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12 Bristol
14 Going bedouin
16 Bridging real and virtual world
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 eOffice
is a world  –  class
operator, offering
the ultimate in
workplace solutions.

At eOffice we are creating a new business In eOffice we encourage our clients

culture, providing the technology and
the surroundings to enable business
executives to change the way they work.
Our goal is to offer total flexibility and
convenience for our clients, making it
efficient and easy to do business in a
fast-moving environment.
We offer an innovative designer office
environment with advanced user-friendly
technology for anyone who is looking for
a ready-made office solution with the
possibility of networking with like-minded
individuals.
Our clients can choose from a wide
range of options, from cost-effective
“virtual offices” in one or multiple
locations, where clients get a business
address and dedicated answering
service, to pre paid hotdesking and fully
equipped workstations with Wi-Fi internet
connection, on a full time or temporary
basis.
to network, and welcome them to join
eOffice groups at LinkedIn, Ning, Viadeo,
YouTube, XING, Facebook and Twitter.
Our network is global. We operate four
centres in the UK (London, Manchester,
Bristol, and Birmingham) and are affiliated
with more than 100 exclusive business
centres in 32 countries under the eOffice
eNetwork scheme.
We are proud that eOffice is Carbon
Neutral and has recently received the
ultimate distinction in office space - BCO
Innovation Award.
eOffice is a great place to come to work!
Kind regards
Pier Mucelli
eOffice CEO and Founder

In addition, eOffice centres are equipped

with Wi-Fi, video and telephone
conferencing, plasma screen TV in all
our state-of-the-art meeting/conference
facilities.

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 eOffice offers networked, collaborative working in a superb
environment, linking the four eOffices currently operational,
in London, Manchester, Birmingham and Bristol.

eOffice London opened its doors
in 2002. “The concept of eOffice
London came from my desire to have
a great office myself” says Pier Paolo
Mucelli, eOffice founder and CEO.
Completely open-plan, eOffice
London is in a stunning building
right in the heart of Soho, just a few
minutes’ walk from Oxford Circus
tube station.
eOffice London is an innovative
environment for anyone setting up
a business in central London who
wants a ready-made office solution,
Wi-Fi broadband internet connection
with the possibility of networking with
like-minded individuals.
Since its launch eOffice London
has attracted a lot of interest and
has been featured in major design
magazines and TV programs as a new
model of workspace.
eOffice London provides virtual
office facilities including business
address, mail forwarding, telephone
answering and messaging; pre
paid hot desking, internet and
videoconferencing facilities, bookable
by the hour or day; flexible office
space for individuals and companies
from 1 to 20 people; break out
areas; catering; secretarial services;
networking events and parking at a
nearby city centre car park.
Address: 2 Sheraton Street London,
W1F 8BH
www.eoffice.net

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 eOffice unique 10,000 sq ft
workspace in Manchester is based
around the three key elements of
design, technology and people. It is
aimed at individual entrepreneurs,
start-ups and SMEs as well as
national or even international
companies requiring a Manchester
presence, or meeting spaces without
the usual overheads associated with
grade-A commercial property.
According to its founder and CEO,
Pier Paolo Mucelli: “As the original
modern city, Manchester was the
obvious location for us to open.
The eOffice concept is innovative,
adaptive and forward thinking,
appealing to the diverse SME market
- particularly the
creative and high-tech industries.
We want to be part of the fast growth
service industry in the North West.”
There has been a paradigm shift in
the design and culture of workplaces.
Innovative workplaces have a
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profound effect on organizational
culture and individual performance.
Design is strongly connected
to business success, with clear
evidence that Britain’s most
successful companies are
using design to spur growth and
productivity. eOffice has collaborated
with leading IT, furniture and interior
design specialists to create a
stimulating and sociable environment
with diverse mini ‘business districts’
under one roof.
There are several self-contained
small offices and a spacious open-
plan area with Resolve workstations
designed by Herman Miller, that
can be arranged individually or in
clusters, as required by clients – plus
‘breakout’ spaces where members
can enjoy a coffee while surfing the
Wi-Fi network or browsing through
lifestyle magazines and design
books. The reception area looks more
like the lobby of a boutique hotel
than an office, with designer furniture
from Kristalia and Hynch Milius,
complemented by iconic images
of Manchester by leading graphic
artists.
There’s a choice of meeting
rooms (all with plasma screens),
ranging from an 88-seat theatre-style
conference facility with the latest
audio-visual system, to smaller rooms
suitable for one-to-one interviews.
In 2007 eOffice Manchester won
British Council of Offices Innovation
Award.
Address: 1 Portland Street
Manchester, M1 3BE
www.eoffice.net
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 Just walking distance from
Birmingham’s New Street station
within Norfolk House on Smallbrook
Queensway, eOffice Birmingham
provides the ultimate in office Space.
Third to open, eOffice Birmingham
was awarded a BCO regional award in
2008.
Designed to meet the aspirations
and requirements of forward-thinking
businesses, eOffice Birmingham
places great emphasis on combining a
contemporary and beautifully designed
interior, with the latest technology.
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The environment combines
fresh design, ergonomic furniture
and good natural light. A variety of
working areas are offered. There is a
conference room capable of seating
100 delegates; two boardrooms; four
meeting rooms and two interview
rooms.
eOffice Birmingham provides
virtual office facilities including
business address, mail forwarding,
telephone answering and messaging;
pre paid hot desking, internet and
video conferencing facilities, bookable
by the hour or day; flexible office
space for individuals and companies
from 1 to 20 people; shared kitchen
facilities; catering; secretarial
services; networking events and
parking at a nearby city centre car
park.
Address: Smallbrook Queensway,
Birmingham , B5 4LJ
www.eoffice.net
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 Unlike other serviced offices in
Britain, eOffices are unique in
themselves, with a highly finished
design reflecting their locality. For
example, Bristol’s eOffice features
images of Brunel and his engineering
marvels.
Bristol’s eOffice situated nearby
the busy Corn Street and Broadmead
shopping centre, on the first floor of
the imposing Prudential Buildings
in Wine Street. With its striking
sofas, bright red lockers and plasma
screens, reception sets the tone for
the rest of the premises.
Its 100 workstations can be
configured in many ways, from
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closed offices for up to seven
people (fully air-conditioned, with
designer furniture) to open-plan with
workstations in clusters of three,
to promote interaction and synergy.
Screens on these workstations
allow three individual desks, but
can be removed for group working,
so even a small call centre can be
accommodated. With high speed
broadband and Wi-Fi throughout, a
swipe-card entry system allowing
access to pre-paid hot-desking, and
virtual offices for those who don’t
require a fixed desk, eOffice has
everything…
The six meeting rooms can be
configured for private meetings of
four, up to board meetings of twelve,
with plasma data screens and
presentation materials, Illy coffee
machines and iced water. One is also
equipped with full video conference
facilities. The 100-seat conference
room also has a data projector and
wireless PA system, and can be
configured as an auditorium or with
individual tables for delegates.
Address: 11-19 Wine Street Bristol,
BS1 2PH
www.eoffice.net
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 “85% of executives expect
a big rise in the number
of location-agnostic
workers over the next
5 years”. (a recent study by Boston Consulting Group)

