The new Chairman of the Business Centre Association (BCA), has declared the sector to be on the cusp of an exciting new era, and has the opportunity to play a significant role in boosting the UK's economy and supporting the commercial property occupier market.
Despite of the continued downturn in the commercial property sector, with the conventional office market shrinking and the gloomy forecasts for the UK economy, Tom Stokes believes the prospects for the business centre sector have never looked so healthy - the industry has now "come of age."
The sector has undergone major growth in recent years, a trend which shows no signs of slowing down. There are currently around 650 BCA member locations across the UK, providing over 40 million ft
