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  • 30Jan

    How much PROFITABLE time do you spend in your Toronto office space each week?

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    Here are some surprising facts from Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. Canadians are actually spending less time working! In 2010, employed Canadians were working fewer hours on average each week compared to three decades earlier. Canadians worked 36.2 hours per week on average which was down from 38 in 1976. This seems incredible because many groups, especially self-employed people renting Toronto office space, are constantly busy and under tremendous stress just to keep their heads above water in this flat economy.

    This includes those who have a Toronto home office set-up – or who work out of a Toronto commercial office space, Toronto executive office space building, small Toronto office space business centre or who use Toronto shared office space for a landing office (ideal for salespeople). More importantly, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada tells us that, not surprisingly, the amount of time spent at work affects the time available for other activities, such as rest, caring for family members, learning, leisure and so on.

    Perhaps part of the reason is that, while we may indeed be working fewer hours, those hours are much more labour-intensive and must be much more productive in order to survive. Given this situation, when you’re considering your ideal Toronto office space options, you should ask yourself the following questions: Does your Toronto office space for rent location offer all the basics of a full-service business centre? Does it look after all the small details so you can spend your shrinking time at work actually running your business in a more productive mannner?

    Time is money – and if Canadians are working fewer hours overall, this time must be spent to maximize profits. So, regardless of whether you have your eye on a Toronto executive office space for rent, a basic small office space for rent in Toronto, or even a Toronto shared office space for rent, consider if it has:

    • Professional telephone answering

    • 24/7 access to a secure building

    • Easy, inexpensive parking and/or proximity to public transit

    • High-speed internet, wi-fi, tele-conferencing, web hosting, etc.

    • Boardrooms and meeting rooms – plus on-site training facilities

    • Elegant reception area and finely appointed offices

    • Fax, printing, shipping, secretarial, ad agency, courier and other essential services

    Now if you are one of those Canadians who are working more average hours in your Toronto office space location, then consider being in a business centre environment that looks after every meticulous detail for you – so you can be more efficient, create more profit and even free-up some leisure time? Think about it!

  • 24Jan

    Kung hei fat choi From Telsec 农历新年

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    As I was driving into my Toronto office space this morning, I heard a radio announcer trying to say Kung hei fat choi, but his pronunciation sounded a little off, it sounded like he was saying “Gung Hei Fat Choy “. So I asked one of the Mandarin speaking office space Toronto clients what the proper pronunciation was. He told me that neither was the Mandarin way of saying Happy New Year (not an exact translation). It seems that  “Xin Nien Kwai Le” is the Mandarin way. He went on to tell me that his wife is from the Philipines and her family is from the Fujian province of China, where they speak a Chinese-Filipinos dialect called Hokkien. The Chinese-Filipinos say Kiong Hee Huat Tsai.

    He also informed me that much to many North Americans’ dismay, Kung hei fat choi (in Cantonese), Xin Nien Kwai Le (in Mandarin), and Kiong Hee Huat Tsai (in Hokkien [Chinese-Filipinos dialect from Fujian province]), do not mean “Happy New Year”. But instead, they all refer to the same set of 4 Chinese characters (农历新年) that literally means “Congratulations and wishing you prosperity!”

    The client had to leave for a meeting, so our conversation was left at that. I decided to do some more research. I found out that Cantonese is one of the 9 other groups of dialects in China and is most commonly spoken in Hong Kong, Guangdong and Macau, but Mandarin is the most largely spoken dialect in mainland China. What was more interesting is that regardless of the dialect spoken there are two written forms of Chinese – Traditional and Simplified characters.

    This got me to thinking, how would one say office space Toronto in Chinese? So, I turned to the internet to find some answers. As it turns out, Simplified Chinese characters were more commonly used in business on the Internet. A quick translation from Google let me know that “office space Toronto” translated to 多伦多办公室空间 in simplified Chinese characters.

    When I mentioned the research I had done to one of the Telsec staff, she told me that Telsec actually had a few Toronto virtual office clients that were located in Hong Kong. So I went back to Google to find out what the simplified Chinese characters were for virtual office Toronto. I found out that the translation was多伦多的虚拟办公室.This did not look the same as my previous translation, so I tried translating Toronto virtual office and found that the Simplified Chinese characters 多伦多 turned out to be Toronto.  Regardless of the order I asked for the words to translate, Toronto seemed to be the first. I had to find out more, so I asked Google to translate “downtown Toronto office space” and got 多伦多市中心的办公空间 , the characters多伦多 were still the leading characters. One last experiment, what if I left off the capital letter T in Toronto?  Turns out is still put those same three characters at the beginning.

