Tavistock offers expert advice and training for Business Centre owners, managers and staff. Tavistock has expanded to include a publishing company, which produces the Worldwide Handbook & Directory of Business Centres & Managed Workspace and oversees the Tavistock website www.tavistockdirectory.com.

Tavistock offers a dual service: it offers training and advice to the centres themselves, but is also the first stop for any company seeking Business Centre space anywhere Worldwide. We aim to help Business Centres to improve, earn more from the services they offer, and also to help their clients know what they should expect from the Business Centre they choose.

For Business Centre managers, Tavistock is the first place to turn to for information on setting up and running Business Centres. We can provide impartial advice on any question: for example, how to market a Business Centre; how to find, keep and train the right staff; the legal obligations on Business Centre managers; how to make the most of the latest technology and much more. Our website is an important resource for managers: it includes a Suppliers Directory, of companies who already work within the industry; recruitment pages for Business Centre staff; and the latest news to keep managers in touch with what's happening in the industry. And of course, Business Centres are listed within the Directory (hard copy and website) to ensure their details are immediately available to potential buyers of Business Centre space.

The Consultancy division of Tavistock also runs comprehensive training sessions. We offer workshops specifically for Business Centre managers, for Business Centre staff and on Sales & Marketing. Alternatively, we can tailor workshops to cover areas of specific interest for particular Centres.

For potential buyers of Business Centre space the Directory, both on line and in hard copy, offers a comprehensive listing of Business Centres throughout the world. The Directory also includes an in-depth introduction for buyers of space, to ensure they are informed about the industry, the different kinds of space available, services they can expect from different centres, and questions they should ask of managers before agreeing to rent space. Tavistock receives calls and enquiries regularly from Business Links, Chambers of Commerce, multinationals requiring an office or workspace in the UK, national companies seeking local representation and/or expansion as well as start-up and new ventures.

The Business Centre sector is currently insufficiently researched, and Tavistock would like to help redress the balance. As well as being a central reference point for industry-related research, which is posted on our website, we are currently carrying our research projects ourselves to increase the general information which is available on our industry.