Waterloo Quay offers so much more than the typical serviced office accommodation provider. Based in a beautifully eclectic mix of traditional granite-built properties, three of them listed by Historic Scotland and boasting a rich heritage which dates to 1835 and the early days of arguably one of the region’s most creative and innovative companies - the Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company - Waterloo Quay’s commercial office facilities are very much 21st century in nature.
There is a saying along the lines of “you never actually own a property; you are just looking after it for the next generation”. Whilst that is oh so very true, it also gets us thinking about the fact that nothing stays the same forever, change is ongoing, and change is constant. And change it must be said is good and let’s be frank here, not many of us had ever witnessed anything like the huge changes that have engulfed (or maybe embraced) us all, since those carefree pre-Covid days of March 2020.
It has become apparent since the global Covid pandemic that a new style of working needed to be embraced, less commuting oriented, less 9 to 5, less Monday to Friday and in a practical office-based sense, less call centre style in nature, more intuitive by design and appealing directly to the ambitious business and creative worker. With some 60+ companies working directly from the Waterloo Quay Campus, comprising of a mix of traditional occupational lease led office occupiers and Quay Life business club members, flexibility is key.
With a huge range of employees, visitors, and delegates at Waterloo Quay, using leased and licensed offices, co-working spaces, hotpods and hot desks, along with the extensive meeting and training space, break out areas, gymnasium and squash court and café, the business and social networking opportunities are myriad. Waterloo Quay are firm believers that one of the principal benefits of their non generic approach to office space utilisation is the opportunity by way of collaborative working, to form creative cross-business partnerships. Basing your business at Waterloo Quay provides clear opportunity for alliance and can ultimately lead to a happier and more creative workforce. This ultimately benefits productivity for the employer and can’t fail to be a positive selling point when recruiting staff.
The post pandemic almost globally adopted trend towards flexible and hybrid working has been huge, albeit that movement has seen an oversupply of luxuriously standardised yet somewhat design cliched co-working spaces. They might have a shiny glass façade and interiors that look like something out of your favourite Condé Nast publication, but can you park your car there, can you secure your bike safely and can you get a decent coffee and a working lunch without leaving the building? If the workstation you are directed to isn’t suitable or your operator chair doesn’t feel as good as it looks, how easy is it to change them? If you need meeting space yet you’ve forgotten to book, can it be fixed and if it can, at what price? How easy is it to fit in 30-45 minutes in the gym, or enjoy a game of squash, shoot some pool, or throw a dart or two before, during and after working hours just by nipping next door?
All of the services that Waterloo Quay offer, are geared towards change, with an essence of practicality, ease of access and the ability to offer enjoyment of the full range of benefits all on the one campus and vitally importantly in these inflation led times, to provide ultimate affordability.
Nine Historic Quayside Buildings – One Campus
Waterloo Quay have created space for the creative talent
Visit us at www.waterlooquay.com or e mail info@waterlooquay.com or phone 01225 565000 for more information and to see how we can help you.