  • 12Jan

    Need Office Space Toronto-There is no app for that but there is Telsec

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    It seems these days that the solutions to a lot of problems can be fixed with an app. Need to find a restaurant? There’s an app for that. Need weather information, there’s an app for that. Need local traffic information? Yep, there’s an app for that! But there is No app for office space Toronto - well not yet anyway.

    So what is an APP?

    The American Dialect Society may have answered that question, but not in a way that helps those unfamiliar with the term really get a grasp of its meaning. In early 2011 they named the term ‘app’ word of the year . The Society’s rather short and abrupt definition is as follows:

    The shortened slang term for a computer or smart phone application.

    So you still want to know what an app is?  The word app is a noun, and it’s short for “application.”  Application in this case refers to a software application, but an app is not just any old software program. An app is a special type of software program used on a smartphone or mobile device such as the iphone, BlackBerry, Android, or devices like the  iPad or BlackBerry Playbook.

    For the most part apps are gadgets that help you do simple tasks without the need of a laptop or desktop computer. Some will even say that apps are just marketing tools for businesses allowing consumers easier access to the products and services the company offers. When searching for “Office Space App”, the only subjects that come up are applications for student office space Toronto at the University of Toronto and several other universities that offer graduate students and those working on their PhD to have access to an office. One other subject that comes up in the search is an Android app that plays sound bite quotes from the Movie “Office Space”, which is not exactly useful as a business application.

    Telsec is currently working on an app to better help businesses find information about Toronto office space, virtual office space Toronto and Toronto meeting rooms at Telsec. An office space Toronto app will also allow those visiting the site to send quick messages and inquiries to the Telsec staff. Telsec is also considering development of an app that will allow office space Toronto clients to book boardrooms and meeting rooms when they are out of the office and need to set up a meeting space.

    First and foremost, Telsec is in the business of renting affordable office space Toronto at a prestigious business address, so apps are not our first priority. Our priority is servicing Toronto office space and providing Toronto virtual office clients, with the best office support.

     

  • 07Nov

    Being Green-Friendly at Work

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    Regardless of what type of business you run, there are many simple and easy things you can do to make your business green-friendly. What most business people do not realize is, operating a green-friendly business is not only good for the environment but good for your business’s bottom line. Conserving resources and cutting down on waste saves money that could be put to better use

    Becoming green-friendly goes beyond the three R’s (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) But they are a great place to start. Some simple things can make your business more green-friendly are:

    • If you are not using it, turn it off! – Turning off office equipment does not only reduce the energy usage, it will extend the life of the equipment.
    • Get rid of that old computer or monitor – Recycle old energy wasting pieces of equipment and replace them with low energy models.
    • Don’t print off every email and fax, keep them on your computer. If you have to print, try printing on both sides of the paper.
    • Buy local – look for suppliers who are local that have comparable pricing without having to ship over long distances. This will reduce the carbon imprint of your business, which can be a key factor behind securing new clients that share your interest in the environment.

    Being green-friendly at work can also involve finding Toronto office space for rent for your business that is located  in a green-friendly building. While many newer buildings are purpose built to be green-friendly, there are many older buildings that are being retrofitted to become eco-friendly office spaces. In some cases retrofitting and bringing eco-friendly practices to older buildings are breathing new life into that structure. This greening of older buildings can have less of a carbon footprint than building a new structure. By reducing the environmental impacts caused by cities revitalizing old buildings, these structures become more sustainable and more aesthetically pleasing.

    It is important when looking for Toronto office space for rent or office space Toronto for lease, to ask the right questions of the person who is assisting you in your search. You want them to understand that being green-friendly at work is important to your business and that a green-friendly building is just as important. Ask the landlord what – if  any – green-friendly features the building offers and how they also affect your particular office space.

  • 17Oct

    Even with cloud computing you still need a business address

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    The biggest technology buzz word today in business is Cloud Computing. It joins the ranks of terms including: grid computing, utility computing, virtualization, clustering, etc. Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product. This means that resources are shared, as is software, and information is provided to computers.  The workload is taken off of one or two servers and shared by many. The delivery of the cloud is typically over the Internet.

