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A great solution: a virtual office!

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A physical London office has a great impact on business, but it’s very expensive. Cost and quality of life are not the least significant factors to decide on having a virtual office in such an expensive and important city of the world. A Virtual Office is a guarantee of a high level of communication (dedicated receptionists answer calls in your company name), a prestigious business address, corporate boardrooms, meeting rooms and office space.

A Virtual Office give clients the impression that you operate from the heart of London and protect your home address, it doesn’t have any setup fees and has a low monthly cost. A Virtual Office is the best solution to have the prestige of a multinational corporation, without the cost: the cheapest chance for a global future.

How can you rent a Virtual Office in London? Joining londonpresence.com is easy and fast: you just need to fill the form online! Choose your package from the list and follow the easy instructions and in three days you can have an address in London for your company.

Latest News to start the new week

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Good morning! We are back to make you more of a Londoner. So here is a quick update on all the latest business news:

  • Here comes summer, and with it the spectacle of swathes of public sector workers taking to the streets. Soaring inflation is cutting real-terms pay, say the unions, but employers claim they can’t afford any more. From PublicFinance.co.uk
  • Disgraced Tory MP Derek Conway given year to repay money Derek Conway, the MP who paid his son £50,000 as a researcher while he was away at university, has been given a year to repay a quarter of the money, it has been reported. From the Telegraph.co.uk
  • European Stocks, U.S. Futures Fall; Banks, Airlines Lead Drop. European stocks and U.S. index futures fell as concern deepened credit losses and the economic slowdown will hurt earnings. Most Asian shares advanced. From Bloomberg.com
  • Ryanair profits plunge 85%. Shares in airlines slumped today as budget carrier Ryanair reported an 85% fall in first-quarter net profit and warned it could plunge into the red for the full year. Ryanair shares tumbled 15% to €2.74 (217p), dragging down low-cost rival EasyJet, which fell 10% to 301.75p. From Guardian.co.uk
  • MPs seek windfall tax on energy profits. There is a “compelling rationale” for a windfall tax on the profits of energy companies, MPs argue in a report on Monday. They also claim businesses and households are paying excessive fuel bills because of failures in the British energy market. From FT.com
  • House Prices ‘Will Soar by 25%’. House prices fell for the 10th month in a row during July – but there are claims the property market will bounce back stronger than ever. House prices fell for the 10th month in a row during July – but there are claims the property market will bounce back stronger than ever. Homes in England and Wales lost a further 1.2% of their value during the past four weeks, new figures show. From Sky News

Having a London Presence is cheap and easy, and with Londonpresence.com it is much more than a simple presence.

Beijing 2008 – London 2012 : an olympic adventure for everybody

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It’s just 14 days until the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in China. But will Beijing be ready to host the world’s most important sporting event? Half a million visitors are going and all the media of the five continents are watching at the Chinese challenge. Will China be able to amaze the world? London doesn’t miss any detail; it wants to check everything China is doing, because our city will be the next location of the Olympic Games 2012.

It’s just 1463 days until the beginning, just 4 years to create an unforgettable show and to organise the most accessible and participative Games yest. The heart of London 2012 will be the Sport and the city, but the Olympic Games are more than London and more than sport, the main idea is to touch people, inspiring them to do more and to try new things throughout field of sport, culture and business.

London 2012 is a new challenge and a new business opportunity, not only for the committee but for us all. The organization is already working to prepare all the structures, to improve the transport, to plan the celebrations and begin the long wait to the 27th of July 2012 (the start date of the games). The new Olympic Games in the UK will be unbelievable and those 1463 days will be a journey made of cultural and fun events.

On the 24th of August – the day in which the Olympic Games will close in Beijing, a huge free concert – ‘The Visa London 2012 Party’ will be organized for 40,000 people (and broadcast live on BBC One and Radio 2 for everyone else). It will be the first date of a long list that we can’t miss.

