--- title: WorkWell Blog | Oliver Corrigan (22) description: WorkWell blog. Know your office space, business advice and trends in the way we work (22) --- ## Oliver Corrigan ![Oliver Corrigan](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/hs-fs/hub/309182/file-359483173.jpg) Find me on: ### Recent Posts ## [18 things you need to know before you book a meeting room](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/18-things-you-need-to-know-before-you-book-a-meeting-room) Posted by [Oliver Corrigan](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/author/oliver-corrigan) on Oct 13, 2014 8:30:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/hs-fs/hub/309182/file-1803880853.jpg) ](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/18-things-you-need-to-know-before-you-book-a-meeting-room) You’ve got an impending meeting. The outcome of the meeting is likely to have a significant impact on your business, so naturally you want everything to run smoothly and the meeting to be a success. [Read More](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/18-things-you-need-to-know-before-you-book-a-meeting-room) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/18-things-you-need-to-know-before-you-book-a-meeting-room#comments-listing) Topics: [Meetings](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/topic/meetings) ## [Meeting Rooms in Leeds: the pros and cons to different layouts](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/meeting_rooms_in_leeds_the_pros_and_cons_of_different_layouts) Posted by [Oliver Corrigan](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/author/oliver-corrigan) on Oct 6, 2014 8:30:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/hs-fs/hub/309182/file-1762077923.jpg) ](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/meeting_rooms_in_leeds_the_pros_and_cons_of_different_layouts) The modern office spectre is changing. With flexibility at the core of contemporary working practices, there has never been so much choice in terms of when and where you work.  [Read More](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/meeting_rooms_in_leeds_the_pros_and_cons_of_different_layouts) 2 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/meeting_rooms_in_leeds_the_pros_and_cons_of_different_layouts#comments-listing) Topics: [Meetings](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/topic/meetings), [SME](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/topic/sme) ## [Five marketing tools every SME should be using](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/five-marketing-tools-every-sme-should-be-using) Posted by [Oliver Corrigan](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/author/oliver-corrigan) on Sep 29, 2014 8:30:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/hs-fs/hub/309182/file-1699114293.jpg) ](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/five-marketing-tools-every-sme-should-be-using) Starting a business is hard work. According to [serial businessman](http://www.theguardian.com/small-business-network/2014/jul/08/theo-paphitis-startups-dragons-den) and former dragon in the Dragon’s Den Theo Paphitis, 50% of all small business fail in the first couple of years in the UK. They say if you are going to fail, you should fail fast. But could these high levels of failures be preventable? [Read More](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/five-marketing-tools-every-sme-should-be-using) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/five-marketing-tools-every-sme-should-be-using#comments-listing) Topics: [self-employed](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/topic/self-employed), [SME](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/topic/sme), [business](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/topic/business) ## [11 myths about serviced office space: Busted](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/11-myths-about-serviced-office-space-busted) Posted by [Oliver Corrigan](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/author/oliver-corrigan) on Sep 22, 2014 8:30:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/hs-fs/hub/309182/file-1658181759.jpg) ](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/11-myths-about-serviced-office-space-busted) The popularity of serviced offices has been phenomenal in recent years. In fact in 2013, Karen Overbury of [**The Journal wrote**](http://www.thejournal.co.uk/business/commercial-property/north-east-serviced-offices-one-stop-6275375), with a strong rate of growth, “serviced offices is most likely the fastest-growing sector of the European and global property market.” [Read More](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/11-myths-about-serviced-office-space-busted) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/11-myths-about-serviced-office-space-busted#comments-listing) Topics: [self-employed](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/topic/self-employed), [offices](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/topic/offices) ## [10 mistakes you should avoid as a start-up](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/10-mistakes-you-should-avoid-as-a-start-up) Posted by [Oliver Corrigan](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/author/oliver-corrigan) on Sep 15, 2014 8:30:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/hs-fs/hub/309182/file-1613889003.jpg) ](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/10-mistakes-you-should-avoid-as-a-start-up) Launch day is drawing unnervingly closer. Will your product be a success? Or will it, like [three out of four](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10000872396390443720204578004980476429190) start-ups, be discarded onto the failure heap before it’s even got going? [Read More](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/10-mistakes-you-should-avoid-as-a-start-up) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/10-mistakes-you-should-avoid-as-a-start-up#comments-listing) Topics: [self-employed](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/topic/self-employed), [Start-Up](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/topic/start-up) ## [Getting smart with better co-working etiquette](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/co-working_ettiquette) Posted by [Oliver Corrigan](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/author/oliver-corrigan) on Sep 8, 2014 9:03:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/hs-fs/hub/309182/file-1566043158.jpg) ](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/co-working_ettiquette)   If you work from home you are no longer in a minority. In fact according to [official figures](http://www.tuc.org.uk/workplace-issues/work-life-balance/more-four-million-people-now-regularly-work-home) by the Trade Union Congress (TUC), you’re one of more than four million people who now regularly work from home in the UK. [Read More](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/co-working_ettiquette) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/co-working_ettiquette#comments-listing) ## [Strapped for time? 40 things you should outsource for the entrepreneur](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/strapped-for-time-40-things-you-should-outsource-for-the-entrepreneur) Posted by [Oliver Corrigan](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/author/oliver-corrigan) on Sep 1, 2014 3:38:21 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/hs-fs/hub/309182/file-1523317576.jpg) ](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/strapped-for-time-40-things-you-should-outsource-for-the-entrepreneur)   Strapped for time? We’ve all heard of the term ‘outsourcing’. Like estate agents and bankers, ‘outsourcing’ was once considered a slightly controversial practice. As global business practices continue to evolve and change, outsourcing is becoming infinitely more widespread, popular and imperative. So what is stopping you? [Read More](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/strapped-for-time-40-things-you-should-outsource-for-the-entrepreneur) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/strapped-for-time-40-things-you-should-outsource-for-the-entrepreneur#comments-listing) Topics: [self-employed](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/topic/self-employed), [Co-working and Flexible Working](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/topic/co-working-and-flexible-working) ## [Top 10 ways to get the most out of your networking](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/top-10-ways-to-get-the-most-out-of-your-networking) Posted by [Oliver Corrigan](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/author/oliver-corrigan) on Aug 22, 2014 3:19:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/hs-fs/hub/309182/file-1500562590.jpg) ](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/top-10-ways-to-get-the-most-out-of-your-networking) ****   Whether you’re a freelance web designer or the director of a fashion start-up, networking is an indispensable component of modern business growth. [Read More](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/top-10-ways-to-get-the-most-out-of-your-networking) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/top-10-ways-to-get-the-most-out-of-your-networking#comments-listing) Topics: [Meetings](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/topic/meetings) ## [Carrwood resident blog, Colin Lloyd: Why the career change? ](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/carrwoodguest_why_the_career_change) Posted by [Oliver Corrigan](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/author/oliver-corrigan) on Aug 18, 2014 8:00:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://media.licdn.com/media/p/1/000/1d7/1c0/2caf35b.jpg) ](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/carrwoodguest_why_the_career_change) **** [Read More](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/carrwoodguest_why_the_career_change) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/carrwoodguest_why_the_career_change#comments-listing) Topics: [self-employed](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/topic/self-employed) [Previous](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/author/oliver-corrigan/page/21) [All posts](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/all) [Next](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/blog/author/oliver-corrigan/page/23) ### Posts by Tag - [October 2020 (1)](https://blog.workwelloffices.com/journal/archive/2020/10) ![](https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/viewthroughconversion/980673786/?guid=ON&script=0)