When you start a new business it’s natural to be full of ideas and
enthusiasm.
After all, you know what
you want to do and you’re keen to spread the good news to potential customers,
suppliers, service providers and other business partners.
You’ve arrived: you’ve done all the planning, honed your idea, and now
you’re ready to go live.
It’s also natural to want to keep costs to an absolute minimum at this
stage, but there are some things you can’t afford to get wrong.
Naming your
business; designing a logo that will look good on your website and paperwork;
creating an online presence; finding an accountant; registering your company –
you’ll want to get these sorted before lift-off.
Any limited company in the UK is required to have a business address
where official mail from Companies House and HMRC can be received.
Companies House maintains a register of all limited companies which is
publicly available on its website, and this is why directors often decide not
to use their home address as their registered business address.
It’s not always affordable or convenient to rent business premises when
you begin trading, however, so many start-ups choose to register their business
at a mailbox or virtual office address.
At Mail Boxes Etc. you can opt to use your business mailbox as your
registered company address, so you can file your mailbox address with Companies
House as both your company’s registered office and as your director’s service
address.
This keeps your private address off the public register, as well as
giving your business a professional image with a distinctive high street
location – we have over 150 to choose from.
Help when it’s needed
Even if you’re a consultant or sole trader, there’s no doubt that your
professional address helps position you as someone who means business.
Many start-ups are ‘virtual’ in the early days, with members of the team
working from home or travelling around the country making contacts and doing
deals.
What matters to your customers, though, is that your business comes
across as credible, established and trustworthy – and a professional address on
your letterheads, business cards and website does just that.
A business mailbox is actually a lot more than an address. It’s a real
physical location, with mail and parcel receiving, and 24-hour access to your
mailbox in most of our stores.
We’ll let you know when something arrives for you, to save any wasted
journeys, and you can always call or email us to check for mail too.
With our virtual office solution, you can choose any of our business
support services as and when you need them to suit the growth of your business.
These include telephone answering, with a local number and 24-hour live
answering that ensures you never miss another call.
And with our mailroom services we can handle not just your incoming post
but outgoing mail too – whether that’s collection and franking or managing your
payroll notifications, invoicing and direct mail fulfilment.
Or you can simply
buy your Royal Mail postal services from us to avoid the queues.
We are also specialists in courier and shipping services, offering the
widest choice of leading carriers and a range of options for urgent business
documents, parcels and packets – global or local.
If you’re looking to export we’ll be delighted to help, and our
certified packing services will ensure anything you send is protected for safe
transit.
Businesses of all sizes need print and copy. Our stores offer affordable
graphic design, fast turnaround and expert attention to detail.
We can create company logos and print your corporate stationery with
your business mailbox address, and you can come to us to run off a few
photocopies as well as for print jobs of all sizes.
It’s good to know you can pop into your local MBE store for expert
advice and friendly service – we’re running a small business too, so we
understand the challenges you face and we’re here to help you make the most of
all the opportunities.
Find your nearest store today.