There are lots of occasions during the average day at the office when valuable working time is lost. It might only be a few seconds waiting for a slow lift, or it could be minutes heading to the nearest canteen or coffee shop to do the tea run – but it all adds up. In fact, if you sat down and calculated all the minutes wasted by staff during work hours over a month or longer, you’ll start to wonder how anything gets done in your business at all.
How to boost productivity and cut wasted time
As we wrote in an earlier blog about enhancing productivity within the workforce, by taking a closer look at the tens or even hundreds of different ‘time drains’ within your business and making small improvements, you can claw back hours in productive working time. An added benefit is making employees happier – after all, they don’t actually want to spend their time trudging around town to do the tea run, ringing support helplines or wrangling with a faulty printer. If you can find solutions to make the working day run more smoothly for everyone and the working environment more pleasant, you can boost morale as well as increasing productivity.
If your existing office isn’t fit to accommodate your improvements, or they would cost too much – it could be time to make a move. A serviced office is the perfect solution for businesses that want to make the most of every second of precious working time.
In this kind of environment, convenience is king. The whole setup is designed so that everything you could want or need to run your business, including essentials like tea, coffee and refreshments, is on-hand. If you happen to be thinking of moving anyway, this kind of option is definitely worth considering. It can often be a more flexible as well as convenient solution, as you aren’t tied down to a lengthy contract on a standard leased office.
Saving time with serviced offices
There are other scenarios which a move to a serviced office could solve, as well as just making life easier for your staff. For example, downtime while vital computer or printer systems are fixed, or a sudden dropout in your internet connection. Many serviced offices, such as Carrwood Park, have efficient IT support teams at the ready, which are prepared to tackle any IT-related problems quickly and conveniently. Serviced offices also have a reliable and well-maintained high speed internet connection, meaning valuable time isn’t lost battling with slow internet speeds.
As we highlighted in a blog about hidden office costs, in some serviced offices, these kinds of extra services could come at a hidden cost, but not all – at facilities like Carrwood Park, all the services you want are discussed and added onto the cost at the start, so there are no nasty surprises. This is always worth checking when looking into serviced offices.
Why carry on wasting time?
Now that you know how much accumulated time is actually being wasted in tiny chunks throughout the day, it makes sense to eliminate it wherever you can. Not every office is suitable for the improvements you’d need to make, so a move to a serviced office could make far more sense, financially and logistically. Plus, there’s the added benefit of a dedicated team of support staff not too far away, ready to rectify IT issues should they occur. You’ll be amazed at just how much more you can get done when you aren’t hanging around waiting for printer repairs, IT support and even cleaning staff to arrive.
If you're looking to develop your business through the help of professional and well-facilitated office space, Leeds is a great choice of city in the north of England. Carrwood Park offers great office space and meeting rooms for hire on the outskirts of Leeds.
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