    With many companies and organizations adopting cloud computing, they are finding that their need for physical office space (particularly server rooms) is decreasing. Companies are able to have employees using Toronto shared offices or even shared desks on a flex schedule. One employee may occupy a given Toronto office space desk a few days a week and work from home or another office the other days of the week. Thanks to the cloud, they do not need to take their work computer and desktop software along with them. The software and their files are available to them wherever they have a connection to the Internet.

    Before I tell you more about cloud computing, I should tell you what cloud computing is not. The cloud is not a replacement for a physical office environment or a business address. Even with cloud computing you still need a business address for clients to send contracts, paper files and cheques. Customers want to see that the company they are dealing with has a physical Toronto executive office space at a prestigious address.

    Some companies are now using the cloud concept and re-thinking office space Toronto as a service rather than a product.  They want to rent office space without the expense of purchasing furniture or office equipment. They do not want the hassles of leasing photocopiers or telephone systems – they just want to be able to use this equipment and only pay for the services they use – just like they do with the cloud.

    Cloud computing provides computation, software, data access, and storage services that do not require end-user knowledge of the physical location or configuration of the system that delivers the services. The same goes for the clients of companies who use cloud computing – the client does not require to know where or how the job is done, as long as it is done. The company may have Toronto office space and even a virtual office Toronto at 1 Yonge Street, but the main work could be done by employees working out of their home offices using the cloud to work with others at the office (or wherever they may be located).

    When your company is ready to move your technology to the cloud, do not forget to talk to Telsec office businesses centres about the Toronto office space and Toronto virtual office solutions that will give your company the prestigious business address you require, while working in the clouds.

  • 06Aug

    Office Space For Lease Toronto On A Budget

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    Office space for lease TorontoHow can you find office space for lease Toronto on a budget?

    Do your homework! There are plenty of resources on the Internet with statistics and current pricing for commercial properties.

    The first place to check on the Internet is TREB (Toronto Real Estate Board) commercial properties website –www.trebcommercial.com. This will give you an idea of what properties are available through a commercial listing agent. This way, if you decide to work with an agent who specializes in commercial properties for lease, you can let them know that you have done your research and know what is out there. Their job is now to find you what you want in the location you want that is within the office space budget you have.

    The next place to look for office space for lease Toronto on a budget is on Kijiji or Craigslist. These are online classified ad sites with new listings every day. The first time you are searching through the listings on Craigslist or Kijiji, try not to limit yourself looking at current ads. Look through some of the older classified ads and see what the price of office space Toronto was going for before. You may find the same company listing the same Toronto office space for less a while ago, but now at a higher or lower price. This may give you a bargaining chip if you decide to rent your office space from them.

    Once you are armed with your research, now you can go out and search for the office space for lease Toronto on a budget that you want. Holding the knowledge you gained from your research will help you improve the chances of finding the ideal office space Toronto for your company.

    Some questions to ask when contacting the rental agent for office space for lease Toronto on a budget are:

    • What are the terms of the lease? – Do you need to sign a long-term lease or can you sign a short-term rental agreement? Can you have an indefinite office space rental agreement that spans month-to-month?
    • What is included in the rent? – Are utilities and taxes included? Is security included?
    • What are the move-in conditions of the office space? –  Is it furnished office space? Is the office wired for phones and Internet? Is the building equipped for high or higher speed internet such as T1 or T3 lines?
    • What other amenities are available in the building or surrounding area? – Is there Parking at your Office for Rent Toronto on the site or nearby? Are there places to get a coffee or snack in or around the building?
    • Is office cleaning included? – Some office space Toronto locations include cleaning services as part of the rent; others charge extra for it. If office cleaning is not included, can you use your own cleaning company or do you have to use theirs?

    With the demand for office space in Toronto increasing, so does the demand for office space for lease Toronto on a budget. With the growth in small business in Canada, many start-up companies are looking for a professional address. Having done your research and knowing what questions to ask, will help you to find your ideal Toronto office space for lease location within the budget you have established.