In IBN 40% of the workforce

has no office at the Company.

A third of managers in AT&T

are post-geographic.

Agilent claims that their

virtual workers cost
the company 60% less.

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 eOffice (www.eoffice.net) has employed Uproar Design, a
Second Life and Web 2.0 Specialist company (www.justMA.
co.uk), to collaborate on development of their business
presence in Second Life.-

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 Mark Alexander, the founder of
Uproar Design, has invented an all-
in-one Second-Life automated virtual
conferencing system that enhances
and compliments a real world eOffice
conferencing service.
With the help of Uproar Design’s
expertise and in keeping with their
forward thinking mentality, eOffice has
become the first company worldwide,
to offer facilities of this kind to their
clients.
The eOffice automated virtual
conferencing system makes
the powerful multimedia and
communications potential of virtual
worlds accessible to everyone,
whether they are part of Second Life,
or not.
The system seamlessly fuses real
and virtual world resources together
in a way that not only enhances
the reality of both, but also creates
a more compelling experience for
the audience in whatever way they
choose to interact. Now you can
share video, stream webcam or audio,
engage in VOIP, share pictures, URLs
and/or collaborate on Documents,
all in a virtual context, surrounded
by virtual people and the attractive
surroundings of a virtual eOffice.

An interaction between two worlds
occurs through the eOffice website’s
meeting point www.myeOffice.net).
This is a fully interactive real-time
chat room where outside participants
can engage in discussions within the
virtual world of Second Life itself as
well as actively share and publish
their resources. Equally, real world
events can open their doors to a
wider range of global participants,
taking part via the web or via Second
Life for a more immersive and natural
feeling experience.
Booking is simple, just select
your virtual venue and choose your
time slot. You can start adding rich
multimedia resources instantly, in
preparation for your meeting. To learn
more about this facility go to: www.
myeOffice.net/?page=tour#.

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 BCO award eOffice eBlog
eOffice scooped last year’s BCO eOffice eBlog is a new platform for
National Innovation Award and a new exchanging great and innovative
Birmingham centre has now been ideas about design and workplaces.
judged the best small project in the Get connected, share your comments,
Midlands and East Anglia. place a new post and learn about all
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changed the way business is done Join the eOffice community today
in the 21st century and that drama on www.myeoffice.com
is playing out in new office design.
Serviced business centres are
becoming a serious alternative to
conventional space and eOffice has
pushed the boundaries even Judges
said: “An office revolution is being
driven by demand for new ways of
working and using space. eOffice
is a striking example of how space
is being used by vibrant start up
companies.”

eNetwork
eOffice eNetwork connects more
than 100 exclusive business centres
located in 32 countries around the
world. All these business centres
have been carefully selected and
offer state-of-the-art facilities
equipped with the latest technology
and excellent professional services. eOffice Twitter
The eOffice eNetwork card will
Twitter is a social networking and
give you a priority access to these
micro-blogging free service that
centres and a nice 8% off on all
enables its users to send and read
your meeting/conference booking.
other users’ updates known as
Give business travelling a change
tweets. eOffice has now more than 1
and join eOffice eNetwork today.
000 followers that regularly connect
and exchange information.
Keep in touch with the eOffice
community on twitter, join us on www.
twitter.com/eOfficeNet

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