When it comes to running a business, the devil is in the detail, and often the tendency is to overlook the small costs involved in a business’s day-to-day operations.
This could be because we consider many of these costs unavoidable, such as time spent travelling to collect keys. Or when it comes to things like paying for locksmith call-outs and lock changes, we may not even notice them due to them being exceptions rather than the rule.
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Perch are a property management company who buy, sell and rent long and short-term properties across London.
Among their rental properties are around 50 that are available for short and long-term lets, used by both business and leisure guests. One of the most time consuming aspects of this is the travel required for staff and contractors between their various properties in order to keep up with Perch’s fast guest turnover.
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As estate agents will tell you, renting and selling property is a numbers game. The more people you can show a property to, the greater the chances of getting an offer. But the challenge for estate agents is that getting people to come and view isn’t always easy and, perhaps a little surprisingly, keys can be a significant obstacle.
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For most people nowadays, holding your smartphone with Bluetooth-connected AirPods, listening to music from a live concert taking place halfway around the world, can now feel like second nature. Yet for all the technology we now take for granted in our lives, there are still plenty of new and emerging innovations that remain elusive – and sometimes even a little intimidating. For instance, are smart intercoms really the future of how we access and secure our homes and shared spaces?
This article was first published in BDC Magazine.
By Aleš Špetič, CEO and co-founder of Klevio
When you consider the design of modern buildings, you probably don’t think of the computer. The PC was invented in the 1970s as a way for workers to be more productive. It ended up changing the way that modern workplaces were designed. Miles of copper and fibre cable were strung throughout modern high rises. Extra outlets were installed to make sure that employees had a place to plug in. The open floor plan was added as the computers weren’t as loud as the typewriters they were replacing. Builders at the time were reacting to what customers wanted and what they showed us was a willingness to indulge in forward thinking. We all know what happened next, what we saw develop in the new offices filtered across into our homes as the PC was adopted by the consumer market, and with it came the copper and fibre cables.
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