Remove Your Shoes Please!

Working from home may sound like the ideal situation to some – home comforts, no rush hour traffic and the freedom of flexible working hours but when it comes to holding professional business meetings from home can the same be said? Chipped tea cups, a crowded room, dirty footprints on your cream carpet and five people peering over a lap top may not give the professional outlook of a forward thinking, innovative business and will not result in a productive meeting.

Karen Pugh, Director: Property Services at Enterprise North East, says, "Having business clients come into your own home can feel intrusive and in terms of keeping your work and personal life separate can prove difficult. When your home feels like the office it can be difficult to turn off and relax. A bright open space with little distractions, like the family dog and framed family photos, is the best start towards a productive meeting."

"Most business professionals today see state-of-the-art equipment such as LCD projectors and display boards such as flipcharts and whiteboards as standard. Scribbling down notes and passing these round a group or working from one lap top is not acceptable. Working from home may not allow access to such equipment or there may not be suitable space to house such items so working from an external location with an inclusive equipment package is the ideal solution."

"Using external meeting rooms can also enable you to hold much bigger meetings for up to 50 people which most people would not be able to accommodate from home and also means that you do not have to attend to the mundane aspects of post-meetings such as cleaning up."

"If your meeting runs on for a substantial amount of time then a lunch break will be a must. If you hire somewhere to hold your meeting then it is likely that the venue will also have a range of smaller meeting rooms which are ideal for lunch, refreshments or as break out rooms."

Karen concludes, "Having professional office surroundings projects the right image and allows companies to concentrate on the most important thing - their business."

"When you need to make an impression, location and presentation counts. Enterprise North East Trust's Business Centres offer professional, cost-effective meeting rooms delivered with complete business support."

Enterprise North East Trust's Business Centres offer a range of rooms equipped with the highest standard of modern facilities for client meetings, presentations and conferences in prime locations across the North East of Scotland.

The bright and airy meeting rooms are available in most of the business centres including conference rooms which accommodate a boardroom seating up to 25 people or theatre style for up to 50 people. There is also a range of smaller meeting rooms which are ideal for lunch, refreshments or as break out rooms. Room hire package options include flipchart, overhead projector, paper and pens, video, whiteboard, refreshments, TV and LCD projector.

Enterprise North East is one of the largest providers of purpose built offices, workshop units and meeting rooms across the North East with Business Centres in Aberdeen, Inverurie, Westhill, Banff, Ellon, Fraserburgh, Huntly and Peterhead.

To discuss professional meeting and conference room hire or to arrange a visit to one of the many Enterprise North East Trust Business Centres contact Karen Pugh on 01224 289700 or email karen.pugh@enetrust.com

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Picture caption: Karen Pugh, Director: Property Services at Enterprise North East, discusses the benefits of external meeting room hire.

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