<description>&lt;img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/9a/e1/1e/cgpodcast50896/1400x1400_5736444.png" alt="itunes pic" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Which factors have influence on the choice of an office? The answer is simple: all those contributing to our well being and productivity.

We know that the "price" factor is more and more decisive, but more competitive professionals and companies face the office as an investment: the work they develop always passes through the office (whether a serviced or a virtual one) and we know we spend most part of our time in our work place.

Let us star by the location. The ideal solution is to install our office close to home and at the same time close to our clients. Despite the technologies development, the personal contact with clients and partners still continues to be fundamental in many activities, and for those the time spend in dislocations is always important. The choice of renting a place seems to be the right one, facing the current conjuncture and the flexibility this model offers.

Serviced Office, Virtual Office or Coworking? Depends on the defined objectives. Regardless of the conventional office is the most common choice, there is a growing tendency for the Virtual Office choice, not only for the inherent price (average amounts of 70€/80€ per month in our market), but also because it is the most rational choice for those who do not need a permanent office and want to use punctually work and meeting rooms, as well as to guarantee a secretariat support and a personalized telephone call 24h/7 days per week. On the contrary of what you may think, it is not only liberal professionals who choose the virtual office; multinationals use this model for a long time now: they can settle in a country in less than 24 hours insuring a prestige address to establish the companies head office (image and credibility reinforcement) professional secretariat and meeting rooms with state of the art technology.

Responding to the new market tendencies, Business Centres are betting also on the Coworking, which may also be the right choice for many professional who work at home or at the client's premises. This model consists on renting a work place in an open-space, in a daily or monthly basis, with a turnkey service which may include internet connexion and access to work rooms. Main advantage? The cooperation environment which potentiates the networking among users and the possibility of using secretariat services rendered by the Business Centres.</description>

Which factors have influence on the choice of an office? The answer is simple: all those contribu...

Which factors have influence on the choice of an office? The answer is simple: all those contributing to our well being and productivity.

We know that the "price" factor is more and more decisive, but more competitive professionals and companies face the office as an investment: the work they develop always passes through the office (whether a serviced or a virtual one) and we know we spend most part of our time in our work place.

Let us star by the location. The ideal solution is to install our office close to home and at the same time close to our clients. Despite the technologies development, the personal contact with clients and partners still continues to be fundamental in many activities, and for those the time spend in dislocations is always important. The choice of renting a place seems to be the right one, facing the current conjuncture and the flexibility this model offers.

Serviced Office, Virtual Office or Coworking? Depends on the defined objectives. Regardless of the conventional office is the most common choice, there is a growing tendency for the Virtual Office choice, not only for the inherent price (average amounts of 70€/80€ per month in our market), but also because it is the most rational choice for those who do not need a permanent office and want to use punctually work and meeting rooms, as well as to guarantee a secretariat support and a personalized telephone call 24h/7 days per week. On the contrary of what you may think, it is not only liberal professionals who choose the virtual office; multinationals use this model for a long time now: they can settle in a country in less than 24 hours insuring a prestige address to establish the companies head office (image and credibility reinforcement) professional secretariat and meeting rooms with state of the art technology.

Responding to the new market tendencies, Business Centres are betting also on the Coworking, which may also be the right choice for many professional who work at home or at the client's premises. This model consists on renting a work place in an open-space, in a daily or monthly basis, with a turnkey service which may include internet connexion and access to work rooms. Main advantage? The cooperation environment which potentiates the networking among users and the possibility of using secretariat services rendered by the Business Centres.

#9-EN-Wich-is-the-best-option-serviced office-virtual-office-coworking-Avila Business Centers VideoPodcast

<description>&lt;img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/9a/e1/1e/cgpodcast50896/1400x1400_5736444.png" alt="itunes pic" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A recent article from Emily Sokolow published on the blog wixmobile.com highlighted the fact that the virtual office had been declared as Dr. Owen Hunt work space, from the famous American series “Grey’s Anatomy.”
"The way I see it, my office is where I am!" it was with this statement that Dr. Owen Hunt, recent promoted to head of Surgery, highlighted that the his work organization model is not based on a fixed place: what really matters is the works he develops and not place where he develops it. It’s not just about using new technologies in order to make our work easier, like tablets or remote access to office; the main objective is the productivity and efficiency increase of our organizations.
Analising this episode, we conclude that is only one example of how companies and professionals can deal with the challenges of modern economy and with the current recession contect. The new work spaces – whether the virtual office model, Coworking or teleworking – have to respond to two fundamental needs of the 21st century organizations: flexibility and rationality.
In the case of the Virtual offices, they allow professionals to develop their work in full, with more reduced costs and in a more productive way, wherever they are, in case they do not need a permanent office to work in.
A study made this year by the consultant Unwired Ventures concluded that 71% of the professionals of younger generations is prepared to adopt the virtual office, in contrast of the traditional office. Besides the habits we acquire in relation to remote access to information, the main advantages have to do with time spend in travelling, costs reduction, balance between professional life and the comfort of be able to work anywhere. They were, very likely, also these the reasons that took the surgeon Dr. Owen Hunt to choose the Virtual Office solution.</description>

