Being ‘powered by essensys’ is key to Nexus’ offer as an innovative business hub and means that tenants will have access to a leading technology provision and dedicated ICT support.

Maria Basson, Director of Nexus, commented: “Nexus is delighted to have chosen essensys as our IT and telecommunications provider. We have invested heavily and are fully committed to ensuring all our clients have access to the very latest high-speed internet provision, state of the art telephony and full help desk support, right round the clock.

“As an innovative business centre,we are excited to be the only operator in Wiltshire to have IT and telecoms provided by essensys. Our tenants and their businesses will benefit from the wide range of additional services we can offer and they can be confident that we at Nexus can adapt quickly to meet all their daily requirements, now and in the future.

“The concept of Nexus is to provide everything that the client and their colleagues and visitors could need in the space of a working day and beyond. As well as offering keenly priced offices to meet all the client needs, Nexus Business Centre will also have a café with professional catering, a business hub offering hot desking, a dry-cleaning collection service, a shop with a news stand, private meeting rooms and, eventually, a day nursery and a gym.”

Opening in May 2012, Nexus is located on the Cheney Manor Estate, within easy reach of both the M4 and Swindon town centre.

Now in it’s 22nd year, the event is a pivotal part of the industry calendar, bringing nationwide operators and suppliers together to discuss challenges, share information and explore key issues.

The 2012 conference takes place at the University of London’s iconic Senate House in Bloomsbury, London. essensys will be on hand throughout the day to demonstrate JEFF™ and to answer any questions about the future of business centre ICT.

Jennifer Brooke, BCA Executive Director, said: “ The BCA is thrilled that essensys is – once again – so actively involved in the annual conference.

“As always, we will be bringing together key individuals from the wider industry and engaging them with up-to-the-minute debate, reflecting the real needs of our rapidly changing sector.”

A drinks reception and dinner will follow the full day conference, with Alexis Conran, star of The Real Hustle, attending as guest after-dinner speaker.

For more information and to book places at the conference please click here.

Officebroker.com was effusive in its praise for Calls Wharf and General Manager, Denise McGeachy in particular, saying:  “Calls Wharf is a great centre which always receives good feedback from clients we’ve placed. Denise has so much knowledge about Leeds and the market, it never fails to benefit enquiring customers. The building itself is very stylish and in a popular area, so overall the impression is fantastic.”

Most notably, Calls Wharf is a pioneer at the cutting edge of shared workspace technology, and the simplicity and flexibility of the essensys solution is key to the centre’s offer.

Denise said “JEFF and the essensys team provide Calls Wharf with the best, most reliable technology available. Consequently, our team here have utmost confidence in our product because we know that our clients will always be happy with the service, that they will always be connected and be able to carry out their business.

“JEFF gives us an amazing advantage over our competitors and is a definite factor in Calls Wharf being recognised as Business Centre of the Month.”

For the full story click here.

Located in Didcot, Oxfordshire, Trident House is a newly refurbished business centre, due to open in spring 2012.

Clare Savage, Senior Property Manager at Formal Investments Ltd, said: “ We’ve been thrilled with the service provided by essensys at Festival House  and Railway House so it was only natural that they would be the first choice ICT supplier for our new opening in Didcot.

“JEFF is a joy to use, the essensys team are a pleasure to work with, and, most importantly, the service provided is second-to-none.”

i2Office Gracechurch Street provides contemporary office accommodation in the heart of London. Located next to Monument Tube, i2 Gracechurch Street provides high-spec serviced offices and a world-class business lounge.

i2Office Chancery Place is located on Brown Street, in Manchester’s traditional business quarter.  Less than 10 minutes walk from both Piccadilly and Victoria train stations, i2 Chancery Place offers two floors of brand new ‘grade A’ fully serviced offices and a comfortable business lounge.

i2Office Meridien House is located on Clarendon Road, the preferred business location for Watford.  Adjacent to Watford Junction Station, i2 Meridien House is a Grade A newly refurbished building with excellent transport links.

The senior support engineer will have at least three years experience of dealing with external customers in a technical role, hands-on network experience and hands-on telephony support experience. The role is office based but visits to customer sites will be required. The successful candidate will have outstanding customer service skills, in-depth knowledge of TCP/IP, routing protocols and NAT, and significant experience of network configuration, voice troubleshooting and voice configuration

For full details of either job please email: simplicity@essensys.co.uk

The BCA is calling on the Government to reinstate the EPR threshold to £18,000 RV and to introduce an exemption period of three years for all new speculative and refurbished property developments.

Politicians from all major parties expressed their support for the BCA’s campaign at the reception, which was attended by over 50 MPs and flexible space operators from around the UK.

Jennifer Brooke, BCA Executive Director, said:  “Business centres are playing a vital role in the UK economy by supporting more than 40,000 SMEs and start ups. The benefits of raising the EPR threshold would far outweigh the costs, as it would lead to job creation, incentivise investment and stimulate growth which has come to a standstill since the threshold was reduced.”

Full details of the reception can be found here. Please join the petition to raise the EPR here.

Andrena White, Manager of Antelope House said: “ I am delighted to be opening a new Maxet House Business Centre in Stevenage to add to our growing group of centres.  The newly refurbished centre brings much needed flexible office and meeting room space to the area.

“Antelope House is in a prime location, within walking distance of the train station and the old town, a three minute drive from the A1, and only 20 minutes from London Luton airport.

“The usual trepidation I felt as I ventured, once more, into the world of telecoms and IT was quickly dispelled by talking to essensys; I would even go so far as to say it has been a pleasure.

JEFF really is a brilliant management tool and the essensys team have certainly taken the terror out of telecoms.”

Hosted by Unilever and Goodman, the event comprises study tours, networking, and conference sessions, the theme of which is ‘Collaborate to Compete’. Keynote speakers include Jonathan Hague and Jonathan Reeves from Unilever, Professor Quintin McKellar from University of Hertfordshire, and Richard Fuller MP.

essensys are looking forward to talking about technology and, in particular, the value of JEFF and the essensysCloud to intelligent buildings.

Full details of the event can be viewed here.

The articles detail essensys partnership with Inspire Bradford Business Park, Europe’s largest straw bale building, and outline the reasons essensys came out top when the time came for Inspire Bradford to choose their technology solution.

Tony Holdich, Chief Executive of Inspire Bradford, said “What set essensys apart from its competitors was its ability to deliver superfast, flexible services… via a cloud computing platform, which meets with the green credentials of the business park perfectly as cloud computing is proven to be more energy efficient than regular network servers, as it eliminates the need for a server room and the hefty air conditioning equipment associated with keeping these rooms at the correct temperature.”

See the article in Comms Business here and the article in Comms4Business here.