Virtual Office Service
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Welcome to the Nwes Virtual Office
What is a virtual office?
Whether you’re a home-based business or an established company looking to
expand into a new geographic area, there are occasions when you need access to the benefits that are associated with business premises but don’t want the commitment of a full-time office.
A virtual tenancy with Nwes Premises offers a simple, cost-effective solution by providing the appearance of commercial premises without the overheads of facilities, business rates and rent.
Why have a virtual office?
If you’re a home-based business:
Virtual tenancy helps project a more professional business image by eliminating the need to use your home address. You can choose any one of our enterprise centres across the region as your virtual office and utilise the address for all your business correspondence. We will handle your mail and forward to your chosen location as well as sign for any parcels you may wish to be delivered to the centre.
Furthermore, if your business requires significant travel and takes you ‘on the road’, we can eliminate the risk of missing important calls by allocating a local telephone number to your business and answering calls in your company name.
If you’re an existing business:
There are times when the location of a business can impact customer decisions when sourcing a supplier or service - people are often more confident doing business with a company that has a local presence.
Our virtual office sites can offer geographic representation across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk, so for a company looking to expand into a new location or establish a satellite office away from their headq uarters, a virtual office is an ideal means to achieve this.
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Benefits
Why choose Nwes Premises?
Our organisation exists to encourage enterprise across the East of England. We have a 10 year history in operating enterprise centres that have housed both start-up and established companies in all types of industry and sectors. As testament to this ethos, our buildings offer more than just bricks and mortar. Customers who choose an Nwes enterprise centre as a home for their business - whether on a physical or virtual level - will benefit from a very supportive environment in which to grow their company.
What makes us different?
We pride ourselves in keeping our packages all-inclusive and our prices clear. We will not:
• Impose a setup charge
• Apply additional charges to your chosen package
• Limit the amount of monthly calls we will answer on behalf of your business • Tie you in to a long-term commitment – instead we offer month-by-month tenancy As part of our packages, Nwes Premises also offers a range of free and valuable added support that can have real impact on the progress of your business.
This support includes:
• Signposting to business mentoring, advice and training • Professional guidance on business rates
• Opportunity to have your business promoted via press releases • Invitation to Nwes networking events
• Industry specific business development advice (including Renewable Energy, Oil & Gas and Innovation)
• Your company details and hyperlink added to our website
With this array of enterprise guidance available to you, your business will be able to grow and develop to a stage where you may require premises of your own.
And there’s more...
If you choose to upgrade to a physical tenancy with Nwes Premises (either in an office or light-industrial unit), we will give you a monthly rental reduction equal to your virtual office fee for a period of six months.
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Package Prices
We offer three simple price tiers to match the various stages and needs of your business. We can also create flexible and tailored solutions for those businesses that require alternative support not covered in the below packages.
Our virtual office service is available at enterprise centres across Norfolk, Suffolk,
Cambridgeshire and Essex.
Please see overleaf for a complete list of our locations or call 08454 374 465 to discuss your requirements with a member of our team.
Bespoke packages
A virtual office can mean different things to different people. Depending on the nature or activity of your business, you may have specific needs and requirements that are not covered by our Bronze, Silver or Gold packages.
For example, you may require an office or meeting room that you can use on a semi-regular basis, or you may need our team to print and despatch documents for you.
We will happily discuss the specific service you would like and will create a flexible and bespoke solution to best serve your business needs.
Service features
Bronze
Silver
Gold
Registered business address
at any Nwes Premises enterprise centre
Mail forwarding
to your chosen address
Discounted meeting/conference room hire
at any Nwes Premises enterprise centre
Localised telephone answering
in your company name
Free 1-to-1 business advice session
1 hour per month
1 day* free meeting/conference room hire
*8 hours
Telephone answering ‘plus’
includes taking customer bookings, requests and orders
£30
+ VAT£60
+VAT£100
+ VATMonthly cost
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Our locations
Suffolk
Centre name Town Telephone Area Code
Suffolk Enterprise Centre Ipswich 01473
Bury Enterprise Centre Bury St Edmunds
01284
South Suffolk Business Centre
Sudbury 01787
Leiston Enterprise Centre Leiston 01728
North East Suffolk Business Centre
Lowestoft 01502
Riverside Business Centre Lowestoft 01502
Norfolk
Beacon Innovation Centre Gorleston 01493
Rouen House Norwich 01603
Norwich Enterprise Centre Norwich 01603
Cambridgeshire & Essex
Peterborough Enterprise Centre
Peterborough 01733
Harlow Enterprise Hub Harlow 01279
Thurrock Centre for Business
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Application form
If you would like to take a virtual office at an Nwes Premises enterprise centre, please complete the below application and Direct Debit form.
We ask that a deposit of 1 month’s fee (excluding VAT) is paid. This will be invoiced with your first month’s payment.
Your details:
Applicant’s name:
Applicant’s address:
Telephone number: Mobile number:
Email address: How did you hear about our Virtual Services? Company name:
Nature of business:
Company start date:
Company registration number:
(If your business is not registered with Companies House, we will ask for a form of identification to be shown and held on file.)
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Select your package
Please tick the box of your chosen service level:
Please state which Nwes enterprise centre you would like as your virtual office: ____________________________________________
Please state which area code you require for your virtual phone number: __________________________________________
How did you hear about our virtual office service? ________________________________
References
The Centre Manager may take up references as part of the application for a virtual office. Please provide details of a trade or personal reference that Nwes Premises can contact if we so require. If this is not possible, please give the contact name and company details of your most recent former employer.
Please return the completed application form and Direct Debit form to your chosen centre. We look forward to welcoming you into the East of England’s
fastest growing virtual office network
Bronze
£30 + VAT per month
Silver
£60 + VAT per month
Gold
£100 + VAT per month
Referee Name: Position:
Address:
Telephone number: Mobile number:
