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Welcome to the wantspacegotspace.co.uk Blog

Here you will be given an insight into the experiences, opinions and thoughts of the wantspacegotspace.co.uk team. Some you might agree with and some you might not. Some may even prove to be helpful but, either way, make certain to let us know YOUR ideas. Provided they are relevant and you have a point to make, even if it/they conflict with our own views, we will post them here for everyone to see.

A "Dummies Guide" to:

SETTING UP A NEW CUSTOMER ACCOUNT ON WANTSPACEGOTSPACE.CO.UK:

• If you need to create a new customer account, click on the blue “Got Space” button at the top of the landing (aka “Want Space”) page.
• You will then be directed to the “Got Space” page.
• Complete the “Got Spacer Registration Form” using your “Contact Details” and “Address”. If appropriate, untick the relevant "Email Subscriptions" box(es) if you do not wish to be notified of Want Spacers looking for space near your properties and/or you would prefer not to receive the wantspacegotspace.co.uk newsletter. Select a password of your choosing and enter it in the “Security” section. (Note. If necessary, the “Email” and/or “Password” can be changed at a later date).
• Tick the box to confirm that you have read and agree to the Terms and Conditions.
• Click on the blue “Apply” button at the bottom of the page.
• When you receive the “account activation” email, follow the instructions contained therein to activate the account.
• You are now ready to start loading up properties.....!!

UPLOADING YOUR PROPERTIES ON WANTSPACEGOTSPACE.CO.UK:

