Ten extra office spaces have been let to new and expanding businesses across the Enterprise Centre on Lytham Road and FYCreatives on Church Street already this year.

Fledgling firms including soft toy suppliers, accountants, training providers and social media experts have been snapping up the services provided by the council’s business department.

In total, that means 39 of the 45 fully-serviced, state-of-the-art offices available are now in use across the two sites, with ongoing negotiations meaning even more are in the pipeline.

Both buildings feature a range of high quality and affordable facilities to compliment the serviced offices, including reception services, informal meeting areas, meeting rooms, hot desking and virtual office services.

EC2 office services are designed to meet the needs of young and growing businesses, whether working from home, moving to a first office, or looking for space to grow the business.

The Council has taken the stress away from hiring a meeting room for clients and interviews and have tapped into the current boom in hot-desking by listening to the needs of Blackpool’s growing business fraternity.

For growing businesses, the flexible office rentals are all designed to meet the challenging business world – arrangements for more or less space can be made as needed.

EC2 is flexible to meet the different needs of different businesses and the beauty is that businesses only pay for these professional facilities when they are needed, whether that is leasing an office for three years, renting a hot-desk or hiring a meeting room for an hour. You can even use the Enterprise Centre as a postbox to collect all your mail.

EC2 provides excellent value for money with tenants giving this a rating of 92% in a recent survey, which also highlights the professional and friendly reception service (92% rating), the clean environment (83% rating) and the support from the landlord Blackpool Council (83% rating).

EC2 customers can also take advantage of the in-house business support services provide by Blackpool Council with advice and support from the Business Growth team and Get Started – the business start-up service.

There is also the chance to experience the facilities at the Enterprise Centre with a Google 360-degree virtual online tour.

Cllr Mark Smith, Cabinet Member for Business and Economic Development, said: “It’s fantastic news that more businesses are moving into the offices at the Enterprise Centre and FYCreatives, which both give small companies the right environment to grow and expand.

“Blackpool’s business community can have a unique competitive advantage using these fantastic EC2 services. The resort prides itself on helping businesses to start, grow and reach their potential.

‘”EC2 provides great value for money for businesses and from the feedback we have received we are confident we can help even more.’’

To find out more about EC2 services on Twitter, search for the #EC2BPL hashtag. For more information about booking a meeting room or hiring out office space, call 477147 or visit www.blackpoolunlimited.com