For the third year running a team of 14 from Avanta Managed Offices are planning to take part in a 5.6 km race to help raise funds for one of the UK’s leading children’s’ medical research charity, Sparks.

London, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/15/2011 -- For the third year running a team of 14 from Hammersmith-based Avanta Managed Offices are planning to take part in a 5.6 km race to help raise funds for one of the UK's leading children's' medical research charity, Sparks, as part of the JP Morgan Corporate Challenge 2011.

"Our team is very enthusiastic and is made up of employees drawn from all of ourLondon business centres," comments David Alberto, Avanta's Managing Director, who will be leading the team when the race starts in Battersea Park at 6.45pm on the evening of Thursday 7th July. "We now look forward to this great event every year and hope to beat the £1,100 we raised for Sparks last year.

"As a serviced office company, we are committed to giving back to the local community and as Sparks supports some of the most important medical research undertaken today into childhood illnesses, we endeavour to raise as much as possible to ensure that the work of this exceedingly worthwhile charity continues. If anybody would like to sponsor the Avanta team for this great cause they can do so by visiting justgiving.com/avanta2011

"Every penny raised helps to support our vital research to make the biggest difference to so many young lives," adds Ikram Dahman, Director of Development at Sparks. "The goal we share with Avanta is to help as many babies as possible to be born healthy and grow up healthy. And the only way to achieve that is through pioneering research into the causes, diagnosis and treatment of all sorts of conditions."

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Colin Peck, Gravitas Business Communications on 07802 606433 or email colinjpeck@aol.com or Tim Xumsai, Avanta Managed Offices Ltd on 0203 008 6000 - http:/www.avanta.co.uk

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Find out more about Sparks and its ground-breaking research at: http://www.sparks.org.uk or contact Jemma South at: jemma@sparks.org.uk or call: 0207 340 0696

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Avanta managed Offices was formed in 2004 by David Alberto. The company offers highly flexible, unbranded office space and meeting rooms, with advanced and competitively price technology, tailor made to meet the requirements of the occupier. In the UK it currently manages more than 650,000 sq ft of office space in prime locations in London, the Thames Valley and Edinburgh. It also operates one business centre in New Delhi, India and in 2009 formed a partnership with Regent Business Centers, which manage 13 locations throughout the US.

Sparks is at the forefront of pioneering research to help protect new born babies against conditions like club foot, cerebral palsy, childhood cancer, juvenile arthritis, asthma, premature birth and many others. On average, more than 3,000 babies born in the UK die before their first birthday. Medical research for conditions affecting children is seriously underfunded and the rarer conditions get almost no support at all. Sparks' view is that every child matters.

Sparks innovative research is funded 100% by voluntary income, not the Government.

Some medical breakthroughs as a result of Sparks funded research are as follows:

? Improving the treatment and pain management of premature babies undergoing intensive care.

? The world's first successful use of cooling research, which is a pioneering new combination treatment to help prevent or improve brain injury in babies who suffer a shortage of oxygen or blood supply during birth.

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London, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/21/2011 -- Government financial policies will have a major impact on business growth in London over the next five years warns a survey carried out by London First, on behalf of Avanta Managed Offices.

The survey of more than 500 office space clients at Avanta business centres across central and greater London, asked questions on topics ranging from taxation, transport and immigration to determine the greatest challenges to London's ongoing success over the next five years.

Whilst the mood of respondents was fairly positive in relation to their own business expectations, 44% singled out government spending cuts as well as high levels of taxation as being the biggest challenges facing businesses located in the capital. The second biggest challenge facing Londoners during the next five years is transport (25%), with the fiscal and ongoing costs of rising employment (18%) and the on-going costs of employment (12%) being singled out.

In addition, 15% singled out the availability of qualified or experienced staff as being an ongoing issue facing London-based businesses, whilst tighter immigration controls (11%) were also highlighted as an issue.
The survey also probed issues that are seen to be important to the success of the respondent's own business and not surprisingly, some 27% cited planning policies which support business growth and development as being the main issue. However, whilst 21% said that effective employment laws were important, another 21% said that they want to see health & safety regulations that are not overly restrictive.

"The respondents taking part in this survey are not only a typical cross section of the types, and sizes, of businesses located in Avanta business centres, but also a typical cross section of businesses residing in the Capital," comments Geraint Evans, Avanta's Sales and Marketing Director. "So, whilst they are cautiously optimistic about their own future it is clear from the responses that ongoing Government financial, transportation and immigration policies are perceived as being the biggest challenge facing London-based businesses during the next five years."

For further information, please contact:
Colin Peck, Gravitas Business Communications on 07802 606433 or email colinjpeck@aol.com
or Tim Xumsai, Avanta Managed Offices Ltd on 0203 008 6000 - www.avanta.co.uk

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London, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/08/2011 -- A survey of more than 500 office space clients at Avanta business centres across central and greater London, carried out by London First, has revealed that the majority are confidently predicting that their businesses will perform better than the UK economy during 2011.

London First, which works on behalf of the Capital's leading employers to make London the best city in the world to do business, found that 44% of those surveyed believe that the UK economy will stay more or less flat during 2011 compared with 36% predicting slow growth and just 2% favouring strong growth. Encouragingly, some 50% of those surveyed believe their businesses will continue to enjoy mild growth during the year with 24% predicting strong growth. Only 16% believe that their business performance will remain flat during the year.

Avanta's serviced office clients were also asked whether the expected cuts in public expenditure would have any impact on their business, and whilst 35% said the impact would be mildly negative, 30% believe the cuts will have no impact at all whilst 20% claim the cuts would actually prove mildly positive to their business.

"The flexibility of occupancy that our business centres provide enables clients to upsize, downsize or even relocate, as required, in order to meet to the global demands on their business," comments Geraint Evans, Avanta's Sales and Marketing Director, "And this, coupled with a reduced total occupancy cost compared with a traditional long-term lease provides businesses with the agility and risk reduction they need to meet changes in the global economy head on."

For further information, please contact:
Colin Peck, Gravitas Business Communications on 07802 606433 or email colinjpeck@aol.com

or Tim Xumsai, Avanta Managed Offices Ltd on 0203 008 6000

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Note to editors:
Avanta managed Offices was formed in 2004 by David Alberto. The company offers highly flexible, unbranded office space and meeting rooms, with advanced and competitively price technology, tailor made to meet the requirements of the occupier. In the UK it currently manages more than 650,000 sq ft of office space in prime locations in London, the Thames Valley and Edinburgh. It also operates one business centre in New Delhi, India and in 2009 formed a partnership with Regent Business Centers, which manage 13 locations throughout the US.

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