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Commercial Office Fit-Out

Finding businesses before workplace transformation projects begin

Identify organisations likely to require workplace transformation before projects reach tender stage.

Sales Intelligence Brief

SB-02 · Illustrative example

Opportunity score

88/100

Status

High Priority

Industry

Commercial Office Fit-Out

Opportunity type
Workplace transformation — pre-tender
Example company

Illustrative workplace specialist model

Example target: Brackwell Financial Partners · 310 employees · two offices

Why this account
A growing professional services business that has added 22% headcount without taking additional floorspace, with a lease event on its main office inside the next twelve months. The space decision is unavoidable and has not yet been handed to an agent.
Why now
Fit-out specification decisions are made nine to twelve months ahead of a lease event. Two senior hires with teams have been announced in the last quarter and a second regional address has appeared on filings, which means the requirement is being sized now.
Recommended action
Introduce a workplace planning conversation with the Chief Operating Officer before an agent shortlist is drawn up.

Research

Company profile

Sector
Financial and professional services
Size
310 employees, 22% growth year on year
Premises
City centre head office plus one regional office
Tenure
Leasehold, main office lease event within 12 months
Working pattern
Office-led, three to four days on site

ICP match

  • 50–1000 employeesMatch

    310 employees.

  • Growing businessMatch

    Headcount up 22% with no added space.

  • Office-based workforceMatch

    Office-led working pattern.

  • Regional expansionMatch

    Second regional address registered.

  • Commercial premisesMatch

    Leasehold city centre floorspace.

Ideal customer profile

  • 50–1000 employees
  • Growing businesses
  • Office-based workforce
  • Regional expansion
  • Commercial premises

Research signals modelled

  • Office relocation
  • Lease events
  • Headcount growth
  • New locations
  • Property changes
  • Business expansion

Evidence collected

  • Lease event

    Main office lease expiry recorded within the next twelve months.

  • Headcount growth

    Employee numbers up 22% across two reporting periods.

  • Senior hires

    Two director-level appointments announced with team moves.

  • New location

    Additional regional trading address registered on filings.

  • Density pressure

    No corresponding increase in occupied floorspace.

Commercial signals

  • Growth without additional space forces either a refit or a relocation
  • Lease event provides a hard date the business must plan against
  • New senior hires typically arrive with expectations about the workplace

Market activity

  • Comparable city centre space being viewed by firms of similar size
  • Regional supply of quality fitted space limited, which favours early planning

Sales

Who to contact

Helena Marchetti

Chief Operating Officer

Owns the property and workplace decision and will brief the agent.

Owen Radcliffe

Head of Facilities

Holds the practical constraints of the current floorplate.

Ines Dobrev

Finance Director

Economic buyer for capital expenditure on fit-out.

Recommended conversation

Do not open on fit-out. Open on the lease event and the growth mismatch: 22% more people in the same floorplate. The useful conversation is what the business needs the space to do in three years, which is the conversation an agent brief cannot answer.

Discovery questions

  • What is the plan for the head office at the lease event — stay and refit, or move?
  • How is the current floorplate coping with the growth you have already had?
  • Who is involved in the space decision internally, and has an agent been instructed?
  • What would the workplace need to support if headcount grew another 20%?

Next action

Offer a workplace planning session covering density, growth and cost, timed before agent shortlisting.

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