http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/information_centre Avanta offers a wide choice of ready-to-use, fully serviced offices in prime business locations in UK, India and USA. Avanta serviced offices offer full flexibility of space and contract, and an all-inclusive pricing, so you can save on huge start-up costs and budget efficiently. Whether you are a start-up who needs a small space or a multinational requiring a whole floor, we provide it all. The serviced office provider was so impressed with the recent Recycling Lives ‘Christmas Eco-Tips’ poster campaign, giving advice on how to reduce carbon usage over the festive period, that it decided to create its own poster campaign outlining simple, yet effective, ways in which office workers can help cut their carbon footprint http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/avanta-turns-clients-green The £5 tickets went on sale at the beginning of December at www.justgiving.com/avanta-raffle and prizes include a luxury weekend hotel break; high value Selfridges and Next shopping vouchers, an Amazon Kindle as well as gorgeous Jo Malone bath products. The draw for the prizes will be held on 2nd March 2011 with winning tickets drawn by rowing legend, Sir Matthew Pinsent http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/avanta-launches-virtual-raffle-to-support-childrens-charity Avanta is urging clients at its popular Lyric Square serviced office centre in Hammersmith to get on their bikes and cycle to work as part of a drive to encourage people to use more environmentally-friendly commutes to the office. “With almost 1,000 clients working at the Lyric Square centre we’ve installed new larger secure bikes racks and storage lockers as part of our plan to help promote fitness and reduce carbon emissions,” comments Charlotte van Fowler, Avanta’s business centre manager. http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/avanta-promotes-pedal-power-at-hammersmith Avanta has launched Office Lite, a new shared office space service across 12 of its nationwide serviced office centres in direct response to more than 200 enquires for single occupancy workspace during the past six months. With prices starting from just £199 per month for a fully equipped desk, complete with lockable pedestal storage unit, IT connection, telephone with free local and national calls, and business support services, clients will get a swipe card and key access to high quality shared office space. http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta_launches_Office_Lite_shared_space_for_single_users A brand new professional digital collaboration community, which has been set up at Avanta’s Media Village in London’s Great Titchfield Street, has sparked tremendous interest from a wide range of digital genres. http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta_ignites_digital_collaboration_community_at_media_village There were fireworks, fairy lights and flames galore at the official opening party of Avanta Managed Offices’ 14th London serviced office centre at Fetter Lane in the City.The event was attended by more than 120 brokers and commercial property agents who, after being given a tour of the centre’s facilities, were then taken to the third floor where the party was held overlooking Fetter Lane. http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/fireworks-at-avantas-fetter-lane-launch-party Team members from office space provider Avanta joined forces with members of Ecademy, Entrepreneur Country, Fresh Business Thinking and DeskDemon recently for an inaugural, and highly successful, networking event in the City.Held at the bar of Avanta’s Austin Friars EC2 business centre , the evening was hosted by online Dragon and entrepreneur, Julie Meyer, who discussed current business trends and hosted a question and answer session. http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/dragon-hosts-networking-event-at-avanta-flagship-business-centre Much of the high level of waste revealed in retail tycoon Sir Philip Green’s recent spending review of government departments, could be drastically reduced by using videoconferencing equipment to attend meetings, rather than travelling to attend, claims Avanta Managed ofices http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta_claims_video_meetings_would_drastically_cut_government_travel_cost Having its business centres perfectly located is the key to Avanta’s success, claims an independent customer survey carried out over a six month period across its 18 UK serviced office locations http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Location_is_the_key_to_Avantas_success Following its continued support for children’s medical charity, Sparks, for the past four years, Avanta is facilitating a strategic planning meeting for some 35 Sparks’ team members at its Austin Friars business centre, in the City of London http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/avanta-provides-the-perfect-environment-for-sparks-strategic-planning Getting the right size desk for your office is key to long-term business success, claims new research by Avanta Managed Offices, which also finds that unless your company takes space in a serviced office, buying office furniture is an often overlooked business investment http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/does-desk-size-really-matter The Avanta client survey also reveals that clients in the recruitment industry have grown from 7% to 8% during the past six months, while banking and finance clients remain constant at 10% as do those in the technology sector, at 11%. However, the recession is having an adverse effect on media clients, down from 12% to 8%; property and construction down from 7% to 6%; marketing down from 5% to 4% and those in the public sector down from 3% to 2% http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/avanta-survey-reveals-training-boom Whilst millions of commuters, and the traveling public, face travel misery due to the strike by London Underground workers, many of the 6,000+ employees of clients at Avanta’s 16 Central and Greater London business centers are avoiding the chaos by commuting ‘electronically’ to work http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta_clients_commute_electronically_to_avoid_Londons_travel_chaos A new on-line client services directory, being launched by Avanta across its 19 UK managed office space centres, from serviced offices West End to serviced offices Manchester, will enable clients to benefit from Avanta’s substantial buying power to receive discounted services http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/New-directory-helps-Avanta-clients-cut-the-cost-of-services An office rental is ready to start business from the client’s first day. This includes internet connection and a telephone handset, as well as a telephone number which is exclusive to the client’s company. Office rental companies such as Avanta Managed Offices provide a dedicated centralised call centre, all incoming calls are answered in the client’s company name and calls are put through wherever required, whether it’s