But the Olympic Games won’t be just a fun moment; they will be an important opportunity for your business and your career. The main organisation needs help in different fields (from construction, engineering and manufacturing to creative, merchandising and retail), with more than 75,000 business opportunities. Most of them are perfect small and medium sized group (like yours), others are a more professional position – ideal for your career. The keyword is be involved. We will do our best to give you the right suggestions to take all the opportunities and reap all the benefits from this incredible event.

London papers: the battle to win readers

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Yesterday we spoke about the most read news websites, so today we want provide you with all the links to the printed news in London from London. What can be better in the morning than to start your day by reading your paper and drinking your coffee (or tea)?!

First of all we have the free press:

City A.M.

This free paper specialises in financial news and it has been available outside every tube station in central London from Monday to Friday since 2005. It was the first free newspaper to speak solely about financial matters.

London Lite

The famous gossip-based London paper (if that’s your cup of tea)! Pick this one up if you want to hear the latest on Amy Winehouse’s debauched antics- it focusses on entertainment/celebrity news as well as general London news.

The London Paper

Another free newspaper, published everyday from Monday to Friday by the same editor of The Sun and the The Times. It was launched on the 4th of September 2006 to be the first competitor to the Evening Standard- do you think it has succeeded?

Metro

Metro has the largest readership of the urban newspapers. And from the March 1999, when it was created, it has grown so much that it can be considered a publishing phenomenon. Every weekday morning, it counts 1,300,000 copies distribuited across the UK. In succession we have The London Paper and The London Lite with about half the number of copies.

Not for free:

Evening Standard

It was launched in 1827 and it counts more than 260 miles of newsprint every day. It’s published by Associated Newspapers- the same editing group as some of the national papers such as The Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday and Metro.

The London Gazette

This is the oldest English newspaper (it is still only published on weekends) and the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United Kingdom. It was first number has been published on the 7th of November 1665.

Beyond London, we have the national newspapers. The prices range from 35p to £2. The Times is the UK’s leading daily newspaper (named by the British Business Survey 2005), it was founded in 1785 and it counts more than 615 miles of print every day. Below is a list of all the national newspapers:

Daily Express
Daily Mail
Daily Star
Financial Times
Guardian
Independent
Mirror
Morning Star
Observer
Sun
Telegraph
Times

Press review: 5 most read newspaper websites

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Everyday we are bombarded by news. We are inundated 24 hours a day… blasted at almost every moment by millions of bits of information. And the internet has made all the difference: we are just a click away from finding out what is happening anywhere in the world. It seems that once we have decided what we want to know, sometimes finding it is the hard part.

Almost every single newspaper, tabloid, magazine or supplement has an online edition of the publication. So what is the most popular newspaper site in the UK?! According to a new ranking, dated 19th of June 2008, the Mail Online is the most popular national newspaper website.

Now that we can’t base readership figures exclusively on papers sold, how do we count the readers?! Easy: unique users, traffic growth and page impressions. But what are the numbers?

According to the survey conducted in May this year, this is the readership of the respective online papers:

Online newspaper No. of users (millions)
Mail Online 18.7
Telegraph.co.uk 18.5
Guardian.co.uk 18.3
Times Online 15.9
Sun Online 14.9

Rather than wade through pages and pages of dense national news, you should come back to our blog here at Londonpresence.com for business orientated, local London news – straight from the heart of the city!

Street Art: everything can be a great business

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When you are working in London, it can be hard to stop and see what is happening. Everything is fast and busy; London is an explosion of colours and activities, new businesses and arts. Everywhere, infact, there are museums, galleries and installations; some of which have existed for ages and some are just temporary. One of the most important features of this city is its great attention to Art. Londoners from every age, race,
and class are interested into the products of human creativity.

