If you’re lucky enough to be employed in ser­viced offices Lon­don means that office fur­ni­ture isn’t a con­cern yet. How­ever, for when you move on, (or if you already have) it’s impor­tant to know that the office fur­ni­ture is the rather mun­dane but essen­tial key­stone to most busi­ness success.

Noth­ing estab­lishes an iden­tity in ser­viced offices Soho like a well thought out fur­ni­ture plan. Small work­sta­tions and uncom­fort­able fur­nish­ings can really cause a lot of grief for your work­force, and it pays to push the bound­aries of cost towards higher end expen­di­ture. Start to think of your floor­plan in terms of ‘quiet’ and ‘loud’ areas, keep­ing work­sta­tions in the for­mer and meet­ing areas away from them in the later. In com­bi­na­tion with well cen­tralised sup­plies, decent work­sta­tions and no par­ti­tions, you can really make a effec­tive space. Go the other way, and you run the risk of seri­ous loss of con­cen­tra­tion. Dis­satisifed employ­ees are unpro­duc­tive employ­ees, and the down­ward spi­ral that results can really cut into your net profit.

When pur­chas­ing new fur­ni­ture for your office, always remem­ber that the decor is the first thing your clients and poten­tial cus­tomers will see when they come through your doors. A com­pany that fur­nishes well looks like it has more money to spare than it may actu­ally have. Even if your oper­a­tions are oth­er­wise spot­less, peo­ple can take away the impres­sion that you’re sim­ply stingy if you go to the low­est bid­der for your fur­nish­ings. Remem­ber too the state­ment you’re mak­ing to your employ­ees with cheap fur­ni­ture: they prob­a­bly know bet­ter than most how you’re really doing, and the morale sap­ping fac­tor of being just another cog in their machine will only be enhanced when they feel gen­uinely uncomfortable.

The fol­low­ing list should act as a check­list of points for any fur­ni­ture buy­ers out there look­ing for the per­fect office buy. Seems like a whole lot of not very much fun? Try ser­viced offices Vic­to­ria.

• Light­ing.
• Dura­bil­ity. Select fur­ni­ture that can be repeat­edly assem­bled and disassembled.
• Ergonom­ics and employee comfort.
• Aes­thet­ics.
• After-sales sup­port.
• Price.
• Com­mu­ni­ca­tions. Be sure there is room for wires, cables, cords and other com­mu­ni­ca­tions links.
• Safety.
• Ser­vice.
• Deliv­ery guide­lines and charges.
• Manufacturer’s war­ranty.
• Mod­u­lar­ity and a flex­i­ble con­fig­u­ra­tion. Choose pieces with the fewest num­ber of parts, so they can be adjusted and recon­fig­ured easily.
• Dura­bil­ity. Select fur­ni­ture that can be repeat­edly assem­bled and disassembled.
• Ergonom­ics and employee comfort.
• Safety.
• Flex­i­bil­ity.

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