Why Use Virtual Offices?

"A lot of businesses can't afford to advertise, or they advertise in limited places, but everyone has a phone. The more professionally your phone is answered, the more impressive you are to clients and prospects."

First impressions count. Professionalism is the word when it comes to running a business out of your home or from overseas, but with limited resources and space, projecting a professional image can sometimes be tough. By offering a variety of services on a temporary or virtual basis, serviced offices allow you to reap the benefits of a full-fledged office without incurring the high costs.

Advantages

1) High Profile Office Mailing Address - A home address is unprofessional and clients tend to question the viability and stability of businesses operated from homes, whilst PO Boxes often suggest that a business has something to hide so many overseas businesses refuse to send items to PO Boxes. Your Central Offices virtual office address is "3 Raffles Place, #07-01 Singapore 048617" - highly prestigious and located in the best part of town for companies and businesses!

2) Incorporation Services - Nothing screams "CORPORATE & BIG BUSINESS" to potential clients as much as having an LLP or Pte Ltd on your letterhead and business card. Not only does this give your business credibility but there are some very good tax and other advantages to incorporation which are well worth the modest cost. Central Offices Business Centres are well suited to assist in this, by providing one-stop services for company incorporation, company secretarial and accounting/audit services, and even local directorship representation.

3) Professional Meeting Facilities - Meetings with clients can't always take place in cyberspace, at the client's office, or in your local Starbucks Coffee Place. Rather than have clients come to your home, Central Offices Business Centres provides you with a receptionist, secretary, voice mail, e-mail, and other services, along with time-limited access to private offices, a reception area, conference and meeting rooms. These don't cost a lot of money but they CAN give your business all the big-city prestige your potential client is looking for.

4) Dedicated Telephone Services - How do you know it's safe to answer the phone in your home office when the sounds of your young children playing just outside your office door will be heard by the caller? Or worse still, what if your call was answered by your toddler! No matter how enlightened your client-base is, as a general rule, it is imperative that the telephone be answered in a businesslike manner. Central Offices provides dedicated telephone handling services that answers all your calls in your company name and can tell callers that you're in a meeting with another client, redirect the call or take a message. You can then return the call at a time when you know tell-tale background noise won't give you away.

5) Corporate Email - Something else to think about is the image of your email address. Which do you think your potential client will consider more corporate/professional: mary@mycompany.com or mary@yahoo.com? By using Central Offices’ Virtual Services, you get a generic but professional email account. Or we can even assist to set up your professional email address for you using your own domain name at a nominal cost.

6) Office Equipment - There's no point having quality stationery if you're going to use a cheap and cheerful inkjet printer for your correspondence. And with most businesses expected to have fax machines, what would your clients think if you tell them you have no fax capabilities because you work from home? Central Offices not only provides professional machines capable of printing in color but also copying, scanning, faxing and binding. In fact, you can simply send us softcopies of your documents and we’ll ensure they’re printed, cut & bound, sealed in professional envelopes and couriered to your client.

7) IT & Internet Access. Boasting high-speed always-on Internet access, Central Offices ensures you are always connected to the Web. What’s more, our secure wireless networking capabilities means you can wander from the meeting room to the pantry with ever losing your internet connection. And our IT-staff are always available to lend a hand if you ever encounter PC problems.

8) Virtual Assistant - For a small business, the need for extra assistance is often a requirement that can be unfeasible due to limited office space, equipment, or funds. An alternative to employing a full or part time assistant yourself is to use Central Offices' Virtual Assistant Service. You get a professionally trained receptionist / secretary always ready to assist you, and you pay only when you use her services - no office, no infrastructure = no fixed costs and no headaches!

Remember, regardless of what your potential and existing clients may think about the concept of businesses run out of their owners' homes, first impressions do count so do consider using a virtual office plan. And when you are ready to upgrade to physical office space, simply inform us at Central Offices – you won’t even have to change your address, phone or contact details as we can seamlessly use them for your office.