A recent article from Emily Sokolow published on the blog wixmobile.com highlighted the fact that...

A recent article from Emily Sokolow published on the blog wixmobile.com highlighted the fact that the virtual office had been declared as Dr. Owen Hunt work space, from the famous American series “Grey’s Anatomy.”
"The way I see it, my office is where I am!" it was with this statement that Dr. Owen Hunt, recent promoted to head of Surgery, highlighted that the his work organization model is not based on a fixed place: what really matters is the works he develops and not place where he develops it. It’s not just about using new technologies in order to make our work easier, like tablets or remote access to office; the main objective is the productivity and efficiency increase of our organizations.
Analising this episode, we conclude that is only one example of how companies and professionals can deal with the challenges of modern economy and with the current recession contect. The new work spaces – whether the virtual office model, Coworking or teleworking – have to respond to two fundamental needs of the 21st century organizations: flexibility and rationality.
In the case of the Virtual offices, they allow professionals to develop their work in full, with more reduced costs and in a more productive way, wherever they are, in case they do not need a permanent office to work in.
A study made this year by the consultant Unwired Ventures concluded that 71% of the professionals of younger generations is prepared to adopt the virtual office, in contrast of the traditional office. Besides the habits we acquire in relation to remote access to information, the main advantages have to do with time spend in travelling, costs reduction, balance between professional life and the comfort of be able to work anywhere. They were, very likely, also these the reasons that took the surgeon Dr. Owen Hunt to choose the Virtual Office solution.

#8-EN-Grey’s Anatomy and the Virtual Offices-Avila Business Centers VideoPodcast

<description>&lt;img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/9a/e1/1e/cgpodcast50896/1400x1400_4770581.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are things more predictable than others. Can we easily predict the office of the future? Some of the more futuristic tendencies related with workspaces and new office models have been recently presented in Lisbon, in a Conference promoted by Cushmann &amp; Wakefield and by the OJE journal. Wim Van Hove, from Procos Group, highlighted that the office of the future will have more spaces of human interaction and that, more and more, individual work will be done outside of the company, whether at home, on journeys or simply in public spaces. Accordingly to Van Hove, a work station will only work for tasks implying human interaction, like meetings and presentations; each collaborator will be reachable in any part of the worlds, using remote communications that will be more intuitive and offices will be very different from the models we nowadays know: they will conjugate retreat areas, private areas, small meetings areas and meeting rooms for bigger groups. In reality, there will be a new office concept because there will also be a new work world – more dynamic, more efficient and based on an more open relation between leaders and collaborators, promoting social responsibility and a higher balance between professional and personal life.

After all, all it is needed is to acquire new habits and to manage work in a more rational way, taking advantage of what new technologies have to offer. Currently, some companies have already adopted this model (the more known examples are Microsoft and Google), but also in the SME and micro companies world we have register a major change facing the functioning of the conventional office. In Portugal is already common for a small company with market notoriety to occupy temporarily work stations in a Business Center. Teams may work in any part of the world and workstations are rented only when work or clients meetings are necessary. If to this service we add the Virtual Office, this is, the adoption of a prestige address, distant secretariat support with personalized telephone answering and the online access to collaborative platforms, whether by the PC or smartphone, then we are talking of a new paradigm, synonym of a higher flexibility, costs contention, efficiency and productivity. The “Office Anywhere” concept came to stay and it is one of the company’s main allies. </description>

There are things more predictable than others. Can we easily predict the office of the future? So...

