THE GREEN OFFICE
MPORTANCE OF THE WORKPLACE
stacked to the gunnels.” used floor to be freed up and released. been supported with hard facts.
“It is only when you start to do the “We also want to help companies to “Good space planning is not about
information gathering about how their understand the importance of good new ways of working hypothetically, it’s
space is optimised that you are able to communication with staff. Change can about delivering actual practical solutions
quickly establish that they could actually have an unsettling effect on staff and with – in any economic climate – that suit
work considerably smarter – often with good communication, staff can quickly businesses and that will add value to the
little major upheaval. realise and understand that the company bottom line.”
“For many MDs, the light comes on is making changes for the good of the Space Solutions is Scotland’s biggest
when they are able to see on paper that if company. independent expert in helping businesses
they do x, y and z, the benefits to their “Good communication solves manage changes within the workplace. It
business will be enormous. That can problems; bad communication creates operates UK-wide to design, build, fit out,
involve all aspects of workplace change, problems. refurbish and relocate modern and
such as providing the confidence to go “We recognise that there is always productive business environments It has
ahead with an expansion, to create a some risk attached to innovation and its head office in Aberdeen with bases in
team within a space previously considered change, so it’s about making sure any Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Livingston
to be fully occupied, or to allow an under- advice we give – even if it is creative – has and Peterborough.
Steve Judge said the project showed solution on a tight budget. I would hope simple space planning solution, we look to
how Space Solutions works flexibly with other companies who have been frustrated discuss all aspects of the business in a
clients and doesn’t resort to an easy one- by credit crunch, but who still have holistic way to provide a solution that best
size-fits-all process. ambition to grow, can look at what fits with the current and future direction of
He said: “What we were able to Freelance World has been able to do pull the company.
achieve for Freelance World is a great off. “With many companies adopting the
example of a credit crunch-busting solution “Delivering solutions to challenges of policy that ‘every penny is a prisoner’ there
to a complex property problem. this nature has become something of a is a real demand for projects that provide
“Many businesses are at risk of seeing stock in trade for Space Solutions. The maximum impact matched to a budget. I
their growth being jeopardised because reason for that is that we have focused also think many companies who take the
they don’t feel a move or expansion is a very strongly on understanding the entire step in expanding want to be seen by their
viable option because of the economic challenges being faced by a business to clients and employees as a business that is
situation. find the appropriate solution to their closely managing costs and not spending
“But Freelance World has shown that needs. freely.”
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you can achieve a highly creative design “So rather than simply providing a
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