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Looking for a smarter way to do business in a shrinking economy
By Wang Ying (China Daily)
Updated: 2009-04-02 14:40

SHANGHAI: As the worldwide financial crisis continues to spiral into confounding territory, an increasing number of business people are looking for workplace management solutions to grow their business in a cost effective manner. A Servcorp business solution is the only alternative which can offer a full corporate business IT and office solution for a fraction of the cost compared to doing it yourself. The Servcorp solution is the innovative and efficient option if you are looking for cost effectiveness and a solution that provides you with a professional corporate image. – You want your customers to feel that your business is growing and doing well in tough times. You want to give your customers the feeling that you are investing in quality so that you can provide them the security of longevity for future growth and more importantly you want your calls being handled correctly overseas to ensure you do not miss any opportunities.

Sydney-based Servcorp is a business solution provider servicing clients who need physical or virtual offices or temporary offices for project teams or joint ventures. Servcorp is the only supplier who provides a global IT Powerhouse supported by a converged network which offers a 99.8% up time which means you will never be offline. Marcus Batten, Senior General Manager of Southeast Asia and China with Servcorp who has been a CEO and Director of companies such as Nokia, Alstom and Krone Telecommunications says “Servcorp is the first business I have seen in over 20 years of experiences to deliver on its promise and exceed service delivery expectations. Customer business day response is under 1 hour; this is fantastic and rates globally up against leading ISP's.”

Currently, Servcorp has offices in 77 A-grade locations worldwide. Each location is designed to a common template and is given a unique theme to ensure consistent branding. Each floor is presented with quality art works and the office furniture is chosen based on quality and durability as this keeps support costs low. All floors have a boardroom and a smaller meeting room and the passageways are designed to be wide and not claustrophobic – “You actually want to be in your office space” says Marcus Batten. The Servcorp package is a total business solution where your customers are able to experience a quality corporate image of your office from the moment they leave the elevator. “We maintain all of our offices to the same high standard worldwide,” said Batten.

A Servcorp customer is able to leverage the benefit of the Servcorp investment and be a corporation for a fraction of the cost. “We are able to provide our customers with a corporate infrastructure and service delivery immediately for about half or a third of what it would cost our customers if they were to do it themselves.” Batten said.

Servcorp is much more then just real estate, “We are a business solution provider with an IT Powerhouse driven globally on an exclusive converged network that uses the best internet and VoIP services and products to deliver a Miracle in Programming, “We can have any customer up and running within five minutes with telephone and internet connection, that’s all due to the miracle in programming that brings the resources and facilities of Servcorp to life” said Batten. Our unique IT Powerhouse was developed over 15 years ago and our continual research and development creates user-friendly and innovative tools for our clients to control their business.

“Our teams are globally trained, quality managed and managed from day to day to ensure the highest of secretarial, administrative and business supported skill available in the market today.” Marcus Batten said “on top of it, all you can talk with any member of our team with confidence.”

In the last six months of 2008, Servcorp's net revenue went up by 26 percent. In the next four or five years Servcorp ambitiously plans to expand from 77 floors to 150 floors to cities in the China, Asia, the US, and the UK.

The Servcorp Online solution glues all the business resources one would need to run business professionally, effectively and without the costly overheads - a business can present a corporate feel and delivery by being in a Servcorp business solution.