• 23Sep

    Toronto Shared Offices Instead of a Private Office

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    shared office space Toronto In these difficult economic times, a lot of companies do not have the resources to have a private office in downtown Toronto for outside sales reps to do their paperwork and generate leads. This is especially true for companies who do not have their head office downtown or even near the city of Toronto. Many are now using Toronto shared offices instead of a private office for sales representatives who need a space to touch down.

    In considering Toronto shared offices instead of a private office, companies know that with a shared office the low cost of a “touch down office space” is more cost-effective. They know that a sales rep is more productive working out of an office space Toronto that is near most of its customers than traveling to and from their home office to do their paperwork and follow sales leads. They also realize that sales people are more productive working in a professional business atmosphere than working at home or at a cafe with internet access.

    Having Toronto shared offices instead of a private office is also great for companies who are out of province or out of country. If they have staff in Toronto, having an office space for that staff to go to (even once or twice a week) at a prestigious business address, demonstrates to their clients that they have a physical Toronto office.

    Consider this scenario:  A medium-sized company sells, installs and maintains specialized software or equipment. They have a sales representative, an installer and a technician, and they all primarily work on the road. Once or twice a week they may need to go into the office to check up on sales leads, pick up installation orders or file maintenance reports with head office. The repair guy would stop into the office on Mondays and Wednesdays to get his orders and paperwork, the sales rep may stop into the shared office on Tuesdays to check on sales leads and Thursdays to send his paperwork and reports. The maintenance guy could be in the office space on Fridays filling out his reports.  This can also be achieved by the three sharing one private office, but that may not be as economical as having all three of them use a single desk in Toronto shared offices instead of a private office.

    Toronto shared offices instead of a private office does not always mean that you will have other shared office clients working at the next desk to you – not all shared office clients at your Downtown Toronto office space use the shared office environment at the same time. When you are not in your shared office,  your desk is your desk and your phone is your phone and only when you are in the office will calls come in or go out from that phone.

    Most importantly, when you choose to have shared offices instead of a private office, you still have all the benefits of having a Toronto office space that those with Toronto private offices enjoy. This includes the use of boardrooms and meeting rooms, as well as the kitchens with complimentary coffee, tea and filtered water. You also have access to network printers, fax machines, photocopiers and secretarial services at the same low rates as all other office space Toronto clients.

  • 17Jun

    Pros and Cons of Shared Office Space

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    A shared office space in Toronto can be a great way to establish an office outside of your home. Like any other business decisions, you have to weigh the pros and cons of shared office space. In these economic times, money saved on rent for the best value is a wise idea, especially when starting out. This is great for companies looking to have shared office space on a short term basis, but sharing an office space Toronto may not be for everyone.

    In considering the pros and cons of shared office space, lets look at the pros. First there is the economics of not having to pay the higher price of a private office space. Then you get to work in an environment with a bunch of different types of people working in various industries, this often provides networking opportunities. Requirements to rent office space are typically less restrictive than with conventional office lease. In shared office space, you don’t have to purchase furniture, a phone system, or lease modern office equipment like photocopiers and fax machines.

    Generally getting started with a new business requires less capital when you use executive suites Toronto instead of an office space for lease. Having a shared office is even a greater solution when you need to keep your risk low and need a more professional image than your home address or P.O. Box on your business cards. In a professional business centre, you don’t have to risk the neighbour’s dog barking in the background while closing that big deal. It is amazing when looking at the pros and cons of shared office space, many people will look for the cons first and not realize how much a professional Toronto office business centre can improve the quality of their work.

    When talking about the pros and cons of shared office space, some of the cons are truly not cons and are often things that can be worked around or changed. One such presumed con to sharing office space can be a noisy neighbour. There’s nothing more annoying than a long conference call on speaker phone, the solution to that is having them use one of the Toronto meeting rooms or boardrooms that are available.  Other perceived cons to Toronto shared office space is that the people sharing the space may not get along or have conflicting schedules that require them to have some time alone in their office. Often this can be fixed by trying to best match tenants based on their schedules, as most people who use Toronto shared offices do not use them all day Monday to Friday. Some shared office clients only use their desks once or twice a week or just in the mornings to check email and send off proposals. If you need total privacy in an office space all the time, than shared offices may not be for you.

    With Telsec’s shared office space Toronto, they will work with you in finding the pros and cons of shared office space and find an office space solution that works best for you and your company.

     

  • 12Jul

    World Cup Finals was the buzz in the office today

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    World Cup Finals was the buzz in the office today, not vuvuzelas. All the talk around the coffee machine at my Toronto office space today seemed to be about the World Cup final and the Spanish win. While some office space tenants were talking about this octopus that had predicted the winners of  all the important games, others want that octopus to help them pick their Lotto Maxx numbers.

    As I was getting on the elevator to go for lunch, I overheard someone say that they were going to miss the sound of all those vuvuzelas.  The thought of never hearing that again was all that went through my mind. I just hope that people do not start bringing them on mass to Argonaut football games.

    I was meeting with a client this afternoon at the shared office space that he utilizes. Unlike the Toronto Shared Offices that I have, he did not have a receptionist answering his calls, he did not have access to boardrooms or meeting rooms and he did not have complimentary coffee.  We had to go down to a food court of another building two blocks away to get a coffee.  I told him that next time he should meet with me at my Toronto office space.

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  • 04Feb

    Canadian firms get a broader exemption from Buy America

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    The Canadian government had been working on a waiver that would shield Canada’s exporters from the Buy America provisions that  the U.S. Congress placed on U.S. President Barack Obama’s $787 billion  economic stimulus package introduced last year.

    This type of protectionism did not only harm Canadian exporters, but it also prevented US firms from spending their money on developing their Canadian markets. Many US companies gave up their Canadian office space and tried to service Canadian clients from offices in the United States. As news spreads of the lifting of restrictions, more and more American firms seeking Toronto office space are looking at coming back to Canada, but are looking at more economic office solutions that do not involve a great deal of investment. These companies who are returning to Canada, as well as those looking to expand into the Canadian marketplace are looking for Toronto serviced offices. They are looking to companies like Telsec who are offering office space for lease in Toronto or Toronto office space that does not require a long term commitment.

    Many US firms that are looking to gain a Canadian presence, are looking for office space Toronto where they do not need to hire administrative staff and do not want to have to deal with Canadian employment taxes and the bureaucratic nightmare of setting up source deduction accounts for administrative employees.  They can pay their US based staff members through their home office.

    Toronto Shared Offices

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    Some clients choose to rent private offices or semi private offices Toronto for their Toronto branch offices when they intend to spend a lot of time in their office, while other companies choose shared offices Toronto (AKA touchdown offices) that allow them to have a prestigious business address, but do not need a full time office space for rent.

    Regardless of what office space Toronto package a client chooses, they have access to all the amenities, including use of meeting rooms and boardrooms, access to modern office equipment like photocopiers and faxes, as well as the use of modern kitchen facilities that include complimentary coffee, tea and filtered water.

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