Applicants must be able to demonstrate project management and implementation from conception to completion, a hard working ethic with initiative and responsibility plus great organisational skills.

Preparation of presentations, client presentations, inc detailed plans, elevations, setting out drawings, mood and sample boards space planning and layouts of furniture is an essential requirement. Must have the ability to work across and manage several projects at one time, must be flexible and adaptable.

salary: To be confirmed

Cv’s with covering letter to show work undertaken – a brief portfolio to Colin Clayton.
applications by 30th April 2012

DeskCentre
14 Stadium Court
Stadium Road
Bromborough
Wirral
CH62 3RP

DeskCentre opens dedicated offices in Manchester

Wirral based furniture specialist DeskCentre has opened a new Manchester office to handle the significant amount of business secured in the region over recent months. This includes design and furnishing contracts with leading companies in sectors as diverse as customer service, medical research and private equity.

Based close to Piccadilly Station, the new offices will enable the DeskCentre team to provide clients in and around Greater Manchester with a comprehensive suite of design installation, relocation, project management, refurbishment and recycling services. The company also plans to open a showroom space later in the year at the same address, showcasing the large range of office furniture and accessories available.

Established over 25 years ago, DeskCentre has designed and installed high quality interiors for over 1000 educational, office and hotel establishments across the UK and Europe. As part of the global Vision Support Services group, it also has access to a unique supply chain of world-class manufacturers and expertise.

Over the last decade this combination of local knowledge and international resources has allowed the company to develop strong links with Manchester’s thriving corporate and commercial sectors. Long-term relationships with the region’s universities, colleges and schools have also seen the company attract a number of high profile education contracts, including the £55million, John McAslan designed, landmark ‘SCAN’ building for Manchester University.

As Colin Clayton Managing Director comments,
“It was a natural choice to expand our operations in Manchester. This city and region are an integral part of our day to day business and key to our developments going forward.”

In keeping with DeskCentre’s continued UK-wide growth, the company will continue to expand throughout 2012 and aims to open additional offices in Birmingham later in the year.

DeskCentre’s new Manchester offices open March 2012.

Fourways House
57 Hilton Street
Manchester
M1 2EJ
Contact: Martin Hince on 07818 575 696
www.deskcentre.co.uk

Refresh your office with some new furniture

In these times of austerity, purchasing or renting a new office is not always possible, or feasible. Property prices are still very high and office rents are prohibitive. Just the cost of moving offices can be prohibitive – the disruption to business alone can be a cost that has to be considered. When you factor in other elements, such as the need to inform clients of the move, changing letterheads, business cards and other business stationery, there is an obvious business case for staying put. However, there are many options available for business available. The first and most obvious one is to make better use of office space, often a business which has grown organically will not have considered the best use of space, it would simply have been a case of cramming in another desk.

Considering then space from scratch is a good idea. Proper office planning can make a lot of difference, making use of previously dead space, moving things around to maximise work flow can be a simple step that doesn’t cost much to implement.

However, a business should not get hung up on issues with existing office furniture – this is akin to buying a house based around whether your sofa will fit! Office furniture can be purchased for a lot lee than you may think.

Take a look at our office furniture shop, there are many offers available, with some great deals on furniture basics such as office chairs. Desks can be a bit more problematic, but try and think outside the box – do you really need rectangular desks? These days, desks come in all shapes and sizes – from wave desks, bench desks and kidney shaped desks, there is bound to be something available to suit the space you have. This kind of office refresh can have extra benefits as well; increased comfort for employees, a rethinking of work-flow can all lead to an increase in office productivity.

Desks come in all shapes and sizes

                  Don’t forget; refresh tired interiors with a fresh coat of paint! It will feel like a brand new office! Also, the use of plants, new blinds and lighting will change the entire feel of a business, making a more usable space for staff and a more welcoming environment for visitors – how much more new business can you win by having an office environment that’s so much more impressive to people you are meeting for the first time?

Often, involving employees in this process can help too, they will feel more involved more ownership and often will save your business money by doing the research and coming up with ideas you might not have considered!

In summary:

Hunt around for office furniture offers

Think about your work flow needs

Accessorise your office

Consider the office lighting

Give your space more vibrancy with a fresh coat of paint!

The benefits of staying exactly where you are and taking a fresh look at what you need and how you do things has many benefits beyond simple financial considerations.  If you want to find out how we can help with your office refit, please find out more about the services we offer or contact us.

1.  No commuting: instead of sitting in rush hour traffic cursing everyone around you, simply pour yourself out of bed and slouch into your home office.
2.  Save time: see above – I know people who spend three hours a day commuting, time which could be better spent doing just about anything else. Unless you’re Jeremy Clarkson and actually enjoying spend that much of your life in a car.
3.  Do your bit for the environment: less travel = less omissions. With all that carbon being saved, you can feel less guilty about the rubbish you should have recycled but didn’t
4.  Wear what you want: escape the grey world of the work uniform. Want to wear board shorts and a Dead Kennedys t-shirt?  Go for it.
5.  Save money: with fuel costs getting to the point that filling up the car requires a credit agreement, your bank balance will breathe a sigh of relief.
6.  Become healthier: during your breaks, you can do some squats, go for a run, anything to work up a sweat. No more excuses for ‘desk belly’.
7.  Eat better: the food in your fridge is more likely to be healthier than grabbing a sandwich on the run. Unless it’s full of shop bought sarnies.
8.  Flexibility: start work at 6 and finish 3. It’s up to you, as long as your work gets done, who cares. Work around your family commitments and get more of your life back.
9.  Focus: flying solo frees you up from distractions, no gathering in the kitchen to discuss the latest celebrity gossip.
10.  Politics: do your career a favour avoid the slippery slope of office politics, who said what to whom and why.

Of course, there are disadvantages too, such as not being part of a team and maybe missing out on the ‘buzz’ of creativity that comes from contact with other humans. But hey, that’s what Skype is for!

So, clear out your spare room, grab yourself some office furniture and create a new work life for yourself.