After all, business and art are the results of the same human need: expressing yourself. And art can be a business, a very profitable business. An example? Street art! For a long while, the question has been: is graffiti art or crime? Now it is: how can we use it to create a better city? And, how much does it cost? Because graffiti is undeniably the pop art of the new millennium. Banksy is the most representative example of the great attention to every kind of art in London, moreover the new and the collateral one. This anonymous British graffiti artist is now a legend able to convert the urban landscape with his graffiti. And behind him a new rich business is growing.

When you are walking around London you can’t miss a moment, not an inch! Everywhere is full of new ideas and you can see amazing things and revolutionary models for your own activity.

The best ways to get around London

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Hi there! Today is another lovely sunny day. Incredible?! No, this is London!

And one of the most important things when you come to work in London is to know how to get around the city. There are three major airports (Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted) and two smaller (Luton, and London City) and a number of central mainline stations (London Waterloo, London Victoria, London Bridge, London Liverpool Street, London Paddington, London Kings Cross, London St Pancras, London Euston, London Fenchurch Street, London Cannon Street and London Charing Cross).

You can arrive by plane, train or coach and be sure to be able to travel around London by Tube, DLR, Tram and Bus. The public transport website can help you to plan your movement up and down the City, discovering the best solution and the timing. A platoon of cabs are on the road and to stop one of them all you have to do is to lift your hand. There are also cabs from private companies, minivans and limousines. The most important thing is to have the right number to call to go everywhere.

London has an area of 609 sq mi (1,577.3 km²), divided in 32 boroughs: moving around can be a nightmare without a plan or an AZ Map! Also with sunny day like today.

The importance of having a Face on Facebook

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Hi there! Today in London it’s raining heavily but don’t worry the sun will be back at the beginning of the afternoon. Tens of millions of people are now walking on the streets of London; how many of them have you ever known? How many of them are still in your network?

In an ever growing world the real challenge is keeping in touch with your contacts. Everyday you meet new people: friends, colleagues, partners; and maintaining old contacts is not an easy task. But it could be useful.

Where are your University schoolmates? What are your ex-colleagues doing?

Many online communities were born in the last few years, and Facebook is of course the most famous and used. Facebook has deeply changed the way we build our networks. If you still don’t have a profile, you can create one in less than 5 minutes and when you’re done, feel free to become a ‘fan’ of The Made Simple Group by joining our Group Profile!

Your profile will can be searched by anyone, so you may be contacted by people that you don’t remember. Almost everyone in London and the UK has a Facebook Profile. And they all join as many groups as they wish, because groups are formed common interests. Joining the right group will allow people close to you to be able to keep in touch and exchange information.

London has festivals for every taste

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Hi there! Today is another summer day in London, the sky is blue and the sun is hot, and we are still in the office… But never mind, the day is long, the night is longer and another weekend in London is kicking off! And what’s on? The main event is the Festival of Architecture 2008, that is closing the celebration of the city’s buildings, streets and spaces. The Festival started on the 20th of June and it will close on the 20th of July. During this month it has brought to the streets a huge number of exhibitions, guided walks, cycle rides, boat tours, design workshops, debates and talks: everything intended for Londoners and visitors alike. You can find all the events here. Over 300 architectural installations and events to celebrate London’s urban past, present and future.

London is the city of the Queen and of Norman Foster: the landscape is a hotchpotch of old and new. Old Victorian buildings lurk next to futuristic skyscrapers, ancient towers rise close to modern bridges; the ecclectic architecture is the outcome of a varied history and society rich with contradictions. London is also the city of the festivals, everyday the great city offers international premieres, talks, screenings, meeting and celebrations. The programme of events from West to East, from North to South is amazing: not only art and architecture, but also food, theatre, dance and music. For all people keen on music, there’s LoveBox at Victoria Park this weekend. What music is it? All kinds! Because from 10 am on Saturday 19th to 10 pm on Sunday there will be seven stages with funk, soul, reggae, indie, pop and dance.

Culture and fun are London’s key words and attending events is the best way to get to know the real soul of London. Taking part in them is also a good way to meet people and understand them. To be a real Londoner it is essential to follow the buzz of activities… shall we go?!