serviced office space in the capital, Avanta has recently exchanged contracts to open a new business centre at One Fetter Lane, London EC4.This will bring the number of Avanta business centres in central London to 14 and increase its overall portfolio in the UK to 19 centres http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Third-City-Of-London-Centre-For-Avanta The Best Companies 2010 two star accreditation status has been awarded to serviced office group, Avanta, in acknowledgment of excellence in the workplace. Best Companies established the accreditation award scheme based on staff feedback and looks at employee engagement as an integral part of a company’s success and growth http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta-is-awarded-Best-Companies-accreditation Landlords and agents are missing out on many medium sized occupancy deals, due to the inflexible nature of their long-term institutional leases, claims serviced office operator, Avanta, which has in response taken the bold step of entering the property management arena with the formation of Avanta Property Management. The new division will also be focussing on assisting current occupiers which have unused space that they may wish to sub-let http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta-new-division-flexible-leases-landlords Exceptional demand for high quality serviced office space in the City of London has resulted in Avanta expanding the size of its business centre at 9 Devonshire Square by occupying an additional floor in the building. This expansion of the business centre will add a further 15,407 sq ft to the 29,000 sq ft that it already occupies in the building and will be available for clients to occupy from mid March http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Expansion-of-Avanta-City-centre Avanta is rolling out the red carpet to new investors in Manchester as part of the Hello Manchester scheme, which has been developed in partnership with the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA), MIDAS and a small number of business centre operators, to provide them with free serviced office space in the city http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/free-office-space-for-investors-Manchester Client networking opportunities at Avanta business centres across the UK and in India have taken on a new dimension with the introduction of the Avanta Corporate Directory. This web-based service is free and exclusive to all of Avanta’s 600 serviced office clients enabling them to connect with each other so that they can stay in touch, share ideas and, perhaps most importantly, do business together http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/New-Directory-Facility According to new figures released by Think London, the official foreign direct investment agency for London, SME’s accounted for more than 70% of all new business investment in the capital last year. http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Latest-figures-reveal-Touchdown-London-office-space-scheme-is-a-great-success Avanta’s business centre in New Delhi has ended the year with occupancy levels well over 70% due to an upsurge in demand for serviced office space in India during the second half of the year. http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta-stays-strong-in-India A new Concierge and Travel Desk, that’s been introduced at Avanta’s 18 UK business centres, will free up valuable management time and allow serviced office clients to focus on running their core business. So, whether clients need tickets to the theatre, to Newcastle or even New York, an urgent report typed up or just somebody to collect their dry cleaning, Avanta’s new concierge service can provide a solution. http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/New-concierge-service To ensure that entrepreneurs and SMEs get the facts about the benefits of flexible managed workspace, Avanta Managed Offices has become a Supporting Partner of FreshBusinessThinking.com, the leading on-line resource for business owners, directors and entrepreneurs http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta-gets-its-message-across-to-entrepreneurs-and-SMEs Early signs of improvement in demand for serviced office space in London are being reported by Avanta Managed Offices, the London-focused business centre operator. Avanta’s managing director, David Alberto, commented, “Despite the general economic challenges of the past 12 months, our business in London has remained remarkably robust. Avanta’s like-for-like revenue was up 27.5% in the year to March 2009 and like-for-like EBITDA up to £6.7m. http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Early-signs-of-improvement-in-demand-for-serviced-office-space-in-London Avanta’s Regent Street business centre now has the X-Factor following the creation of the new £5million pedestrian crossing at London’s Oxford Circus junction. More than 32,000 people every hour pass through the junction of Oxford Street and Regent Street and the new crossing, opened on Monday by London Mayor, Boris Johnson, is based on the equally crowded Shibuya crossing in Tokyo. http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta-gets-the-X-Factor Avanta Managed Offices has contributed £1500 in sponsorship to the fundraising efforts of one its former senior managers, Sean Morgan, who is spearheading fundraising efforts for the Sacred Childhoods Foundation supported orphanage in Indonesia http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta-sponsors-fundraising-efforts-to-support-Indonesian-orphanage SMEs and small businesses moving into serviced office space can now benefit from a new partnership between Avanta Managed Offices and ThinkGrid, avoiding the need to make capital investment in IT hardware and software http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta-links-with-ThinkGrid-to-reduce-customer-IT-costs Avanta clients that require administrative, secretarial and office management support can now book these services on-line through Virtual City PA, which offers a full range of personal assistant and secretarial services that can be tailored to a client’s individual needs. PAs and secretarial support can be booked from a minimum of one hour and they can usually start work straight away http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Boom-in-demand-for-small-offices-enables-Avanta-to-launch-shared-office-space-in-Reading A mini-boom in requirements for one-person office space in Reading has seen serviced office space operator Avanta launch a new cost-saving shared-space service.As a result of this increase in demand we have introduced a new shared-office facility which could be the perfect office space