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The Elsie Whiteley Innovation Centre offers high quality, spacious, serviced office units ideal for thriving entrepreneurs who require a professional working environment with state of the art facilities and individually tailored service.

Facilities

  • Each floor shares a tea point which is fantastic for meeting and networking with the other companies occupied within the centre. Each is fitted with tea/coffee making facilities and refridgerator.
  • The EWIC also has its very own Prayer Room including a purpose built wash room.
  • Shower facilities are available at the EWIC, including a disabled shower, along with lockers.
  • An on site cafe (opening summer 2008)
  • State of the art meeting and conferencing facilities.
  • Atrium area designed for small informal meetings which includes wireless internet access for laptops.
Communications

At the Elsie Whiteley Innovation Centre we recognise the value of modern communications technology and the part it plays in the day to day operation of a sucessful business.
Together with our technical partners we ensure that the latest facilitiesvare made available to our incoming tenants to get them connected and trading as quickly as possible.
We have chosen the lastest range of Avaya Multi Vantage Telephony Servers to provide a host of telephony features to engance the ability to communicate with your customers and staff alike.
The Elsie Whiteley Innovation Centre provides a managed telecommunications system specifically designed to suit the requirements of our tenants. Our service offers you total flexibility, state of the art digital telephones and high speed internet connections.

  • No Set Up Costs - With our system there is no connection charges, no equipment costs and no long term contract.
  • Dicounted Calls - Local and national calls cheaper than BT.
  • Voicemail - Easy, convenient voicemail system included as standard, dial in to retrieve your messages from anywhere in the world!
  • Broadband - Fast, reliable, permanent connection to the worldwide web, no lengthy commitments and a dedicated firewall protection at no extra charge.
  • Monthly Contract - Services available on a monthly basis, with monthly invoices for all services.
  • Category 5 Structured Cabling - Installed as standard to avoid long and costly installations. Cat 5 cables handle all data distribution in addition to telecommunications - just plug in!
  • Rack Space - Provision of rack space to house your own hub/switch.
Communications Packages

The Elsie Whiteley Innovation Centre offers various packages for telecommunications to...

  • Digital display telephone and line, with DDI number and voicemail plus an analogue line for fax/analogue telephone with DDI - £25 per month
  • Digital display telephone and line, with DDI number and voicemail - £18 per month
  • Analogue line with DDI and voicemail - £12 per month
  • Broadband - Single Screen - £40 per month
  • Broadband - Additional Screen - £25 per month per screen

All prices are subject to VAT at the current rate.

If your requirements are not included in the above packages please contact the Centre to see how we can help you.

EWIC Reception Services

The EWIC's main reception is always on hand to meet and greet all clients in a professional yet friendly manner. The reception and atrium area offer a tranquil and calm environment for your clients to await collection. The EWIC also offers a professional telephone answering service where calls can be transferred or messages taken. Post and delivies are taken and signed for at reception and are kept safely here until the client is able to collect them or to arrange for any items to be redirected. The EWIC reception also offers to process tenants outgoing post at cost of postage plus a small handling fee per item.

Car Parking

Car parking spaces at the EWIC are very limited. Each office is allocated an allowance of car parking spaces, dependant on office size, charged at an additional cost of £65 per month per space. The EWIC also offers free bicycle lockers and showering facilities. The EWIC is also located very close to the town centre which provides excellent public transport to and from Halifax.

Rates

The Elsie Whiteley Innovation Centre offers fantastic facilties at competitive prices. Our units range from 100 square feet to several as big as 500 square feet. The rates at the Elsie Whiteley Innovation Centre are charged per square foot and include all utility costs such as electricity and water, main reception duties including call handling if required, and cleaning and maintenance of all common areas within the building.
Additional charges apply for broadband and telephony services and secure car parking facilities.
Tenants also enjoy a 50% discount on all conference room bookings.
Calderdale Council business rates are not included in the rent and must be paid for by the tenant.
The rental rate for each unit is £15 per square foot per year.

 


Virtual Office Space


The Elsie Whiteley Innovation Centre also offers several 'virtual' office packages for businesses 'on the go'!

The Cambridge Package
Our Cambridge Package gives clients the opportunity to use the EWIC address for all incoming mail and deliveries. Each virtual tenant will have a designated pigeon hole at reception where mail can be held for collection or redirected as required. Redirected post will be charged at standard Royal Mail rate plus a 15% handling fee. EWIC will also accept faxes on your behalf, standard EWIC reception charges apply.

The Oxford Package
Our Oxford Package provides our clients with an 01422 telephone number answered by our reception team in the company's name. It also includes a voicemail service with a personalised message, which can be accessed externally 24/7. Telephone messages taken by our highly skilled reception team can be relayed by e-mail, with a maximum of 80 messages a month. Please note that we can also offer an 0845 number for your company for an extra cost of £5 per month.

The Imperial Package
Our Imperial Package combines both the Cambridge and Oxford Packages enables our clients to make full use of the Elsie Whiteley Whiteley Innovation Centre's facilities without being based here.


For any more information or to arrange a veiwing of the Centre, please contact Rebecca Gill on 01422 399400 or e-mail info@innovationhalifax.net
 
 

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