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Executive Officess: Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is an HQ business center? How is it different from traditional executive offices?
2. What types of terms come with HQ business centers?
3. Are you business centers located where I need to do business?
4. What if my executive offices space needs change?
5. How do HQ business centers support my business when I travel?
6. Can I choose the configuration of my executive offices setup?
7. Do I need to supply my own office equipment as part of my executive offices setup?
8. Do you have staffing available at HQ business centers?
9. When can I get started in my new executive office?
10. How will my business be visible in an HQ business center?

1. What is an HQ business center? How is it different from traditional executive offices?

HQ business centers are conveniently located near major transportation hubs. With HQ business centers you get a complete, professional executive offices environment included in one monthly fee. You'll also get professional receptionists, state-of-the-art telephone and IT services, kitchen areas and business lounges.

With traditional executive offices, you have to navigate the costly and time-consuming world of setting up and configuring your workspace. Before you can be productive, you must:

• pay for altering executive offices and office space
• sign a fixed-length office lease
• provide office furniture for your executive offices setup
• contract with multiple service providers (phone, Internet, maintenance)
• hire an office staff
• buy or rent office equipment
• build or configure connectivity infrastructure
• spend time, resources and money

With HQ business centers, your executive offices solutions are a single phone call or mouse click away. Simply plug in your computer and start working — and leave the rest to us.

2. What types of terms come with HQ business centers?

With traditional executive offices you often need an attorney to negotiate a complicated office lease before you can rent or lease an executive offices setup. But using an HQ business center for your executive offices solution couldn't be easier, especially when compared to renting traditional executive offices. We have a one-page executive office agreement instead of a 20-page office space lease. We give you control over the term of your executive office agreement — from three months to five years — so you have the ability to grow as your business needs change. And with our professional executive offices staff you have on-demand access to administrative support and office equipment without hiring a permanent staff or making a capital investment.

3. Are your business centers located where I need to do business?

HQ has business centers in 950 locations in 70 countries…with new locations opening each month. With executive offices in so many locations in key cities worldwide, chances are one is close to where you need to do business. There's no need to conduct an extensive search for executive offices to rent that are suited to your needs — simply use our executive offices location finder and take your pick! And consider an HQ virtual office if you need multiple addresses around the globe and an executive office in only one location.

4. What if my executive offices space needs change?

No problem. Since each business center typically has between 100 and 400 work stations, we can accommodate your changing executive office needs with ease. You are locked into a lease agreement when you rent a traditional office, but at an HQ business center you can expand or shrink the size of your office space as your needs change. You only pay for the executive offices space you need.

5. How do HQ business centers support my business when I travel?

As an HQ customer you have access to our 950 business center locations. You'll receive priority access to HQ meeting rooms, video conferencing and business lounge facilities. Our business centers have trained, multilingual assistants on hand to help you with copy and printing services as well as reception and concierge services. Each business center features a common look-and-feel experience so you know what you can expect at every HQ executive offices location.

6. Can I choose the configuration of my executive offices setup?

HQ business centers offer various configurations to suit your needs. In an HQ business center you do not incur any of the costly setup fees involved in renting traditional executive offices. Choose from a single-person executive office, a large executive office, a team office or an open floor plan — all fully furnished and equipped. All HQ executive offices can be equipped with our advanced IT and telecom packages without delay.

7. Do I need to supply my own office equipment as part of my executive offices setup?

No. All HQ business centers come equipped with everything you need. We have contemporary office furniture, high-speed Internet connectivity, fully staffed reception areas and state-of-the-art business lounges and kitchen areas. Best of all you can expect the same high-quality office services at every one of our 950 business centers worldwide. When you lease or rent executive offices the traditional way you must outfit the entire office to your specifications at your own expense, which can take weeks or even months. With HQ business centers you can begin working immediately.

8. Do you have staffing available at HQ business centers?

In an HQ business center a full-service office staff is always on hand to handle your day-to-day administrative duties or on an as-needed basis for those special projects. Unlike traditional leasing there is no need to hire an outside administrative staff to service your executive office. Our business centers come equipped with high-speed Internet and advanced telecom infrastructure.

9. When can I get started in my new executive offices setup?

The process to rent traditional executive offices can take weeks or even months. Our business centers can be configured to your specifications and ready in no time. You can sign your HQ executive office agreement on one day and start working in your new executive offices setup the next.

10. How will my business be visible in an HQ business center?

When you want a visible presence, an HQ business center delivers. We're pleased to offer internal branding within our business center locations, allowing companies to display their logos with their executive offices. We offer wall-mounted panels and reception directory panels, ordered and fitted. Simply provide us with your logo and we'll do the rest. So, in addition to all the benefits of working in an HQ business center, your executive office will present a seamless yet individual image. Contact your local business center for details.

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