Business Support & Services
Business Advice & Support Centre
free independent advice when you need it!
Establishing a business in a foreign country is always a challenge. To achieve the lifestyle in Spain you deserve, it is important that you get off to a good start. Too many people make the move here underestimating the preparation and effort needed to make a profitable business happen.
We are an independent organisation sponsored by local companies. Our goal is give new businesses a better chance of succeeding by offering useful advice and support from concept to implementation. Our experienced consultants help you to avoid costly mistakes, by eliminating red tape, saving you time and helping you to create a business that will give you long term economic return.
Business is booming here along the Costa del Sol! This is great news for both new and established businesses, but keep in mind that this is a competitive market. Customers want a professional standard of service. You must identify your market share, earn it and strive to keep it by providing an excellent product.
Some fly by night individuals and businesses, employing unprofessional and unethical methods of trading, have earned the name of "cowboys" along the Coast. Surely you have heard tales and rumours of financial ruin, scams and petty rip offs. The Business Advice Centre's free advice service helps you avoid such pitfalls.
We put you in contact with reliable and established local professionals and businesses.
Once your business is up and running the Business Advice Centre's support services are a lifeline!
We can help with a variety of essential components that make your business happen such as Internet access to complete office implementations, business planning, marketing campaigns, book keeping and secretarial support services. Should you wish to defer taking on costly fixed commitments like an office, equipment and staff, we can also provide invaluable help with a multitude of practical business support services such as; mail boxes, telephone call handling and workstation facilities.
Visit our web site to see who we are and how we may help you. Or better yet contact our centre and set up a free appointment with one of our consultants. We look forward to hearing from you.
The Office
What Is A Virtual Office?
A virtual office provides you with a personalised telephone reception service offering a dedicated telephone number and voicemail. A business address is optional for use on your business stationery. Utilising the professional business facilities offered by The Office allows you to concentrate on running your business whilst our reception and secretarial staff handle your day-to-day enquiries and general administration.
Enjoy all the benefits of having a fully functioning office without committing to a long-term office lease, purchasing expensive equipment or hiring staff. We can answer your incoming calls and emails, take messages on your behalf and deal with any general enquiries.
Virtual Office - 145€ / Month
A local business telephone number - Provide one local telephone number to all your contacts, exclusive to your business.
Personalised telephone answering - Professional receptionists answer your calls in your company name and according to your specifications.
Personal answering service currently available mon - fri 10:30 - 17:30.
Voice mailbox - remote setup and retrieval of your personal voicemail 24/7.
Message Forwarding - Messages can be forwarded to you by email, by telephone or held for you to call and collect when convenient.
Incoming and outgoing faxes
On-demand administrative support
Virtual Office Plus - 175€ / Month
Everything included in the Virtual Office above with the following additional services:
Basic Product Knowledge - Our team will learn your product and answer basic telephone queries.
Business address - For use on your business cards, letterhead and marketing materials.
Mail box plus
Virtual Office Prestige - 205€ / Month
Everything included in the Virtual Office Plus above with the following additional services:
e-mail retrieval and handling - Set up an additional email address at The Office and we can acknowledge receipt of your incoming mail and deal with general enquiries on your behalf.
Mailbox Plus - 60€ / 3 Months
Business / Personal mail address - For use on your business cards, letterhead and marketing materials
Mail collection and forwarding - Mail s collected, packages are signed for and sent to you according to your instructions
Incoming and outgoing faxes - Use our local fax number; we'll collect and send faxes to you, wherever you are - faxes charged at 1€ per page.