Floorplan
Lease Terms
We offer the following lease terms opted out of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954.
- Three year lease, tied in for the first 6 months with 3 months’ notice to vacate.
- One year lease, tied in for the first 3 months with 1 months’ notice to vacate.
Rental Package Includes:
Office and Access
- 24/7 access to your office.
- Office intruder alarm.
- 1 key and 1 Door Fobs (additional can be provided on request these will be chargeable to the tenant)
IT/Telephony
- Superfast Internet connection for all the staff based within the office.
- Free WIFI in communal spaces.
- One phone line and handset with a dedicated number for each office.
- You may request additional lines and handsets which can be provided at £20+vat per month. (This cost could change if supplier costs increase)
- One month's notice is required should you no longer require the additional paid telephony line and handsets.
- If your IT team have any specific questions about our network or infrastructure then they can email our IT team at support@connectderby.co.uk who can help answer these for them.
Business Services
Reception Services:
- Professional Customer Service Advisors on reception that are available from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Thursday and 4.30pm Fridays (excluding Bank Holidays and Christmas week)
- Visitor meet and greet.
- Supporting tenants with day to day queries.
- Logging all maintenance works and dealing with contractors.
- Handling incoming mail and sorting into tenants mailboxes.
- Handling incoming parcel deliveries in line with our COVID rules.
- Processing outgoing mail and parcels.
- Business name displayed on reception nameboard.
- Digital screens to share information and promote tenant services.
- Provide pay as you go business service such as photocopying, franking, printing, mailshots, shredding, scanning, laminating etc
Meeting & Seminar Rooms
- Access to meeting rooms with AV kit and WIFI.
- Limited free meeting room quota. Once this free quota is used then any additional usage is chargeable to you.
- Access to onsite breakout area for informal meetings.
- Access to large seminar rooms – free meeting room quota cannot be applied to these.
Health & Safety
- We implement all building H&S measures in line with government regulations.
- We conduct full mandatory building compliance checks i.e. water testing, fire alarm testing, boundary wall, electrical wiring etc.
- Undertake fire risk assessment for the building.
- Ensure all COVID measures are implemented.
- Induct tenants on how to operate safely within the buildings.
Business Support
- Limited free access to business support advisor
- Networking & collaboration opportunities. (when COVID permits)
- Access to an onsite business community for establishing business contacts and sharing best practice
Service Charge: Contribution towards communal areas and services
- Service and maintenance of communal equipment and services.
- Electricity
- Gas
- NNDR
- Water
- Refuse collection and disposal of main bins.
- Cleaning of communal spaces i.e. toilets, corridors, stairwell, kitchens, showers, meeting rooms and reception areas.
- Window cleaning.
- Hygiene facilities in WC’s.
- Security keyholding and callouts for outside of normal working times.
- Building Insurance.
Access to Building & Communal Facilities
- COVID secure building
- Communal tea points
- Toilets/Disabled toilets
- Shower facilities
- Lift
- Computerised door fob entry system
- Fire detection system
- Cleaning of common areas
- Provision of general waste and recycling bins
- In house management team
What’s not included within your rent or service charge
- The office comes unfurnished.
- You will be responsible for your own contents insurance
- Business rates are not included. You can apply to see if you are eligible for an exemption for small business rates relief, via the Derby.gov.uk website
- If you have any queries with the Business Rates please email them directly on business.rates@derby.gov.uk. Please also note that this can be reviewed and withdrawn at any time by Derby City Council.
Our rental package
With Connect Derby, you're getting so much more than just a workspace. Our comprehensive, flexible rental packages all include a wide variety of benefits and services;
Lease terms options
- 1 year lease, tied in for first three months and then one-month notice to vacate
- 3 year lease, tied in for the first six months and then three months’ notice to vacate
- Bespoke leases, if term required is longer than 3 years
Building & Office Access
- COVID-19 compliant buildings
- 24/7 access to workspace
- Accessed controlled door entry system
- Office intruder alarm
Communal Facilities
- Access to onsite cafes at Friar Gate Studios, Sadler Bridge Studios, Riverside Chambers and Marble Hall (Pop up café at iHub on select days)
- Onsite Showers & Kitchenettes
- Onsite bike storage at select locations
- Limited onsite car parking for tenants at Marble Hall and iHub
IT & Telephony
- Superfast Internet connection
- One phone line and handset with a dedicated number (additional can be purchased on request)
- Bespoke and complex requirement can be offered for an additional charge
Customer Support
- Staffed reception to meet and greet clients, sort mail and receive deliveries during dedicated working hours
- Access to a range of business administration services on a pay as you go basis
Meeting Rooms
- Fixed free monthly quota to access to meeting rooms with AV kit and Wi-Fi (chargeable once free quota has been used)
- The ability to book meetings rooms across the Connect Derby portfolio (excludes the two large seminar rooms at the iHub)
Promotion & Events
- Access to an onsite business community for networking and collaboration
- Potential to have bespoke press releases and social media coverage subject to topic area
- Access to business support events and one to one support
Service Charge
- Cleaning of communal spaces and windows
- Provision of disposal bins and collection of waste
- After hours security and key holding service
- Contribution towards utility bills and NNDR of communal spaces
- Hygiene provision in toilet facilities
- Servicing and maintenance of building kit i.e. lift, door access system, intruder alarms, fire alarm, ventilation systems, automated doors and other of electrical and mechanical nature