solution for many of these new businesses. At £299 a month it represents excellent value and provides access to high quality serviced office space with all the normal support services included http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Boom-in-demand-for-small-offices-enables-Avanta-to-launch-shared-office-space-in-Reading The third annual Sparks Race Day, supported by Avanta , raised more than £10,000 for the children’s medical research charity, whose sole remit is to fund research across the whole spectrum of paediatric medicine. The Sparks Race Day, held at Kempton Park race course on September 21st attracted a large number of guests, VIPs and sports personalities, such as BBC presenter John Inverdale and snooker ace John Virgo, as well as Michael Scudamore who provided guests with racings tips. Champion jockey Ryan Moore and the effervescent Frankie Dettori MBE were just some of the top name jockeys taking part in the action packed seven race event. http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta-raises-ten-thousand-for-Sparks-Race-Day Avanta Managed Offices is expanding its central London portfolio to 12 serviced office centres by taking over the former MLS business centre at 26 Dover Street. Avanta has taken over the 8,000 sq ft period property, complete with clients, just off London’s Piccadilly, on a seven year management agreement with Investec Bank. http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta-adds-former-MLS-centre-in-Dover-Street-to-its-expanding-London-portfolio An 18-hole mini golf course set up around the atrium in Devonshire Square, where Avanta Managed Offices operates a serviced office centre, has proven so popular since its introduction at the beginning of July that it is now staying in place until the end of the year, offering a great venue for the Christmas event season http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Mini-golf-course-adds-a-bit-of-fun-to-City-life With the majority of entrepreneurs, SMEs and small business proprietors now conducting their searches for serviced office workspace via the internet, Avanta Managed Offices is now actively embracing the social media networks as part of its on-line marketing campaign http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta-takes-its-marketing-on-line Instant Offices has become the winner of a recently concluded sales contest to support Avanta’s three business centres in India. As a result of winning the competition, the UK-based web broker has been awarded a week-long, all-expenses paid trip to India, sponsored by Avanta http://www.avanta.co.uk//InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta-Broker-contest-winners-to-visit-India In what is believed to have been an industry first, one of London’s leading serviced office provider, Avanta, has hosted a client focus group at the glamorous Vanilla bar and restaurant in London’s West End, where Cheryl Cole’s recent surprise birthday party was hosted http://www.avanta.co.uk/USA/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Product-to-boost-clients-success To help satisfy demand from businesses looking to expand their operations on the other side of the Atlantic, Avanta Managed Offices is partnering with US-based Regent Business Centers to enable both organisations to offer a wider range of locations, products and services to clients http://www.avanta.co.uk/USA/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta-partners-with-US-based-Regent-to-help-satisfy-demand-from-Anglo-American-businesses “The VILE years have returned,” claimed financial guru Justin Urquhart Stewart, of Seven Investment Management, speaking as host of an informal breakfast business meeting held at the beginning of July at Avanta’s Austin Friars business centre in the City of London http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Nothing-Nice-about-Urquhart-Stewarts-meeting-at-Avantas-Austin-Friars-centre Substantial discounts on serviced office space across the UK are being offered under a new partnership between leading serviced office provider Avanta and Entrepreneur Country, to proactively help entrepreneurs and SMEs ride out the recession http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta-helps-lower-the-cost-of-entry-to-entrepreneurship The London Fire Brigade was not the only emergency service to rush to the aid of Soho businesses after Dean Street went up in flames on Friday afternoon, as Avanta Managed Offices sped into action to provide flexible workspace accommodation in its business centre in Regent Street for more than 50 Soho workers http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta-rescues-Dean-Street-blaze-businesses Entrepreneurs and job creators across the UK already value the flexibility provided by serviced office space , so Avanta has given free office space to the TaxPayers Alliance at its Victoria Street business centre. This will provide the TPA with a stable base, close to Westminster, from which to lead campaigns aimed at supporting SMES and entrepreneurial businesses http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta-supports-tax-campaign-group The recent increases in BT business telephone rates have further advantaged the all-inclusive business service package, now being offered to serviced office clients of Avanta Managed Offices, which allows all local and national telephone calls to be made free of charge http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Free-phone-calls-give-Avanta-the-edge-as-BT-increases-its-business-rates-again Employees from Hammersmith-based Avanta Managed Offices are planning to take part in a 5.6 Km race to help raise funds for the UK’s leading children’s medical research charity, Sparks, as part of the JP Morgan Corporate Challenge 2009 http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Sparks-fly-as-Hammersmith-company-undertakes-charity-run One of the UK’s fastest growing exponents of TV, advertising and promotional films has relocated their business to Harrow as part of a major cost saving exercise http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Growth-in-video-news-attracts-film-makers-to-Harrow Avanta’s Capital Place business centre at Heathrow has proven to be the perfect location for Hindi film-makers, Idream Productions who were looking for a high-quality business centre in which to shoot their latest drama http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Bollywood-drama-filmed-Heathrow-business-centre Increasing demand for eco-friendly remanufactured printer cartridges, for both home and office use, has seen one of the UK’s leading recyclers of ink jet and laser toner cartridge urge local consumers to act more responsible before throwing old cartridges into the