to an office or mobile phone. http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/Article/why-rent-office-space Work on Avanta’s first new business centre to be opened in 2010 is progressing at such a pace that it has now opened a ‘show office’ at the 19,000 sq ft facility at One Fetter Lane , in the City of London. This is in response to the high level of enquiries it has already received for offices to let at the location. http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta-puts-on-a-show-at-Fetter-Lane Companies looking to hold meetings, conferences or training sessions this month can enjoy substantial cost savings at Avanta’s managed office centres. With handy locations in London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Reading, Avanta are offering a 50% room hire cost saving on all bookings for meeting rooms made during the month of August. http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta-offers-50-percent-cost-saving-on-meeting-rooms-during-August A fourteen-strong team of employees from London-based based Avanta Managed Offices has helped raise more than £1200 for leading UK children’s medical charity, Sparks, on July 6th, by taking part in the JP Morgan Corporate Challenge 2010. http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Sparks-is-the-real-winner-in-Avanta-charity-run Avanta’s new ‘Refer a friend and get rewarded’ programme has now gone live with the aim of rewarding anybody who refers someone looking for either serviced office space or meeting rooms at any of its 19 UK business centres. http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta-launches-refer-a-friend-scheme Avanta has 96 meeting room options, ranging in size from a two person interview room to a 150 theatre-style conference room. Each business centre can provide facilities and support personnel to meet most requirements and anybody booking for five hours will get the sixth hour free! http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta_launches_July_meeting_room_offer Following the launch of its new interactive website, flexible office space provider, Avanta, has gone a stage further and introduced a brand new corporate logo featuring bold new colours and a ‘Beyond Four Walls’ strapline http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta-goes-beyond-four-walls For the second year running, employees from Hammersmith-based Avanta Managed Offices will be putting their best foot forward to take part in a 5.6Km race to help raise funds for the UK’s leading children’s medical research charity, Sparks, as part of the JP Morgan Corporate Challenge 2010 http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta_runs_for_it An influx of new business has seen Beattie Communications relocate its north west regional team to Avanta’s Royal Mills business centre in Ancoats to take full advantage of the flexibility provided in a serviced office environment http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta_provides_expanding_PR_firm_with_the_flexibility_to_keep_growing Following its innovative high tea event at its Statesman House business centre in New Delhi, Avanta has closed deals with companies from Belgium, Germany and the US for a total of 27 workstations over the last month http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta_closes_large_workstation_deals_in_India A Swedish-based healthcare company, which recently relocated from London to Reading town centre, has already doubled in size. Cambio Healthcare Systems, which specialises in electronic healthcare patient records, for a number of NHS Trusts and private hospital groups, originally set up UK operations in West London in 2004. http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Healthcare_company_doubles_in_size_after_relocating_to_Avanta_Reading Avanta has continued its support for the children’s medical charity, Sparks, by holding a charity quiz night at its serviced office centre at 20 Hanover Square, attended by the company’s senior management team, plus staff from its Hammersmith head office and London business centres. http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta-quiz-raises-more-money-for-Sparks Following a surge in enquiries for managed workspace, Avanta has launched a new website which dramatically simplifies the navigation process and enables visitors to review office space, meeting room and virtual office solutions with fewer clicks. http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avantas-new-website-streamlines-the-client-enquiry-process Avanta has found the perfect way to start the new financial year in India by hosting a high tea event for all clients at its Statesman House business centre in New Delhi. The event celebrated the announcement that the centre has now reached 75% occupancy following an intensive marketing campaign across the Middle East. http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta_increases_occupancy_in_India For the past three years, Avanta has sponsored a Sparks Race Day at Kempton Park, which has collectively raised over £50,000 for the charity. This year, the serviced office company has decided to support an existing racing event instead by sponsoring the silent auction for the evening. http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta_goes_the_distance_in_support_of_the_Sparks_summer_race_night The presence of rugby legends and a TV and radio presenter, combined with Avanta’s legendary hospitality, helped the serviced office operator raise £6,500 for Sparks, the children’s medical research charity. http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Rugby_Legends_Dinner_raises_6500_for_Sparks A surge in demand for serviced office space in the City of London has seen Avanta Managed Offices pre-let more than 50% of available space in its newly-expanded business centre at 9 Devonshire Square, EC2. http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Surge_in_demand_sees_Avanta_pre_let_over_half_of_newly_expanded_City_of_London_centre Taking place on Thursday April 15, at Vanilla in London’s Great Tichfield Street, the unique charity event will be hosted by rugby greats such as Kenny Logan, Peter Scrivener and Damien Cronin, as well as leading rugby commentator John Taylor and Kenny’s wife, award-winning sports TV and radio presenter Gabby Logan.. http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Rugby_legends_help_Avanta_sell_out_Sparks_charity_dinner Avanta Managed Offices has completed a full upgrade of the former MLS serviced office centre at 26 Dover Street at a cost of over £430,000, to bring it up to the standard befitting a Mayfair location. http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta_completes_major_refurbishment_of_former_MLS_centre_in_Mayfair Avanta Managed Offices has proven to be a great place to work according to the Sunday Times newspaper, which has ranked the company as one of the 100 Best Small Company to Work For in its 2010 awards http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/InformationCentre_Detail/PressRelease/Avanta_really_is_a_great_place_to_work 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