Smarter Working Centres offer entrepreneurs, business start-ups, home-based businesses and commuters the chance to work and meet locally and avoid the stress and cost of the peak-time journey to work. Smarter Working Centre members also benefit from the access to support, training and advice from expert organisations.
Accommodation and usage costs are kept low at Smarter Working Centres by offering users the option of 'pay as you use' or discounted prepaid usage options. Depending upon the membership package chosen, work-space can work out at as little as £3 per hour or £10 per day. Even less if organisations are willing to pre-book longer periods. Individuals and businesses signing up before the end of March will be eligible for additional offers reducing costs further.
The Aldershot Smarter Working Centre will be operated by Enterprise First (Southern) Limited which provides a range of advisory and business services to, mostly, SME organisations in the Hampshire, Surrey and Kent area. The proposed location for the centre is 11 Wellington Street. Enterprise First plans to establish four internet connected work-spaces and will also allow use of its ground floor meeting room by SWC members. In addition a local ‘job search’ club will be set up at the centre to help recently redundant executives. It is anticipated that the centre will be open by the end of March 2010.