• Click on the blue “Log-in” button at the top of the landing (aka “Want Space”) page.
• You will then be directed to the “Log-in” page.
• Enter the relevant “Email Address” and “Password” in the text boxes provided.
• Click on the blue “Log me in” button.
• You will then be directed to the “Manage Your Commercial Property” page in your “Space Manager”.
• Click on “+ Add building”.
• Select the type of building that you wish to add from the on-screen list.
• The relevant building pro-forma will then be displayed.
• Select an existing “Contact/Agent” from the drop-down list or, to add a new “Contact/Agent”, select “Add new contact” from the drop-down list and enter the relevant contact details in the additional set of text boxes that will then be displayed below the original “Contact/Agent” box.
• If there is more than one "Contact/Agent", repeat the above process in respect of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th "Contact(s)/Agent(s), as appropriate.
• To add a new building, select “Add new address” from the drop-down list.
• Enter the address of the building in the additional set of text boxes that will then be displayed below the "Description” box. (Note. Only make use of the “District/Area” box if the postal address includes specific reference to a named suburb, e.g. “Shirley, Solihull”. Otherwise, this could have a seriously negative impact on the website’s SEO. Also, if it transpires that the postcode is incorrect, refer to the Royal Mail’s postcode finder at www.postcode.royalmail.com).
• Select a “Billing/Card Contact” from the drop-down list. (Note. This will normally be the “Main contact”).
• To add a new “Billing/Card Contact”, follow the same procedure as you would for adding a new “Contact” – see above.
• Select a “Billing/Card Address” from the drop-down list. (Note. this will normally be the “Main address”).
• To add a new “Billing/Card Address”, follow the same procedure as you would for adding a new (building) “Address” – see above.
• Enter the relevant URL in the “Website” box if you wish to create a web link. Otherwise, leave the “Website” box blank.
• Enter a description of the building in the “Description” text box. (Note. If you or your agent have already produced a set of property particulars in an electronic format (e.g. PDF, Excel spreadsheet, etc), the “cut and paste” facility can potentially be used to upload the relevant information direct from their details onto the building pro-forma).
• Click on the radio button marked “Available”.
• Tick the “Display” box if the building has already been paid for or if the building is intended to fill one of the slots that have been pre-allocated to a “Freeloader” account. Otherwise, leave the “Display” box unticked, pending receipt of your payment by wantspacegotspace Limited (at which point the box can then be ticked and the building will immediately “go live” on the website).
• Enter the “Freehold price”, “Rent PAX”, “Rent per Sq ft” or “Rent per Sq m” (as the case may be) in the “Terms” box. Alternatively, if no specific asking price or asking rent is being quoted, leave the “Terms” box blank and, instead, tick the “Offers invited” box.
• If known, enter the “Rates payable PA”, “Rateable value”, “Electricity PA”, “Gas PA”, “Water PA” and “Service charge PA” amounts (net of VAT) in the relevant boxes. Otherwise, leave the boxes blank and they will be marked “TBA” on the printable particulars.
• Choose whether you want to enter the “Dimensions/Areas” in metric or imperial units by clicking on the relevant radio button. (Note. The “Dimensions” and “Areas” will be displayed on the printable particulars in both metric and imperial units, regardless of which option is selected).
• Complete the “Dimensions/Areas” section to the best of your ability. (Note. If you do not have access to the information needed in order to complete one of the “required fields” (which are those identified by a red asterisk), enter a zero in the relevant box).
• Complete the “Specification” section to the best of your ability. (Note. If you do not have access to the information needed in order to complete one of the “required fields” (which are those identified by a red asterisk), click on, tick or select (as the case may be) the corresponding “No”, “None”, “Not applicable” or “Other” radio button, tick box or drop-down option (as the case may be). If in doubt, always err on the side of caution and don’t make assumptions, no matter how obvious they may appear to be!!).
• If displayed on the building pro-forma, select the “Planning Use” from the drop-down list. (Note. If there is more than one permitted use, go back and enter the relevant details in the “Description” text box, e.g. The permitted use encompasses Classes A1 (Retail) and A3 (Restaurant or Cafe).
• Once you have completed the building pro-forma, click on the blue “Add” button at the bottom of the page.
• You will then automatically be re-directed back to the “Manage Your Building” page in your “Space Manager”.
• Scroll down to “Tasks” and click on “Preview this building”.
• The printable particulars will then be displayed. Check the text and other details to ensure that they do not contain any obvious errors, anomalies, spelling mistakes, etc.
• Click on the word “Back” (which appears in the top left and bottom left hand corners of the page).
• You will then be re-directed back to the “Manage Your Building” page in your “Space Manager”.
• If you do need to make any changes to the printable particulars, scroll down to “Tasks” and click on “Edit the details for this building”.
• The completed building pro-forma will then be displayed.
• Edit the details, as necessary, and then click on the blue “Change” button at the bottom of the page.  The changes that you have made will then be saved and automatically incorporated into the printable particulars.
• In the meantime, you will be re-directed back to the “Manage Your Building” page in your “Space Manager”.
• To add another building, click on “Space Manager” in the box headed “Got Space Control Panel”.
• You will then be directed to the “Manage Your Commercial Property” page in your “Space Manager”.  Then simply repeat the above process.

ADDING YOUR PHOTOS ON WANTSPACEGOTSPACE.CO.UK:

• In order to add one or more photographs to the printable particulars, go to the “Manage Your Commercial Property” page in your “Space Manager” and click on the address of the building concerned.
• You will then be directed to the “Manage Your Building” page.
• Scroll down to “Tasks” and select “Add/Edit photos for this building”.
• You will then be directed to the “Manage Your Photos” page.
• Under “Tasks”, click on “Add a new photo”.
• You will then be directed to the “Add Photo” page.
• In the box headed “Photo Form”, click on the “Choose File” button.
• A new window should then open in which you can select the folder containing the image that you wish to upload, assuming that this has already been saved in an approved format, namely JPEG, GIF or PNG. 
• Double-click on the name of the file containing the image that you wish to upload.
• The name of the file containing the said image should now appear on the “Add Photo” page in the text box alongside the “Choose File” button.
• Click on the blue “Add” button and your photo will automatically be saved and added to the printable particulars. (Note. It is not necessary to type in a description for each individual image. If you leave the corresponding text box blank, the system automatically generates a random description, including the genre and address of the building concerned).
• In the meantime, you will be re-directed back to the “Manage Your Photos” page.
• If you wish to add another photo, simply repeat the above process.
• If, having uploaded more than one photo, you wish to select a different image as the “master photo”, this can be done by clicking on the blue “main” button alongside your preferred image where it appears on the “Manage Your Photos” page.
• Once you have finished uploading all of the photos, click on “Manage this building” and you will be re-directed back to the “Manage Your Building” page in your “Space Manager”.

