I went to a meeting this week with Nottingham City Council – at their new £22.5 m headquarters – Loxley House.
Loxley House Nottingham World HQ
Loxley House forms part of a strategic vision by the City to relocate all of their services under one roof, but also to form the heart of Southside – a new Business District launched at MIPIM this year.
Only the Estates team have moved in (and they arranged the move so this was a great way of ironing the teething problems). they are sharing with the fit out contractors! The intention that everyone will be moved by September.
This is a big move for the City and I think it will be successful. The space they have in the new building is fantastic, it is light and airy and has an amazing central atrium. The ground floor is being fitted out with social space and a restaurant. Clearly the economies of scale will be self evident as the City moves from a number of buildings dotted around the City – each with security, receptions and other facilities issues.
It was interesting to note that there has been a big clear out of paper and files – with an encouragement to go paperless (mail is scanned and emailed to the recipient). They also have a tidy desk policy…
Although I was impressed with the building and the space it offered, my real impression was that this is a building Nottingham can be proud of. It is not The Council House – which I understand is being retained for ceremonious occasions and civic receptions. But Loxley House is a place the City can do business from. It gives a very professional impression.
I was impressed.
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September 21st, 2011 at 12:43
I like that you mention the ‘paperless’ aspect. They are currently having all invoices sent to Salford, which is shipped to Manchester and scanned by an outside contractor, then emailed to staff at Nottingham at enormous cost. Another shameful waste of resources for the sake of ‘progress’. Shocking!
September 24th, 2011 at 19:53
I didn’t know that! We are some ways from the paperless office? My problem is that I can’t read long documents on a screen…