21Jul 2011 by David Ajsose

Interview with Richard Priestly MD of Exeid.com following the recent acquisition of St Nicholas Court a Commercial Office Property on Castle Gate Nottingham.

Commercial Property, Exeid News, Nottingham, Office space, Property Purchase, serviced office space
Six months on and we revisit Exeid.com and their latest office acquisition St Nicholas Court 25 to 27 Castle Gate, Nottingham. We talked with Managing Director Richard Priestley: So Richard, you acquired this building in the thick of what has been described as the most difficult trading conditions for 70 years in the commercial property sector. Was that a foolhardy or smart move and why? To be fair it was almost a bit of both. The property was first identified as a target by our CEO a few of years back. Basically, it was approximately 60% vacant but at that time the  requirement to pay “empty rates liability” had not kicked in so the price tag, whilst much higher than what was eventually paid, was almost justified. So why wasn’t…
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14Jul 2011 by David Ajsose

Exeid Locations become the Midlands Premier Film Location Agency

19 Castle Gate, Celebrity News, Exeid News, Film locations, Nottingham, serviced office space, Stanford House
The film location business is probably as competitive as any so we were surprised to learn that Exeid is now considered one of the best in the business in the midlands.  They are an unusual company that has evolved an active Film and Photo Shoot business. Their most recent location contract involved working with Wellington films  Nottingham,on their production Cold Warrior.  Wellington Films are based in Nottingham and have had a number of successful low budget British made films, including: London to Brighton, Better Things, Unmade Beds, and Crying with Laughter. [caption id="attachment_365" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Filming Cold Warrior at Exeid's Stanford House"][/caption] The most recent production Cold Warrior which is currently ( July 2011 ) in post production, is a hard hitting story based on the allegations of mistreatment of…
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13Jul 2011 by David Ajsose

Eva Ottosson Lights Up Stanford House

Celebrity News, Commercial Property, Exeid News, Nottingham, serviced office space, Stanford House
Stanford House is one of Nottingham’s finest Georgian Mansions in the heart of the city and was built with a wonderful grand entrance hall accessed via the main entrance of Castle Gate. David Ajose, CEO of Exeid.com the boutique commercial property consultancy realised that this internal space of 11 metres by 4 metres was going to need some additional lighting throughout the day but he already had concerns over the traditional lights used.  We caught up with David  to find out how he resolved these issues. David said  “We wanted to illuminate the space in bright fresh way and we preferred up lighters in order to highlight the wonderful ceiling plasterwork and superb simplified Corinthian columns in this grand space.” “We already used up lighters in the meeting rooms of our…
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08Jul 2011 by David Ajsose

St John Ambulance move into 5 Museum Square!

Case Studies, Client Profile, Exeid News, Leicester, Office space, serviced office space
Whether it’s Wimbledon, The Formula 1 Grand Prix at Silverstone or the local fete this summer you can rest assured knowing that the St John Ambulance will be there to save the day. The Grand Prix at Silverstone is one of the year’s biggest public events and there will be over 200 St John Ambulance volunteers on duty with over 20 ambulances on site. In addition to providing first aid to the public at the event, the vehicles and crews will also be posted around the track to cover any first aid needs of the drivers and teams. St John Ambulance is the nation’s leading first aid organisation, event cover is but one of many services that they currently provide, and their major campaign at the moment is to teach…
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03Jul 2011 by David Ajsose

Nick Pigott Wins new clients for 5 Museum Square

Exeid News, Leicester, serviced office space
Nick Pigott  has been the driving force behind the Launch of 5 Museum Square since its opening  earlier this year. This building just of New walk, is Leicester’s newest serviced office operation.  Nick  is working with a growing number of businesses and organisations in the Leicestershire  region, helping them solve their business premises issues. Clients range from small start up sole traders through to the worlds largest financial services organisation. We asked Nick for a  short written ‘self portrate’ so here it is:   Summary: A highly skilled professional with over 30 year’s experience of “real life” business issues with a desire and the ability to help people and companies achieve exceptional results. Thirty Words: family, friends, business, health, embracing, simplicity, fun, prosperity, persistence, collaboration, evaluation, arsenal, networking, results, marketing, risk,…
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03May 2011 by David Ajsose

New serviced office for Eastside Properties’ “man of action” in Nottingham

20 Fletcher Gate News, Case Studies, Celebrity News, Client Profile, Commercial Property, Exeid News, Nottingham, Office space, serviced office space
[caption id="attachment_212" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="David Showing youngsters how to take pictures whilst on duty in Afghanistan"][/caption] Starting your own business can be fraught with danger but when military man David Thomas decided to set up his own business his training and planning for real danger stood him in good stead. In our “Pr profile” series in a couple of months time we’ll find out in detail how David planned, set up and has grown his business in preparation for his retirement from the Army. David has seen active service in Northern Ireland, Iraq and Afghanistan and although still only 30 years of age reached the rank of Staff Sergeant. David set up his business Eastside Properties with partner Peter Richardson just over a year ago and has just been awarded…
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11Apr 2011 by David Ajsose

Spirits manufacturer and brand owner, Devonte, locates to Nottingham

20 Fletcher Gate News, Case Studies, Client Profile, Exeid News, Nottingham, Office space, serviced office space
Devonte Drinks have chosen Exeid.com to launch the expansion of their UK operation Devonte drinks recently moved to Nottingham but were dissatisfied with the quality of service at their previous location on High Pavement in the lace market in Nottingham. As a result the President of Devonte Drinks Mr PJ Robson decided that he needed a better quality of space for his team and to work in a more energetic and dynamic office. When Peter stumbled across 20 fletchergate in Nottingham he was surprised to learn that the company not only provided superb designer office space in the centre of Nottingham but that they were able to support his parent company in Panama with Marketing services. (please click 'more' below to read on ....) (more…)
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06Apr 2011 by David Ajsose

Commercial property UK – a 3 year view.

20 Fletcher Gate News, Commercial Property, Landlords, Property Purchase, serviced office space
David Ajose CEO of Exeid, the rapidly expanding boutique commercial property consultancy commented on the recent changes in empty rates liability and the further impact of interest rates on the Commercial Property Market.  "We expect interest rates to firm up in Q3 this year adding more pressure on any highly geared property investments. This combined with empty  rates liability charges will mean that the commercial property market will be under pressure for the next two years at least. We think that the market will be no further on, in two years time than it is today. Then we believe that things will begin to improve slowly, towards the end of 2013 and into 2014". Although this may sound a little depressing  to some, David thinks that  anyone with a long term…
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05Apr 2011 by David Ajsose

Reduction in empty rates relief – a blow to landlords and owners of commercial property.

Commercial Property, Exeid News, Landlords, serviced office space
This week has seen a further increase in the tax burden on landlords and Small businesses who own commercial property.  In a further drive to raise revenue by central government, the threshold at which an empty property is liable for full rates has dropped from £18,000 to £2600. This effectively means that many owners of  commercial properties will become liable for huge payments even if their properties are generating a nil income. Richard Priestley, MD of Exeid the boutique commercial property consultancy said "this change is nuts. It would be like taxing PAYE and NI to an employee who was out of work with no income. It makes no logical sense at all.” It is thought that the move will result in a further destabilisation of the commercial property market…
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