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Optimising efficiency Furnished and virtual office space solutions offer a complete support package to help run the business smoothly
Sadiq Shaban
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urnished and virtual office is a parlance for the modern day off-site live communication and address services that allow users to cut down on the usual office costs of an office
space. These offices offer the same standards of a professional business image as real offices in addition to helping a business to be highly cost-effective. No matter what your priorities are, setting up a brand new business or expanding an existing enterprise into new markets and territories isn’t easy. That is
where a virtual office comes in. It effectively combines home and office besides retaining the image of a traditional, high-cost office. Many top-notch firms offer a comprehensive range of virtual office services in the UAE. The solutions not only empower the businesses to work from any location in the world but can also choose to operate from any lucrative UAE address and get its own dedicated local telephone/ fax number and postal address in the country. Apart from other key facilities most of these firms provide professional receptionists to answer phone calls on behalf of the company and can also direct emails. Some of them have a virtual office phone answering service that bridges the gap between a business and its clients. Setting up virtual offices has other benefits too. It allows companies to establish a local pres-
Furnished and virtual office space solutions in the UAE offer a range of individual services and a complete support package to help run the business smoothly
ence, optimise on a six-day working week, without having to pay exorbitant rentals for a permanent facility. Needless to say it makes economic sense for many foreign firms, with business operations in the UAE, to have a local address. Apart from other facilities, the firms can utilise a provider with multiple locations to establish a professional presence in its desired growth markets. In the modern day and age virtual offices have come to symbolise how a lot of businesses are going to cut costs in a world of economic uncertainty. It encompasses all the functions of a real office: From arranging a business meeting space (include an on-demand use on hourly, daily or weekly basis) of conference rooms and offices for meetings to the advantage of having a business address that closes the gap between a virtual office and an established brand. Furnished and virtual office space solutions in the UAE offer a range of individual services and a complete support package to help run the business smoothly. However, the law of the land has to be adhered to while setting up any such venture in the country. As per the Dubai Economic Department, it is illegal for any company to use a virtual office to register business in the UAE, excluding the free zones. Therefore, firms that wish to do so are required to follow a due process, furnish documentation and get a Dubai Trade Licence first. —sadiq@khaleejtimes.com