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I want to book a meeting room fast, but where and how?

The meeting room is a convenient and professional space where brainstorming sessions happen. Great ideas are churned and the perfect solutions are generated. These days a variety of options are available for you to book a ready-to-use meeting room that provides flexibility and state-of-the-art infrastructure at affordable prices. The perfect meeting room service should boast of services like a reception team to offer a warm welcome to your guests, free Wi-Fi for uninterrupted work, presentation tools for the smooth flow of the meeting, administration services to offer support functions, and refreshment services for a wholesome experience. This helps in creating...
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7 main differences between a serviced office and regular office space

When you are on the lookout for new office space, it’s best to know all your options. Probably you are expanding or need to relocate after your lease expired. Either way, you’re in the market for a new office, and it'll pay off to know the differences between a serviced office and regular office space. Today, businesses have a number of options when it comes to leasing an office space. Traditional office spaces are slowly being replaced by new, modified versions of themselves. There are serviced offices. Serviced offices are fully-furnished, functioning office spaces. These spaces have been designed specifically...
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How do I make better use of my meeting room?

We are living in the Digital Age, where everything happens at lightning speed and we use technology to provide us with the best solutions. The aim is to make better use of meeting rooms by increasing productivity and optimizing our time. This has resulted in the growth of well-managed meeting rooms that are professionally handled and well equipped to suffice the people’s requirements. The importance of a meeting room lies in the fact that we need to smoothly run meetings without any interruptions and distractions. It helps you to keep away from the noise and clutter of small cubicles. It...
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Why are serviced offices so expensive? Does the extra cost outweigh the benefits?

The first question that most people often ask me when I explain serviced offices is ‘Why are serviced offices so expensive?’. Even though serviced offices are growing in number in today’s volatile business environment, myths about these offices are still not completely refuted. The chief myth is the misguided notion that serviced offices are expensive. What’s a serviced office? Serviced offices are fully furnished offices. They have all the amenities and infrastructure that you would require for your startup. Also known as executive offices and managed offices, you'll find most of the serviced offices in prime business districts of metropolitan...
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Commercial License & Office Space Requirements in Dubai

With EXPO 2020 around the corner, plenty of companies have decided to establish their operations in Dubai. From advertising and media companies to trading and manufacturing firms, Dubai is quickly becoming home to all sorts of new ventures with its concerted efforts to innovate and revitalize traditional business models. But before you get into Dubai, there are a few things you should know when setting up a shop. Business Address Required For Commercial License As opposed to establishing your office from the garage or basement, Dubai, like much of the Middle East links the business address to commercial real estate....
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Why I #UseFluidmeet: Conducting interviews at coffee shops

How often have you met at a coffee shop for an interview? It’s an informal meeting so you’re alright with the thought. But then again, it dawns on you that you’re competing with everyone else around you for a share of the recruiter’s eyes, ears, and mind. You have prepared very hard for this interview. You need their focus to be on you and only you. Then, their eyes begin to wander and you start thinking, if only we were in a more secluded or isolated place. Or what’s around me that has begun to distract them. “I wish I...
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Why I #UseFluidmeet: Let’s meet in the office

How often does the boss say, “let’s meet back in the office”? And the office is a good hour away, half-hour without traffic. In the back of your mind, you’re thinking, even wishing, that the office was closer or that your boss would come to where you are. But sometimes, that doesn’t happen. It’s not easy finding a place that has the same perks as an office. It’s your second home with an ample amount of privacy that you wouldn’t find in a coffee shop. The distractions are minimal as you’ve gotten used to the inspirational/motivational posters on the wall...
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Why I #UseFluidmeet: Office space is really expensive

Office space is getting really expensive. No matter how hard you haggle, it just never seems to be the price you should be paying. Beyond the discussion of possible supply/demand economics, let’s talk about basic utilization. If you are an SME or Start-Up, you need to look at how much of your office space you actually use Simple Math Let’s do some quick math. If you’re paying roughly 200,000 dirhams per year on your office, and you’re using 50% of the space, that means you have 100,000 dirhams’ worth of organizational overspending. Ok, so that example might be a little...
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Why I #UseFluidmeet: Discussing confidential work at a coffee shop

When you're sitting at a cafe, have you ever gotten so paranoid that you begin to look over your shoulders when you're working on something top secret? As confidential as your work is, rarely is there ever a competitive intelligence person sitting behind you taking pictures of your laptop screen. Or is there? But what about talking about company-specific information and having to skip certain words or use the famous "You know, the first thing and the second thing". (more…)