  • 20Jul

    Toronto office space with inexpensivie parking

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    Toronto office space with Inexpensive parkingOf course, the specific building location is very important if you’re looking to find Toronto office space with inexpensivie parking, especially in or near the downtown core. But are you finding that getting there can be a real nightmare – and that the actual parking every day can be a real hassle? Yes, there are plenty of competitively-priced parking facilities in downtown Toronto – but is that parking “easy” as well as inexpensive? In other words, how much time do you waste lining up for underground parking? And when you finally get access, do you need to pop a Gravol after making six turns to get to the 6th level underground or above ground?

    The absolute ideal parking in an office space Toronto location includes:

    • Easy access (i.e. 5 minutes or less) to major arteries
    • A choice of above-ground or underground parking
    • Good proximity to your workplace
    • Competitive monthly rates

    The parking cost factor in renting Toronto office space:

    There was an article in Metro News recently that outlined the huge variations in parking costs when looking for Toronto office space and/or Toronto executive suites. Here are some of the highlights:

    • Parking near George Brown College is $10 every day
    • Dundas Square is always $19 a day
    • Other downtown lots can range from $10 to $25

    But what was most interesting was that many parking lots along King Street street can range from $10 a day on Mondays and Tuesdays to $15 a day on Wednesdays and Thursdays to $20 a day over the weekend. And Metro News also discovered that the same lot can change its pricing (from as low as $10 a day to as high as $25 a day) depending on the day and if there are any special events occuring. Some downtown parking operators even charge as much as $40! So be careful if you’re near event venues Toronto, on any given day. Inexpensive, “easy” parking should go hand in hand with the best accessible office space Toronto has to offer. So shop around.

    Telsec – office space Toronto is located at 1 Yonge Street, this  prime office space Toronto location has nearby above-ground parking, as well as ultra-convenient underground parking facilities. Having a Toronto office space with inexpensivie parking so close can be a major factor in chosing downtown Toronto office space. Parking at the Toronto Star Building averages out to about $170 per month – that’s slightly over $8 a day without considering weekend parking. As a monthly parker, you can also use the parking facilities to go to downtown events on weeknights or weekends for no additional cost. The best news of all is that it is conviently located near the Air Canada Centre and the Rogers Centre, it is less than a minute off the Gardiner Expressway or Lake Shore Boulevard!

    Check out and Like Telsec – office space Toronto on Facebook

  • 04Jul

    Great Office Space Toronto

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    I am often asked what makes a great office space Toronto as opposed to just good Toronto office space. The answer is not as simple as comparing a Cadillac to a Mustang; it is not about comparing price or horsepower; it’s about comparing what works best for you and your organization. You should map out the features and benefits that you are looking for, so you are making choices based on your needs and not what is being offered by an office space Toronto Realtor.

    You first have to write down what your Toronto office space needs are. Do you need office space for 2 people or do you need office space for 50 people or more? Do you need an office space with existing telephone and internet infrastructure or do you need empty office space with a clean slate? Are you in need of furnished office space or will you be purchasing office furniture? Don’t forget about your modern office equipment needs. Will you need to lease or purchase colour photocopiers, or would you rather pay only for what you use? Do you need just any office space or a great office space Toronto address?

    Some companies feel that paying more to have the 50th-whatever floor of the Scotia Plaza with a view looking into other office towers means they have great office space Toronto, where other organizations would rather be on the 18th floor of the Toronto Star Building with a view of the Toronto harbour and Lake Ontario.

    Those looking to build an independent entrepreneurial company without the high start-up cost of leasing empty Toronto office space will consider Toronto serviced offices with all the amenities to be their great office space Toronto opportunity. They also want Toronto office space that offers fast internet access and telephone service that can be set within minutes and not days.

    Other larger companies who are looking at expanding or opening a branch office in Toronto will also look for executive suites Toronto at business centres like Telsec that offer great office space Toronto where they can control the cost of extra office services. Why should these companies lease a photocopier and pay service contracts to maintain a machine, when they can have low-cost photocopies without the hassle of a lease.

    For some, there is good Toronto office space that almost fits their needs, but for others there is great office space Toronto that exceeds what they are looking for in terms of a prestigious address, excellent service and meeting their business needs.