ADDING YOUR LOGO ON WANTSPACEGOTSPACE.CO.UK:

• In order to add your company’s logo to the printable particulars, the process is virtually identical to that which is used for adding photos, except that.....
• Instead of clicking on “Add/Edit Photos”, click on “Your Profile” in the box headed “Got Space Control Panel”.
• You will then be directed to the “Manage Your Profile” page.
• Under “Tasks”, click on “Add my company’s logo”.
• You will then be directed to the “Add Company Logo” page.
• In the box headed “Logo Form”, click on the “Choose File” button.
• Then proceed as outlined above using the file containing the image of your logo.
• Once you have finished uploading your logo, it will then automatically displayed in the top right hand corner of the printable particulars. This applies to all buildings that are (or have already been) uploaded onto your account.

CHANGING YOUR CONTACT DETAILS ON WANTSPACEGOTSPACE.CO.UK:

• In order to change the existing email address and password, first go to the “Manage Your Commercial Property” page in your “Space Manager”.
• Click on “Your Profile” in the box headed “Got Space Control Panel”.
• You will then be directed to the “Manage Your Profile” page.
• Under “Tasks”, click on “Update my contact details”.
• You will then be directed to the “Edit Your Contact Details” page.
• In the box headed “Contact Details Form”, enter the new email address and then enter the current password.
• Click on the blue “Change” button.
• The new email address will then be saved and, at the same time, you will re-directed back to the “Manage Your Profile” page.
• Under “Tasks”, click on “Change my password”.
• You will then be directed to the “Change Your Password” page.
• In the box headed “Password Change Form”, enter the current password and the new password.
• Click on the blue “Change” button.
• The new password will then be saved and, at the same time, you will be re-directed back to the “Manage Your Profile” page.

Growth of the Smaller Business and the need for affordable small business space

Small businesses are innovating and growing, a new survey by ICM Research has revealed - but they still need support to sustain a full recovery.

More than half of businesses have resisted the worst of the recession by innovating and creating new products and services, according to a new survey by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) and ICM.

The FSB-ICM ‘Voice of Small Business’ Annual Survey 2009 reveals that 53 per cent of businesses introduced new or improved products and services last year, and 51 per cent intend to continue innovating next year, showing that small businesses are keen to grow and develop, despite the tough times.

More than 80 per cent of new jobs have been created by small businesses in the five years to 2007, said the FSB.

A spokes person for wantspacegotspace said: "This just goes to prove that affordable small business space is still in high demand. Businesses are innovating and growing and moving out of the garage".

John Wright, national chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses, said: “With nearly half of all businesses expecting to expand their client base and one in five intending to employ more staff in the coming year, this is no time to pull the support for this vibrant sector, which is at the heart of economic growth.” A sentiment with which we at wantspacegotspace wholeheartedly agrees.

Property Agents and wantspacegotspace.co.uk

The wantspacegotspace sales team has been out on the road now for about three weeks making presentations to various potential "Got Spacers" and property agents in different parts of the country. In general, the business has been positively received in the market place. However, there are still a minority of agents who see the business as a potential competitor, even though this is, quite clearly, not the case. 

Whichever way you look at it, wantspacegotspace is definitely NOT looking to compete with property agents. In fact, the opposite is true and, from the outset, we have adopted a somewhat different approach compared to other websites advertising commercial property for sale or to let. 

