Showing posts with label maintenance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label maintenance. Show all posts

Tuesday, 12 June 2012

Business Impact:


Does your present portfolio of occupied accommodation have a positive or negative impact on the day to day activities of your business?  It can often be the case that businesses continue to occupy and operate out of facilities long after those facilities have served their useful purpose. 

Technological change, production developments, businesses processes and changed working practices can often leave the bricks and mortar way behind in terms of usefulness to the business.  But it’s not always easy to make the change and relocate.  There are many considerations; some more tangible than others and not all business owners are able to face up to them.  It could be that the lease still has time to run, or the Company has a long standing history at the location and it is loath to break that link.  Remodelling and reworking of the workspace may be a possibility, but what if the amount of space or its geographical location is unsuitable?   

Core business activity is the key, after all, the real estate is only there to serve the business purpose, so the questions to ask revolve around the key drivers and performance indicators in the business and their ability to be achieved.  Assessment and analysis of the built environment together with the business plan and programme will help determine whether your facilities are supporting your business or the other way round.

James Alexander Consultants are expert in assessing your portfolio and, with you, determining a strategy to develop the correct balance of assets, their relevance and performance for you.  We develop, plan and implement the strategy, leaving you to focus on core activity and opportunity.

eMail us on innovation@jaltd.co.uk or see our contact page for our numbers.  We look forward to speaking with you.


Monday, 2 April 2012

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Business Impact.

Does your present portfolio of occupied accommodation have a positive or negative impact on the day to day activities of your business?  It can often be the case that businesses continue to occupy and operate out of facilities long after those facilities have served their useful purpose. 

Technological change, production developments, businesses processes and changed working practices can often leave the bricks and mortar way behind in terms of usefulness to the business.  But it’s not always easy to make the change and relocate.  There are many considerations; some more tangible than others and not all business owners are able to face up to them.  It could be that the lease still has time to run, or the Company has a long standing history at the location and it is loath to break that link.  Remodelling and reworking of the workspace may be a possibility, but what if the amount of space or its geographical location is unsuitable?   

Core business activity is the key, after all, the real estate is only there to serve the business purpose, so the questions to ask revolve around the key drivers and performance indicators in the business and their ability to be achieved.  Assessment and analysis of the built environment together with the business plan and programme will help determine whether your facilities are supporting your business or the other way round.

James Alexander Consultants are expert in assessing your portfolio and, with you, determining a strategy to develop the correct balance of assets, their relevance and performance for you.  We develop, plan and implement the strategy, leaving you to focus on core activity and opportunity.

eMail us on innovation@jaltd.co.uk or see our contact page for our numbers.  We look forward to speaking with you.


Tuesday, 21 June 2011

Outsourced Services Sector

The Business Services Association (http://www.bsa-org.com/) has released details of a report prepared by Oxford Economics relating to the outsourced services sector in both the public and private sector.  It is reported that the outsourced services sector in the UK now has an annual value of £207bn, equating to approx. 8% of the UK economy.

Defined as being services provided under a time bound agreement, with some element of delegated authority and which typically in the past would have been provided by an organisation's employed staff, the outsourced services sector now rivals the financial services sector in terms of size (the financial services equates to 8.1% of the UK economy).

 The range of services falling into this category is vast and includes waste management, call centre operations, IT and data services, facilities management services and real estate and asset management provision.  The sector accounts for 10% of the total workforce, with in excess of 3 million people employed in the sector, nearly 600,000 engaged in property management related activities including cleaning and maintenance alone.

The sector makes a significant contribution to UK plc with £14bn a year being paid in corporation tax, employee NI contributions and business rates with a further £21bn coming from employee income tax and NI.