recommend Business Address Surrey?

[Animal]

I'm about to launch a new business offering services to businesses in the surrey sussex hampshire area and as I intend to run it from home, I was looking for a business address and mail forwarding in this area that I could rent as cheaply as possible. I don't really want to use my home address. All such services seem to be in the big cities. I was wondering if anyone had experience or knew of such a service around the borders of surrey sussex hampshire?

Regards

[Made4Print]

Hi,

So you're not looking for actual premises but want to work from a home office but you want it to "look" like a company address?

The easy answer is: It really doesnt matter!

But if you want it to look more official, put up a plaque outside your house for example "ABC House" where ABC is close to your company name or street name then put that in your address. I have seen this done before and it certainly does look official.

Since your working from home outside the city, you can always arrange to meet people in the city using meeting rooms at serviced offices, hotels, Airports etc.

Having deliveries and post going directly to you is always better and will certianly be more cost effective. Rather spend the money on a professional answering service.

HTH

[Animal]

Thanks,


put up a plaque outside your house for example "ABC House"

Difficult to do that living in an apartment! :-)

Regards

[Made4Print]

...this is very true :-)

[Soul_Survivor]

Have you thought about setting up a PO Box address, it's around £60 a year and another £60 to have the mail delivered to your door.

nice cheap option without having to give people your real address ;)

[Animal]

Yep, that was my second thought. Not sure if people would be put off by a PO box rather than a real address...

[Soul_Survivor]

I used one for 5 years and didn't get any negative feedback. So long as your publishing other contact detals like phone numbers and email address' people should get the idea that you're not hiding something but just don't want to publish an address.

Business' use PO Box's for all sort of reasons, I used to deal with a huge international manufacturer that had one because they didn't want to give the warhouse addy out.

And with so many people working from home nowadays, I think it's become a lot more acceptable.

If you think it will work, keep your costs down and go for it. last thing you want to be doing is giving yourself more expenses when you're just starting out.

If not, where in Surrey are you? I work on a business park in The Sands, very near Farnham. There's a real nice guy that owns the site, I'm sure he would be willing to set something up for you if it's local enough, let me know if you want more details.

Cheers
Dan

[Made4Print]

Just got a advert for this kind of thing in my mailbox: http://www.regus.co.uk/voemail

[Heart Communications]

Hi,

Have you checked out Mailboxes Etc?

They offer this service and have locations through-out the UK. They give you an actual business address (not PO Box) so this will look alot better on your letterheads, website, etc.

By the way, if you need phone / fax numbers for certain areas PM me - we also offer virtual receptionist/telephone answering services. :D

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Amy
Heart Communications
Telephone Answering Services
Tel: 0844 88 44 795

[Abbey Business Centres]

We have two business centres in Surrey (Weybridge and Surrey) that provide mail forwarding and call answering services at an affordable price.

If you want more info, PM me and i would be more than happy to send some details over to you

James

[Animal]

Thanks guys/gals

Sorry I missed the last postings - didn't get an email for some reason.

Ended up using my own address - less hassle and no cost than alternatives :-)

[MrJasper1980]

You need to shop around for this!

I use a mail collection company in central London as it improves my company profile and they are really cheap (£9.99 per month). If you are interested they are West One Business Services, you can find them on google.

I've used Mail Boxes Etc in the past as well, and they are ok, but they are nearly £30 per month for the convenience of an address with a 24 hour box. So not worth it unless you can really benefit from the box.

Someone mentioned Regus as well, they are good, but very expensive. But worth using their meeting rooms if you need to as the locations and settings are very professional.

[Jyemstone]

This thread has proved very useful as i'm in the process of forming my business and the prices for registered offices are quite high.

I only need the address for Companies House initially and West One Business Services have a very cheep service.


Jem