Yes, we do provide “Got Spacers” with the option of having a board to be erected their property. However, the boards are primarily intended to increase awareness of the fact that there is some space available within a particular building, as well as raising the profile of the wantspacegotspace website. We have no desire to usurp the agent’s role and it is, of course, entirely up to the individual “Got Spacer” to decide whether or not they wish to use the board in the first place, be it in isolation or alongside an existing agent's board.

Yes, we do allow “Got Spacers” to display their own or, indeed, a third party’s contact details on the website. That is because wantspacegotspace is NOT a referrals agency. There is absolutely nothing to prevent the “Got Spacer” from entering their agent’s details on the relevant pro-forma, nor is there any reason why an agent cannot complete the pro-forma on behalf of their client.

Yes, the wantspacegotspace.co.uk system does enable a “Got Spacers” to produce printable details containing full particulars of the space that they are advertising on wantspacegotspace. However, there is, again, absolutely no reason why these printable details cannot be dual-branded featuring both the wantspacegotspace and agent’s logos and there are many examples of this on the wantspacegotspace website.

Yes, we do take payment upfront for providing “Got Spacers” with the facility to advertise on wantspacegotspace. That is because wantspacegotspace is a web-based advertising medium, NOT a property agent or a referrals agency/ website.

Why does it cost to advertise on wantspacegotspace? Well, there are essentially three types of property-oriented websites, namely:

• Referrals agencies taking a percentage of the agent’s fee for facilitating introductions.
• Monied websites where companies pay to advertise complimentary products.
• wantspacegotspace – uncomplicated, effective and easy to use. "Want Spacers" can come onto the site, search for the space they want and make contact direct with the relevant "Got Spacer(s)" or their agents.
• Want Spacers - don’t even have to register or log-in and it’s free of charge!

Another unique feature of wantspacegotspace is the provision of web links which enables a "Got Spacer" and/or their agents to incorporate a direct link back to their own website. We are able to provide this facility because, unlike other property listing sites, we are not reliant on introduction/referral fees and, therefore, do not have to hide the identity of the "Got Spacer".

ALL of our income is generated from the registration fees paid by “Got Spacers”. We do NOT charge fees for introductions and/or referrals.

Clearly, if, having read this article, you still have concerns or need clarification regarding any of the above points, then please feel free to contact action@wantspacegotspace.co.uk or call 08443 577 577 and we will do our utmost to assist.

(Posted 16 July 2009)

How to get rid of surplus or vacant industrial and warehouse space.

How do you get rid of surplus or vacant industrial space cheaply and efficiently?

Manufacturing and distribution businesses are often at something of a loss when it comes to disposing of surplus business space. Some of the problems they face include:

• How to generate interest from potential occupiers 
• Prohibitive marketing costs, e.g. sign boards, brochures, press advertising, mail shots
• Understanding the legal complexities involved

Well, look no further!wantspacegotspaceis here to help.

You see, the property market is basically split into two categories, namely, those who have got space and those that want space. The trick is putting the two together!

People looking for space usually live within 5 miles of the space they are looking for. The problem facing those with surplus space is letting the people that want space know that they have got space available. This is the whole reason for creating wantspacegotspace.

Advertising, be it in the local and/or property press, costs money (quite a lot of money in fact) and, if the person searching for space happens not to see your advert, then it is a waste of money. In comparison, wantspacegotspaceallows you to place an advertisment on our website for 12 months - so where else can your property get that much exposure for as little as £10.00 per week?!

There is no doubt about the fact that wantspacegotspace is about putting people who have "got space" in direct contact with those who "want space", thereby giving them a greater degree of control when it comes to finalising the deal. However, this does not stop "Got Spacers "from using agents as evidenced by the website.

