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Garden Office: Benefits of Bringing the Office Home

Garden Office: Benefits of Bringing the Office Home

By Emma Heaton on 29th November, 2011

A Home Business Report recorded findings by the Enterprise Nation that there are more than 2.1 million home based businesses in the UK that have a combined turnover of 364 billion pounds. There can be many different reasons to work from home depending on an individuals circumstances, however three popular reasons for starting up your business from home or bringing your office in to your garden can be:

Savings – You can save both money and time by installing a garden office as you cut out the commute to work. The home business report found that on average a worker can accumulate an extra 20 days per year by not having to commute to the office. This extra time can easily be fed back into the business or you can enjoy your additional days with the family. A garden office is just a short walk out of your home becoming very convenient especially during the cold and icy mornings.

Technology – With the development of modern technology, Skype, Facetime, email, social networking, and the list could go on, it has become much easier to run your business from home and still have your colleagues on call as if they were sat in the same office space. The virtual world makes everything and everyone much more accessible, possibly providing the future of organisational culture.

The Work/Life Balance – Parents wanting to spend more time with younger children is an important factor due to their major influence in the early ages of a child’s life. Setting up a business from home could be a family based business, making it much easier if the family live and work together and share out the financial rewards. A garden office can be designed to accommodate solo workers or a group of employees.

A Decorated Shed garden office is the ideal solution for home working, it can be designed and built to suit your business needs and at the same time providing an attractive structure for your back garden. Investing in a Decorated shed garden office gives you an extremely flexible way of working, you have the ability to choose your own hours and work around a schedule that fits in with your lifestyle. A garden office is a contemporary and refreshing environment that provides a much more laid back atmosphere to work in, increasing your productivity and motivation.


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