dustbin http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Harrow-based-Xprint-urges-local-businesses-to-put-the-X-factor-into-recycling A commitment to highest levels of employee satisfaction, training and work ethics has seen Avanta Managed Offices shortlisted in the South of England final of the ‘Employer of the Year Award’ at the National Business Awards http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta-is-shortlisted-for-Employer-of-the-Year-award Touchdown London, an innovative scheme, under which international companies looking to set up business in London are being provided with free serviced office space, has been extended to include the recently opened Avanta business centre in Devonshire Square, in the City http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta-and-Think-London-extend-free-office-space-to-foreign-investors-in-the-City-of-London A charity auction, hosted by leading London-based serviced office operator, Avanta, set the scene for the 2009 Sparks Race Day, which takes place on 21st September 2009, and is being supported by Avanta for the third year in succession. Sparks is the leading children’s medical research charity, whose sole remit is to fund research across the whole spectrum of paediatric medicine http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta-sets-Sparks-flying-at-charity-race-day-launch-party Serviced office space is no longer seen as a short term solution to workspace requirements, claims a new survey by Avanta Managed Offices, which operates 18 unbranded business centres across the UK, including 13 in London http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Rise-in-occupancy-length-fuels-Avantas-expansion-plans Serviced office company Avanta has opened its newly refurbished business centre, The Media Village, in order to provide a location for local students studying for this summer’s GCSE examinations http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Top-Marks-for-Avanta-Serviced-Office-Company-Hosts-gcse-Revision-Programme The Sparks Race Day is a celebration of an afternoon’s top class racing, whilst raising money for the children’s medical research charity Sparks. The event has already raised over £45,000 for the charity in the last two years, with Avanta and Sparks determined to build on the total this year http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Sparks-RaceDay-2009 Avanta commission Accelerator Solutions Ltd to undertake regular surveys of companies based at its portfolio of business centres across London, the Thames Valley, Manchester and Edinburgh. The latest survey took place between October 2008 and March 2009, eliciting responses from 142 companie http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/OfficesImprove_Business_Results One of London’s leading serviced office companies, Avanta, is a preferred partner of Think London, the foreign direct investment agency for the capital, which provides overseas companies with a launch pad to help their business grow and succeed in London. This partnership is exclusive to Think London and international companies working with the organisation to facilitate their relocation or business set up in London http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/London-Rolls-Out-Red-Carpet-to-International-Business Serviced office provider Avanta has been recognised in a prestigious national poll as one of the UK’s best small companies to work for. The poll compiles the views of some 35,000 employees who fed into the survey and is the most comprehensive study of workplace opinion and engagement of its kind. The full results have been published in this week’s The Sunday Times http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Sunday-Times-Names-Avanta-One-of-The-UK-Best-Small-Companies-to-Work-for The insurance policy is available to all companies taking space in one of Avanta’s 19 business centres across the UK, in addition to existing companies. The policy provides cover for; business contents, worldwide cover for laptops, theft cover, directors and officers cover, legal expenses, in addition to public and employers liability and a Free Disaster recovery solution http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta-Insure-Total-Package-for-Customers The Croydon Charity Ball is an annual fund raising event which supports both the Croydon Commitment and Sparks charities. Other co-sponsors of the ball include Barclays and Mondial Assistance. This year’s prestigious gala evening takes place in a marquee on the pitch at Selhurst Park, home of Crystal Palace Football Club, on Tuesday 19 May 2009 http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta-on-the-Ball-at-the-Palace Serviced office company Avanta is making its national television debut, with its Austin Friars business centre in the City of London playing a starring role in the BBC2’s Million Dollar Traders series, aired throughout 3 weeks in January http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta-Plays-Host-to-BBCS-Million-Dollar-Traders Avanta, one of the UK’s leading serviced office providers, which had started its India operations in September 2008 by launching Statesman House , Connaught Place, Delhi, announced its consolidation and expansion plans for Indian market by launching two more serviced office centres in Mumbai http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta-expands-its-operations-in-India Devonshire Square offers a range of cafes, restaurants, leisure and retail amenities. Notable occupiers include Aon, Societe Generale, Standard Life and Hammonds. Avanta’s business centre at 9 Devonshire Square is already 15% occupied, with further new clients expected to move into the building over the next few weeks http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta-Launch-New-City-Business-Centre The special guest of honour was Sparks’ Royal Patron, HRH Princess Michael of Kent, who was joined by a glittering array of sporting heroes and celebrities. Olympic legends Ben Ainslie and James Cracknell were joined by Kenny and Gabby Logan, and racing icon, Richard Dunwoody. All the money raised by the event will help fund pioneering research that has a practical, positive impact on the lives of babies and small children http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta-Helps-put-Spark-in-Charity-Winter-Ball Serviced office company celebrates its Great 8 of 2008. Leading UK serviced office company Avanta has completed a busy year which has seen international expansion into India, the opening of eight new business centres in London and across the UK, and the strengthening of its senior management team http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avantas-Year-of-Growth-and-Expansion