Category Archives: Your Office In London

What’s the difference between a Mailing Address and a Registered Office Address?

The Mailing Address and the Registered Office

Our Mail Box Pro package includes two different address services:

• Mailing Address
• Registered Office Address

With the Mailing Address service we will forward, or hold for collection, any regular mail that arrives at our office.

If you have the Mailing Address service on its own (our Just Scan, Mail Box Basic or Mail Box Plus packages) you are not able to use our address as your Registered Office (only relevant to Limited companies). Because of this we will not forward any official mail, such as Companies House or HMRC mail, on to you as it should not be getting sent to us. Continue reading

Collecting mail from us? Don’t forget your ID.

Collecting your mail?

If you choose to collect mail directly from our office, don’t forget to bring photo ID with you. We accept:

• Passports
• Driving Licenses
• ID cards

It’s also handy, but not compulsory, if you can bring along a print-out of the email that states you have mail (or a smartphone/tablet displaying this).

Please get in touch via the comments function below if you have any questions.

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Working from home? Is your company giving the impression you want?

According to a recent article in/on The Telegraph, one in six people in the United Kingdom operate an online business from home. That’s quite a figure.

This got us thinking:

Are these businesses happy for customers to know that they’re home based?E

There are some businesses where being home based is actually a selling point. Homemade is, after all, a positive term. On the flip side, there are some industries where being home based could be detrimental to business.

For businesses that fall into the latter category, there are options available. This includes our own Mail Forwarding Services.

How it works

If you sign up we will allow you to use our address as your contact address (see Mail Box Pro if you’re also interested in a Limited Company Registered Office). We’ll then forward any mail that we receive onto you.

Two benefits:

• Gives the impression that you are a London based operation
• Protects your address (no one wants unexpected visitors)

For more information on our services take a look here:

Mail Forwarding Services

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Your Phone Messages: Emailed, sent via SMS and stored in your account

We don’t send your messages this way

If you sign up for one of the following phone services; Office Answer, Answer 24/7 or Answer & Patch, we will forward on any phone messages we take for you.

These messages are sent to you:

• Via email, or
• Via SMS

It’s totally up to you.

And just in case you accidentally delete the email or text message (like we all do from time to time), the message is also stored in your dashboard. To locate your messages:

Sign in > Select “My Messages” > Select “My Phone Messages”

You can then view a log that details all the messages we’ve taken for you.

Any questions? Get in touch below.

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Interested in a Phone Answering service but unsure how we’ll answer your calls?

Well here you go:

If you sign up for Holiday Cover Plus, Office Answer, Answer 24/7 or Answer & Patch, we will answer your calls in the following way:

“Good afternoon/morning/evening, your company name, how may I help?”

If on the Holiday Cover Plus, Office Answer or Answer 24/7, we’ll then take a message. If on the Answer & Patch, we’ll then forward the call onto you.

If on Holiday Cover Basic we will answer your calls in the following way:

“Good afternoon/morning/evening, reception, how may I help?”

We will then take a message.

For more information on the packages we’ve mentioned, see here:

Phone Services
Holiday Cover

Any questions? Let us know below.

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Need someone to sign for your mail? We can help.

We’ll sign for your mail

“Dear XXXX, we tried to deliver an item of mail to you today but you weren’t in. Please call the below number to re-arrange delivery”

Don’t you just hate those notes? We certainly do. Well now there’s something you can do about it.

With our Mail Forwarding Services, we will sign for any of your mail that is delivered to our address and requires a signature. How we then handle this mail is up to you. We can:

• Hold it for you until you can collect it
• Send it on via Royal Mail Special Delivery
• Send it on via Royal Mail First Class

Put an end to missing “signature required” mail and sign up for a Mail Forwarding Service!

Any questions? Let us know below.

The Postage Deposit Explained

Mail Forwarding Postage Deposit Explained

When you sign up for any of our Mail Forwarding Services, on top of the advance service payment we also take a £20 postage deposit.

So what is this for?

2 things:

• If you collect your mail or have it forwarded, we charge a 10p handling charge per letter (there is a £2.50 handling charge for parcels). If your mail is scanned we charge a 50p handling charge. These charges are knocked off of your deposit.

• If your mail is forwarded, we knock the Royal Mail fee for posting off of your deposit.

The length of time that your deposit lasts depends on how much mail you receive, how it is handled (forwarded, scanned or collected) and where we forward it to if forwarded.

When your postage deposit falls below £5.00 we’ll send an email requesting that you top it up.

Let us know if you have any questions!

How to change your Mail Forwarding Address

If you are a London Presence Mail Forwarding customer and would like to change the address that we forward your mail to:

Changing your mail forwarding address

1. Sign in to London Presence
2. Select “My Services” and then click on your company’s reference
3. Scroll down to “Preferences” and select “Change”
4. Enter the new address and then select “Save”

That’s it! Your new forwarding address is saved onto our system.

How long does it take to set up a London Presence service?

How long does it take?

It depends on the type of virtual office service that’s being set up.

Telephone Services

Our telephone services are activated within 48 hours of the service being purchased.

Mail Forwarding Services

Our mail services are activated within 24 hours of us receiving the required proof of ID and proof of address documents.

Please note that services are not set up during the weekend. The specified time frames are for Monday – Friday.

Any questions? Please let us know via the comments function below.

Do you use London Presence? We’d love to hear from you.

We’d love to hear from you

We’re building a portfolio of case studies about customers who use our services. If you use any of the following, we would love to hear from you:

• Mail Forwarding
• Phone Answering
• Holiday Cover

What we need

A few paragraphs about you, your business and how our services assist you.

We’re also looking for some larger, interview format case studies. Interviews can take place at our London offices or over the phone.

What’s in it for you?

Well most importantly it’s great exposure for your business. We don’t want the case studies to be about us, that would be boring, we want them to be about you.

If we decide to use your case study (on the site, marketing materials, social media etc) we’ll also give you a £25 Amazon voucher.

Interested?

Please email [email protected] for more information.