How does someone with surplus space start using wantspacegotspace? Well, clearly, you first have to create an account. You are then presented with a simple dashboard of options  which enables you to add a building, add a contact, etc. After selecting the type of building, you fill in a very simple form , upload a photograph or two and, once you've paid the appropriate registration fee, the details will be uploaded onto wantspacegotspace It couldn't be easier!

(Posted 09 July 2009)

Have you ever been to Hitchin in Hertfordshire?

Rich in history and architecture, Hitchin has something for everyone. Hitchin has an excellent range of shops, many of which have been in the town for a long time. The town is famous for its traditional open market which is the largest in the Home Counties. The market has been in the town for over 500 years. Hitchin has managed to maintain its market town traditions and feel and still integrate some larger chain stores.

The earliest part of Hitchin's history begin with King Offa of Mercia, who founded a religious house in AD792 on land occupied by the Hicce tribe. This was the beginning of Hitchin's Parish Church, second only in size to St. Albans Abbey in the County.

In the Domesday Book of 1086, Hitchin is recorded as a Royal Manor and by medieval times it was a thriving town on the banks of the River Hiz. Today, it still gives an air of peace and prosperity.

Hitchin is located in the County of Hertfordshire and has an excellent range of shops, industrial and warehouse space, a quality retail park and leisure facilities to suit all tastes. The town of Hitchin has the post code SG4 and SG5.

Hitchin is easily accessible by road or rail and makes a good base for tourists travelling to London and the Home Counties. Being north of London, Hitchin is also well placed for touring the Midlands and East Anglia. Hitchin is 5 minutes drive from Junction 8 of the A1(M), with Junction 10 of the M1 being 10 miles away. The town is easily accesed via an extensive road network including the A505, A600 and A602. The town has ample parking facilities.  By rail, Hitchin is 35 minutes from London Kings Cross, 40 minutes from Cambridge and 50 minutes from Peterborough.

How to get rid of vacant or surplus shops and retail space.

The advantages and disadvantages of working from home.

The advantages of running a small business from home

• you don't spend time or money travelling to or from the office
• it’s effectively rent free, although you still have running costs
• you can decorate and equip your office to your own taste
• it’s convenient – you have all the tools and equipment you need close at hand (well sort of!) 
• it’s especially beneficial if you have to balance your the needs of your business with family commitments 

The disadvantages of running a small business from home

Although there are advantages to running a small business from home, the disadvantages also need to be taken into account.  Consider these carefully to ensure that working from home really is a viable option for you.

• home working can be intrusive on your home life - can never get away!
• paperwork needs to be contained within your office area - can't be messy!
• it can be hard to ‘switch off' in the evenings and at the weekend.......
• you can feel isolated and lonely/no banter/no brain-storming
• you won’t necessarily have anyone to bounce new ideas off or resolve business problems with, which adds to the isolation

 What will prevent you running your business from home

Sometimes, it’s just not practical or feasible to run your business from your home. Examples of when you will be unable or unwise to run your business from home include:

• you live in rented accommodation and it’s against the terms of your tenancy
• you need specialist equipment
• you are working with hazardous substances
• you need a large amount of space
• you employ staff who need a permanent base
• you are likely to make a lot of noise 
• you have a lot of deliveries
• you have a lot of people visiting you

If running your business from home is not viable, then another option is to share space. 

wantspacegotspace has lots of small offices and workshops, small shops and business space to suit all needs and budgets.

So, what are you waiting for? You've come this far so you might as well get looking and turn your dream into a reality! Find your space here at wantspacegotspace.

The cost of occupying of Business Space - reduce your exposure.

Business premises represent the second largest cost centre for small firms after staff costs, yet many are missing out on potential savings through inefficient use of office space, says the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

It is to address this very issue that wantspacegotspace has been created. There are blogs on the Internet that discuss the various ways in which a Got Spacer can deal with this issue, the simplest and most straightforward of which is to dispose of your surplus or vacant business space via wantspacegotspace.

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