London, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/28/2011 -- Westminster is a favourite spot for those searching for serviced office space through SOS> Search Office Space and it's not surprising why. Situated only a short 10 minute walk across Westminster Bridge Road is the exciting world of the Thames River Walk; home to the Tate Modern, Shakespeare's Globe and Royal Festival Hall. To the west of Westminster is the beautiful 58 acre St James's Park, filled with beautiful plants and landscaped garden areas and many wild breeds of ducks and birds.

Transport
Both the City of London and Westminster are served excellently by the underground and overground. Chancery Lane (Central line), Bank (Central, Northern, Circle, District and DLR Lines), and Liverpool Street (Hammersmith & City, Circle, Metropolitan and Central lines) are the City of London's nearest tube stations. London City Airport is only a 20 minute train journey from Liverpool Street station. Westminster is conveniently served by both Westminster (Jubilee, Circle and District lines) and St James's Park (Circle and District lines) tube stations.

London Office Space Market 2011
Research put together by DTZ shows that in 2010, Office space rental increased by 21% in the City of London and by 9% in London's West End. The rises were due to a combination of rental growth due to decreasing supply of quality space and the effect of a change in local property taxes.

Globally, the most expensive place to rent office space in the world is now Hong Kong. London (City) was ranked 8th on the list and London's West End 2nd. Geneva, Tokyo, Zurich, Paris and New York were other cities chicago office rental
featured in the top 10.

DTZ predict that London's West End will retain its position (until 2015) as the second most expensive place to rent office space in terms of occupancy costs per workstation. However occupancy costs outside of London will grow at a much slower pace.

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London, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/13/2011 -- Richmond-Upon-Thames is one of London's most attractive boroughs, well known for its green open spaces, Georgian architecture and eclectic mix of shops, bars and restaurants. The area is also home to Richmond Park, Old Deer Park and the Orange Tree Theatre, popular for discovering forgotten old plays. Past and present notable residents include J.M.W Turner, Gwyneth Paltrow and Mick Jagger.

The already picture-perfect London suburb will soon undergo further development. Planning permission has recently been secured for a 48, 000 sq ft office refurbishment in Richmond-Upon-Thames City Centre, conveniently next to Richmond underground (District line) and overground stations, and a short walk away from the beautiful Kew Royal Botanic Gardens.

This will be the first major office refurbishment to take place in the south west area of London this office market cycle with work due to start summer 2011. Propertyweek.com said the companies involved with securing the planning are AXA REIM on behalf of Friends Life Assurance Society.

Kevin Mersh from Capita Symonds, one of the U.K's largest, multifaceted property consultancies said, "Thameslink House will be the first major HQ office building to come to the market for many years offering prime space adjacent to one of the busiest transport interchanges outside Central London. Given the extent of the works we are confident the building will appeal the major occupiers in the area."

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London, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/07/2010 -- John Chesterton has joining the Corporate Service Team at SOS > Search Office Space.

John comes to SOS > Search Office Space from Laing O'Rourke Group, where he was the Estate Surveyor.

John is joining the SOS Corporate services which function is help clients find serviced/managed offices in locations worldwide. SOS has a comprehensive list of properties which provide flexible, ready-to-go office space suitable for short/medium term needs, projects, interim space etc.

Not only do SOS list well known large groups of business centers but also independent and smaller operators, that can often provide the perfect, cost effective solution. So whenever the office space seeker has a requirement, no matter what the size, one person up to several hundred people, for any period up to 5 years, SOS will ensure that the prospect considers all suitable options.

Richard Smith, CEO, commented "John brings a wealth of Corporate and Property experience having previously worked for National Grid, CH2MHill (consulting work on Projects for Vodafone and Cable & Wireless International) and most recently in his last four years as the Estate Surveyor for the Laing O'Rourke Group. Myself, Jonathan Weinbrenn, Director of Corporate Services, and the entire SOS team are delighted to welcome John to the company."

John can be contacted on 0207 887 1588, 07961 606653 or jchesterton@searchofficespace.com and he looks forward to advising Corporate clients on the most cost effective solution on the market for their office needs.

About SOS > Search Office Space
SOS > Search Office Space was established in 1993 as the very first business organization dedicated to providing serviced office space brokerage services in the United Kingdom. Since that time, SOS has expanded globally through satellite offices in the major office space markets in the world. With the UK headquarters in London and offices in Mayfair and Manhattan, SOS > Search Office Space is ideally placed to provide services across key UK locations, with office space in Mayfair , office space in Soho and office space in West End available. SOS also has offices in Manhattan and Hong Kong. In addition to its global presence, SOS reaches and connects with clients looking for flexible office space anywhere in the world with a database of office business centres, which is easily accessible via the company's website where users can search for office space and serviced offices in more than 6,000 locations.

PR contact:
Zahid Chaudri
zahid@searchofficespace.com
Contact tel no 020 8909 5222
http://www.searchofficespace.com

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London, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/31/2010 -- Recent deals in the office space market have shown that increasingly, companies which are considered to be virtual, need physical office space. This allows companies such as SOS > Search Office Space, Serviced Office Space brokers, to be confident that the future will bring an increased number of deals for serviced offices.

Recently, news emerged that Amazon.com has signed a letter of intent for additional office space in Seattle. They are one of the many online giants that have office space requirements. These companies have a headquarters but also tend to have an extensive network of offices all over the world and this presence continues to grow reflecting online growth and activities.

Google is a great example of creating a strategic presence globally in order to manage its local business effectively without prohibiting expansion. As the online companies continue to expand, their influence on the global economy will be reflected will lead to a boom of buying offices or executive suites rental across the world over the period of the next 5 years.. Global office brokers are ready to respond to this upsurge in requirements and provide those looking for an office with the right space for their needs.

Richard Smith (President and Founder of SOS > Search Office Space) elaborates, "We are ready to meet the needs of all companies with a requirement for serviced offices anywhere in the world no matter what their requirements may be and no matter wherever they need their offices to be located be it London, New York or all corners of the world". The recent news and deals show that the increase in demand for office space in the global market and in the main global financial centres is connected not only with the improving global economic outlook but with the online companies going 'real' as well.

So the rally has begun and we wait to see what real estate requirements the virtual companies will have during the next few years but be very sure that the international expansion will continue and indeed accelerate as their products attract a wider global audience and their influence reaches further afield into new local markets. Search Office Space - We are a global company helping businesses to find serviced offices and virtual offices in UK and USA. We help business to rent offices in London, New York and the best executive suites in all global business locations. For more information about office space and serviced offices

visit our website at http://www.searchofficespace.com .

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