  • 28Jun

    Office Space Toronto Photographer

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    It is no secret that I am the official office space Toronto photographer at Telsec, many of the other clients have seen me setting up for after hours photo shoots of the lobby, an office or one of the Toronto boardrooms at Telsec. On Monday as I was getting a coffee someone came up to me and asked me if I was the guy who was the office space Toronto photographer, so I said yes. They then proceed to ask me how was Fred? It took me a few minutes to figure out what they were asking me, I did not know any Fred. They then said “the squirrel”… my head dropped, someone at my office space Toronto had found out about the squirrel that I had named and took photos of on my front lawn. Yes, I named a very distinctive looking squirrel that comes to visit me all the time looking for peanuts.

    After walking away from this embarrassing moment, I realized that I had not asked them how they heard about “Fred”. Not only did I not know who they were, but how did they find out about me and a squirrel named “Fred”. A few hours later I was leaving my office space Toronto to get some lunch when I spotted the person walking down the hall. I just had to ask them how they knew I was the office space Toronto photographer, but more importantly how they knew about “Fred”. All they could do was smile and tell me to check my email.

    Instead of heading to lunch, I headed back to my office and checked my email. I had a number of emails that were from people who I did not even know or did not recognize. As soon as I opened the one that was from a friend who also has a Toronto office space at Telsec, I knew that he had found some recent photos that I posted on Facebook. To make things worse, he had sent a copy of some of the photos to other office space Toronto clients and cc’d me. The headline “Look at what the office space Toronto photographer does when he is not photographing around our Toronto office space”. In the body of the email he mentions that not only did I take photos of these two animals, but that I had named and recognized Fred.

    The photos were of Fred (the squirrel) and Finkie (the neighbour’s cat) that I had taken last week when I came home early from my office space Toronto. Fred was on the front lawn, so I went inside and grabbed some peanuts to feed him. As soon as I came out, I noticed that Finkie had come by for a visit; neither of the two animals acknowledged the other was even there.  I gave Fred a few nuts and noticed that he would walk right by Finkie, so I went into the house to grab my camera because no one would believe me.

    When I chose to post the photos on Facebook, I never thought that someone from my office space Toronto would see them. More so, I did not expect anyone to email the squirrel photos with the words “office space Toronto photographer” in the headline. I am not ashamed of naming a squirrel or embarrassed for taking the photos or posting them for that matter. I am just a little embarrassed by the fact that other professionals at my Toronto office space had seen the photos without me sending them. Luckily no one has linked them to the Telsec office space Toronto page on Facebook, but you can help me promote the place that I have my office for rent Toronto, by clicking Facebook “Like” button.

     

     

  • 17Jun

    Accessible office space Toronto

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    Accessibility has different meanings for different people, especially in business. For most of us, accessibility means being able to get to our home or business quickly with a minimum of aggravation and stress. It doesn’t matter if we’re driving, cycling or using public transit. To a person with physical disabilities, accessibility also means working in a building with wheelchair-accessible ramps, special parking areas, pushbutton doorways and so on. So, for many successful business people, accessible Toronto office space, means a modern building constructed for maximum convenience and ease of movement that is not too time-consuming to travel to and from. Surprisingly, some of the more accessible office space Toronto locations are situated in Toronto’s core!

    So yes, the actual building location is very important if you’re looking to find accessible office space Toronto, especially downtown. No sense spending hours and hours travelling to and from your workplace, enduring crowded subways and buses, or congested, annoying traffic conditions. The ideal is to be close to where the action is – both in your business life and your social life. But to find this kind of Toronto office space is often a challenge at the best of times.

    Telsec Business Centres, located at 1 Yonge Street (Toronto Star Building), Suite 1801 (18th floor), is an excellent choice for downtown accessible office space Toronto. The building itself has a full ramp at its Yonge St. entrance and its interior provides maximum mobility for persons with disabilities. As far as location, it’s an upscale office space Toronto landmark that’s just minutes away from GO, VIA Rail, subway, buses and streetcar transit. It also boasts fast, easy access to major streets and highways as well as safe, secure and inexpensive parking. It’s minutes from the Toronto Island Airport and there is an express bus nearby that will take you to Pearson International Airport. It’s also just minutes away from downtown shopping, upscale restaurants, the Air Canada Centre, Rogers Centre, the theatre district, Toronto Islands…..the list goes on! In other words, access to a lot more than you might imagine. Keep up with Telsec on Facebook and click on the like button on our homepage www.telsec.net.

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