There are things more predictable than others. Can we easily predict the office of the future? Some of the more futuristic tendencies related with workspaces and new office models have been recently presented in Lisbon, in a Conference promoted by Cushmann & Wakefield and by the OJE journal. Wim Van Hove, from Procos Group, highlighted that the office of the future will have more spaces of human interaction and that, more and more, individual work will be done outside of the company, whether at home, on journeys or simply in public spaces. Accordingly to Van Hove, a work station will only work for tasks implying human interaction, like meetings and presentations; each collaborator will be reachable in any part of the worlds, using remote communications that will be more intuitive and offices will be very different from the models we nowadays know: they will conjugate retreat areas, private areas, small meetings areas and meeting rooms for bigger groups. In reality, there will be a new office concept because there will also be a new work world – more dynamic, more efficient and based on an more open relation between leaders and collaborators, promoting social responsibility and a higher balance between professional and personal life.

After all, all it is needed is to acquire new habits and to manage work in a more rational way, taking advantage of what new technologies have to offer. Currently, some companies have already adopted this model (the more known examples are Microsoft and Google), but also in the SME and micro companies world we have register a major change facing the functioning of the conventional office. In Portugal is already common for a small company with market notoriety to occupy temporarily work stations in a Business Center. Teams may work in any part of the world and workstations are rented only when work or clients meetings are necessary. If to this service we add the Virtual Office, this is, the adoption of a prestige address, distant secretariat support with personalized telephone answering and the online access to collaborative platforms, whether by the PC or smartphone, then we are talking of a new paradigm, synonym of a higher flexibility, costs contention, efficiency and productivity. The “Office Anywhere” concept came to stay and it is one of the company’s main allies. 

#7-EN-Office Anywhere: The new paradigm-Avila Business Centers VideoPodcast

<description>&lt;img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/9a/e1/1e/cgpodcast50896/1400x1400_4770581.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This year edition of Expo Franchise, in Lisbon, revealed once again to be an excellent support initiative to entrepreneurship, at a time where there is a crescent tendency of professionals to bet on the start up of their own businesses. “The entrepreneurship does not depend of the crisis nor of economical cycles, depends on good ideas”: This declaration of João Carvalho, CEO of MELOM, start-up brand awarded this year by the Franchising Information Institute, represents the state of mind of companies which do not fear to invest, namely on business models already tested, and as it’s the case of franchised brands.

Nowadays, the labour precariousness is a reality and, according to the Franchising Information Institute, the major part of this year visitors presented a profile oriented towards the creation of their own employment and with a higher qualification level, in comparison with previous years. According with the last Census made by this Institute, the activity sector which has grown the most is Services, representing 52% of the brands (in 1999, this sector represented only 28%).

It is precisely in the Services sector that brands have betted on innovating formats which result in efficiency gains and fixed costs reduction for the Franchisors. Several international case studies demonstrate that the Virtual Office has been a fairly valid option for franchised companies to start up their activity. In Spain, one the success case has been the brand “myCenter”, in the financial advisory area: the franchisors do not need a permanent Office; they develop their work from home and have the support of a Business Center which guarantees them a distant secretariat, personalized telephone answering and occasional use of meeting rooms. These are the major advantages of the Virtual Office: flexibility, costs reduction and focus on the core business.

In Portugal, brands like Home Instead, in the domiciliary support area, and Publipan, in the advertising supports area, are excellent examples of brands which are expanding their Franchising network using, namely, the Virtual Office: this way, they can offer their franchisors a low cost solution, where the major part of the investment is resumed to entry rights and royalties, using a Premium service which allows them to separate their personal life from Professional, use an address for the head Office, meeting and work rooms, as well as a personalized telephone answering 24 hours/day. An intelligent idea which can be applied independently from the times of crisis and economical cycles.

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This year edition of Expo Franchise, in Lisbon, revealed once again to be an excellent support in...

This year edition of Expo Franchise, in Lisbon, revealed once again to be an excellent support initiative to entrepreneurship, at a time where there is a crescent tendency of professionals to bet on the start up of their own businesses. “The entrepreneurship does not depend of the crisis nor of economical cycles, depends on good ideas”: This declaration of João Carvalho, CEO of MELOM, start-up brand awarded this year by the Franchising Information Institute, represents the state of mind of companies which do not fear to invest, namely on business models already tested, and as it’s the case of franchised brands.

Nowadays, the labour precariousness is a reality and, according to the Franchising Information Institute, the major part of this year visitors presented a profile oriented towards the creation of their own employment and with a higher qualification level, in comparison with previous years. According with the last Census made by this Institute, the activity sector which has grown the most is Services, representing 52% of the brands (in 1999, this sector represented only 28%).

