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The Government is introducing a temporary increase in the level of Small Business Rate Relief (SBRR).

From 1st October 2010 to 31st March 2013, eligible businesses with a rateable value of up to £6,000 will be entitled to 100% relief on their bill.  If your rateable value is between £6,001 and £12,000, you will be entitled to relief on a sliding scale between 100% and 0%

The Government is making this change to the SBRR scheme to provide help with the fixed costs of starting and running a small business as the economy starts growing again.

If you would like any further advice as to whether you can take advantage of the rate relief when taking  office space at Hyde Park House please contact the Business Centre Manager on 0161 367 9000.

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Hyde Park House welcomes our new receptionist:  We would like to extend a warm welcome to Vicky Wardle who will be taking over the afternoon reception duties as from Monday 20th September 2010.  Vicky is a highly experienced receptionist and personal assistant who will play an important role as ‘real life’ receptionist at Hyde Park House as well as being a member of the virtual office services team, providing pay as you go secretarial services such as;

• Live telephone call answering services
• Message and distribution
• Post collection, opening and sorting
• Mail-shot co-ordination
• Fax and photocopying services
• Full administrative, typing and secretarial services
• Full reception support
• Bookkeeping services

To benefit from Vicky and the whole Virtual Office Services Team’s expertise call Lynsey now on 0161 367 9000,  email lynsey@hydeparkhouse.co.uk or visit  http://www.hydeparkhouse.co.uk/virtual-office.html

Hyde Park House, Tameside, Cheshire; offering virtual office services to the World as well as flexible terms on Office Space to Rent, convenient for Manchester, Stockport and just a short drive from Manchester Airport.

The importance of planning and control of your business costs.

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When you’re running a business, it’s easy to focus on day-to-day problems and forget the bigger picture. However, successful businesses invest time to create and manage budgets, prepare and review business plans and regularly monitor finance and performance. 

Structured planning can make all the difference to the growth of your business. It will enable you to concentrate your resources on improving profits, reducing costs and increasing returns on investment.

Renting a Serviced Office at Hyde Park House can benefit your business in the following ways: 

1. Day-to-day problems which are difficult to budget for, such as security, premises management, dealing with utility companies and staffing issues are all taken care of by the Business Centre Team. 
2. Serviced office rental includes a licence fee with options that can cover items such as office rent, utilities, service charge, car-parking, virtual reception and secretarial services, furniture and meeting room hire.  All this means that you know exactly how much your business running costs are going to be; unforeseen costs and overspending can prove fatal to any business, especially in the current economic climate.

Many small businesses have one overall operating budget which sets out how much money is needed to run the business over the coming period – usually a year.  The service fees at Hyde Park House on office rental contracts are for up to 18 months, ensuring you can forward plan. 

If you wish to discuss your company’s office accommodation budget further please contact our Business Centre Manager on 0161 367 9000.

Using the services of a virtual assistant should help ensure you have a business.

Some say the measure of whether you have a business or a job is to test what happens when you are not there. If the answer is ‘nothing’ or ‘crisis’ then, chances are you have a job. Having a business means that as an entrepreneur your work continues and, indeed, thrives even when you are not there; phones are answered, post is opened, email gets a response – all services that a virtual office can supply at very cost effective fees. 

A Virtual Assistant can help you build a real business, not another job.

When you start a business you will most likely be a sole trader: This means you immediately become responsible for the admin, the HR, the bookkeeping and the IT system as well as whatever it is you set out as the purpose of the business.

The way to preserve your most valuable resource – time – is to delegate; delegating to a virtual assistant can be the salvation of your business; acting as your personal assistant, undertaking data entry and bookkeeping and helping you with office administration including answering the phone, opening post, dealing with email and despatching mail shots. If you don’t need someone in the office to greet visitors, but do want an enhanced company image without the cost of a full time receptionist, you should consider virtual receptionist services.

As a business you should put a real cost on your own time, doing so will soon reveal that hiring a virtual assistant helps to cut costs and increase your business efficiency. You don’t have to manage an employee, find them a desk, you don’t have to pay for sick and holiday leave and you don’t have to pay for any unproductive time linked to lunch, office politics or gossip.

How to choose a good Virtual Assistant.

You might want to consider the following tips:

• Check their qualifications, skills and experience, ask for references.
• Find out how long they have been in business.
• Compare the hourly rate with others, the most cost effective is not necessarily the cheapest – how much work can they do in an hour?
• Test their communication skills, how do they handle phone calls with you?
• If you are UK based and English-speaking, choose a virtual assistant with the quality of written and spoken English you need. If your customer base is non-English speaking, consider alternatives.

The benefits of a good Virtual Assistant.

The benefits of selecting a good virtual assistant and telephone answering service include;

• Giving the best first impression. Telephones going unanswered or to answer machine is not a good impression. Telephones answered by professionals can win you business.
• Appearing to be a larger business. A virtual telephone answering service can be a seamless interface with you; callers will conclude you are larger enough to employ a full time receptionist.
• Better message taking and follow up. If you work from home: Will your children take a good message for you? Will you ever get it? When you are on the road: Are you tempted to answer the phone when driving? Do you have a hands-free kit, but still can’t take a message?
• Reduce costs. Professional services done by a qualified expert will be much more cost-effective than doing it yourself. Consider how long it takes you to create a PowerPoint presentation or book flights and accommodation for a business trip; hiring someone who is an expert will be quicker and save you time and money.

To find out about the extensive Virtual Assistant Services at Hyde Park House including:

• Telephone answering service
• Postal collection
• Fax and photocopying facilities
• Full administrative and secretarial services
• Live answering and full reception support
• Bookkeeping services

…call Lynsey now on 0161 367 9000 or email lynsey@hydeparkhouse.co.uk. Hyde Park House, Tameside, Cheshire; offering virtual office services to the World as well as flexible terms on Office Space to Rent, convenient for Manchester, Stockport and just a short drive from Manchester Airport.