Stars of tomorrow are taking their first steps towards a bright future in stage, TV and film productions at a CEC Business Centre in Southend.

As businesses plan for 2010 they are putting a high premium on flexibility and looking for open options on their next business space letting, says Churchill Square Business Centre Manager Sue Billings. All offices to let at the Churchill Square Business Centre at Kings Hill are available on a simple monthly licence and Sue says an increasing number of businesses are being attracted by this easy-in, easy-out way of taking office space.

Manager of St George’s Business Park Leigh Kedwell is busy training for a marathon charity bike ride that will take him 350 miles across Northern France to raise funds for Help for Heroes. Leigh wants to line up sponsors well in advance of the ride at the end of May and so if you would like to help either contact him direct at bike@fsmail.net or speak to a Centre Manager.

As businesses plan for 2010 they are putting a high premium on flexibility and looking for open options on business space, says Capital Business Centre Manager Carol Matthews. All offices, studios and workshops at the Capital Business Centre in South Croydon are available on a simple monthly licence.

Careful landscaping at the Capital Business Centre in South Croydon has won a top gardening award for the second year running. The Centre gained a silver gilt certificate of merit in the prestigious 2009 Croydon in Bloom Awards for its imaginative planting, which focuses on the extensive use of lavender.

We all know that word of mouth recommendations are a strong business driver and that’s why CEC set up a £1000 Reward Scheme for those introducing new tenants to its Business Centres.

As Crystal Palace drive forward their latest campaign to return to the Premiership, CEC customers can now secure bargain priced executive boxes at Selhurst Park. A special CEC introductory offer will allow you to entertain guests for just £10 per person while enjoying all the facilities you expect from a top club.

Milton Keynes Business Centre has been selected as the headquarters of ICRI Global Research and will be the base for the company’s extensive new training programme in the UK.

CEC’s Waterhouse Business Centre at Chelmsford is now welcoming four new companies and reports significantly increased interest in office, studio and workshop units.

Business Centres specialist CEC (Capital Enterprise Centres) says it is now seeing particularly strong growth in health and recreation businesses. Already more than 5% of all units at its Centres, which includes the Greenway Business Centre at Harlow, are taken by companies from this sector.

A top Retailer of the Year Award has been won by the Phat Pasty Co based at the Milton Keynes Business Centre.

Two growth companies at the Milton Keynes Business Centre are taking additional space to enable them to expand further.

More than 40 companies at the Greenway Business Centre in Harlow are being told that their rates have been cut following a successful appeal by Capital Enterprise Centres against valuation.

Kent County Council Chairman John Davies praised Kent entrepreneurs for their energy and drive when he visited the Churchill Square Business Centre at Kings Hill. 

Greenway Business Centre at Harlow is welcoming four growing companies which have just taken studio and workshop space and reports a continuing strong interest in all units, including offices.

The Inside Ex business exhibition in Milton Keynes showed the City buzzing with new business ideas and enthusiasm with more than 100 exhibitors lining up at the Middleton Hall.

Business Centre specialist CEC (Capital Enterprise Centres) says it is now seeing particularly strong growth in health and recreation businesses. Already more than 5% of all units at its Centres, which includes the Greenway Business Centre at Harlow, are taken by companies from this sector.

Milton Keynes Business Centre has been selected as the headquarters of ICRI Global Research and will be the base for the company’s extensive new training programme in the UK.

Major regeneration funding is being earmarked for North Kent and will significantly increase the attraction of Sittingbourne as a location for expanding businesses. Work on a major £37m scheme to further improve road access to the Eurolink Industrial Estate will start at the end of September, giving a faster connection to the M2 and to A249 Sheerness port link.

Capital Enterprise Centres (CEC) knows that the pace of business is always increasing and that successful companies are those which can improve response times and speed up systems. Relocating can often allow a company to improve efficiency and where better to be based than close to a major transport hub that offers rapid movement for both goods and people.

The Laurence Industrial Estate, with a location adjacent to London Southend Airport, offers businesses all the benefits of easy access to rapid travel combined with the convenience of managed business space available on a monthly licence.

As business optimism rises, Colchester Business and Seedbed Centre reports an increased interest in units from both growing businesses and new start-up companies.

Envirosigns is the latest company to take space at the Business Centre and is moving into two units to launch a new environmentally friendly business.

You may recall last week Kung Fu Schools located in our Croydon Business Centre was featured on BBC News. You can now watch it again from the BBC directly from this article.

Kung Fu Schools of Croydon, based in our Croydon Business Centre have today been featured on BBC London News. Due to be aired on BBC One tonight at 6:30pm.

Inside Out Living specialise in designing and manufacturing classic and contemporary furniture. They are offering great discounts for the tenants of the Croydon Business Centre.

Paul Richardson of Concept Financial Planning, based at the Capital Business Centre in Croydon has successfully been awarded ISO 22222 Personal Financial Planning – requirements for personal financial planners by Standards International.

Auto Extreme Ltd recently moved into Unit 33 at the Croydon Capital Business Centre. The Croydon workshop space is ideal for Auto Extreme, giving them flexible licencing and business support services as they require.

Skye IT is a fast growing business that has expanded from a small start-up company in 2003 to a multi company business group with more than 120 highly skilled staff.

Showing strong business growth even in the recession the latest move by the company is to open an office at CEC’s Churchill Square Business Centre at Kings Hill.

Personal recommendations can make all the difference in gaining new business which is why CEC set up a £1000 Reward Scheme for those introducing new tenants to its Centres.

Latest to benefit is Croydon postman Harish Patel. He is delighted to be getting the cash payout after he alerted a business looking for new premises to an ideal location at the Capital Business Centre in South Croydon.

Not everyone has the same idea of a great location but Capital Enterprise Centres (CEC) certainly knows what it takes to make an ideal Business Centre.

That’s why the recently refurbished Laurence Industrial Estate at Southend is such a success, even in the current tough times.

Small and medium sized companies in Colchester are showing their ability to adapt quickly and build new business even in tough times, says Capital Enterprise Centres (CEC).

CEC Operations Director David Clapham is impressed by the way in which businesses based at the Colchester Business and Seedbed Centre are dealing with the recession.