It is precisely in the Services sector that brands have betted on innovating formats which result in efficiency gains and fixed costs reduction for the Franchisors. Several international case studies demonstrate that the Virtual Office has been a fairly valid option for franchised companies to start up their activity. In Spain, one the success case has been the brand “myCenter”, in the financial advisory area: the franchisors do not need a permanent Office; they develop their work from home and have the support of a Business Center which guarantees them a distant secretariat, personalized telephone answering and occasional use of meeting rooms. These are the major advantages of the Virtual Office: flexibility, costs reduction and focus on the core business.

In Portugal, brands like Home Instead, in the domiciliary support area, and Publipan, in the advertising supports area, are excellent examples of brands which are expanding their Franchising network using, namely, the Virtual Office: this way, they can offer their franchisors a low cost solution, where the major part of the investment is resumed to entry rights and royalties, using a Premium service which allows them to separate their personal life from Professional, use an address for the head Office, meeting and work rooms, as well as a personalized telephone answering 24 hours/day. An intelligent idea which can be applied independently from the times of crisis and economical cycles.



#6-EN-To Franchise in an intelligent way-Avila Business Centers VideoPodcast

<description>&lt;img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/9a/e1/1e/cgpodcast50896/1400x1400_4770581.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recent studies made by the multinationals RingCentral and Regus allowed taking interesting conclusions on the new tendencies related to the use of work spaces and on the adoption of telework models.
One of the studies, made on December 2009 close to SME in the United States, showed that only 15% of collaborators works on a single place; on the other hand, when working outside the office, and on the phone with their client, 80% of the employers wants to pass the idea that is on the office.
This same study shows that, during the year of 2010, practically two thirds (67%) of SME will hire more collaborators and among these, around 57% would work remotely, from home or from the client's premises, considering the savings obtained with Offices rental and the possibility to access to a Virtual Office service. This alternative has been a crescent demand both for SME and for big companies, facing the possibility to use meeting rooms and secretariat services provided by Business Centers that are specialized in this kind of solutions, both in the United States and in Europe.A case-study highly disclosed in recent times has been the one of the "Inc Magazine" based in Manhattan, which allowed an annual saving of 500.000 USD and a 20 % productivity increase through the adoption of telework for the editorial team, by keeping in the headquarters the support departments and meeting rooms for punctual use, in case of need. Factors like the time gained with travels and the family balance were highlighted among the collaborators, besides the technological means that make more and more efficient the remote work.
The implementation of these measures passes not only for the trust in the work teams but also for the consciousness of the advantages of the virtual Office model, both for small companies and multinationals, namely on a business prospection phase.
The current recession climate came to conscious the interest of several companies in this type of solutions, being an opportunity for many of them to develop their activity in a sustained and rational way.</description>

Recent studies made by the multinationals RingCentral and Regus allowed taking interesting conclu...

Recent studies made by the multinationals RingCentral and Regus allowed taking interesting conclusions on the new tendencies related to the use of work spaces and on the adoption of telework models.
One of the studies, made on December 2009 close to SME in the United States, showed that only 15% of collaborators works on a single place; on the other hand, when working outside the office, and on the phone with their client, 80% of the employers wants to pass the idea that is on the office.
This same study shows that, during the year of 2010, practically two thirds (67%) of SME will hire more collaborators and among these, around 57% would work remotely, from home or from the client's premises, considering the savings obtained with Offices rental and the possibility to access to a Virtual Office service. This alternative has been a crescent demand both for SME and for big companies, facing the possibility to use meeting rooms and secretariat services provided by Business Centers that are specialized in this kind of solutions, both in the United States and in Europe.A case-study highly disclosed in recent times has been the one of the "Inc Magazine" based in Manhattan, which allowed an annual saving of 500.000 USD and a 20 % productivity increase through the adoption of telework for the editorial team, by keeping in the headquarters the support departments and meeting rooms for punctual use, in case of need. Factors like the time gained with travels and the family balance were highlighted among the collaborators, besides the technological means that make more and more efficient the remote work.
The implementation of these measures passes not only for the trust in the work teams but also for the consciousness of the advantages of the virtual Office model, both for small companies and multinationals, namely on a business prospection phase.
The current recession climate came to conscious the interest of several companies in this type of solutions, being an opportunity for many of them to develop their activity in a sustained and rational way.

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