{"id":193,"date":"2017-05-24T13:48:01","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T13:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/?p=193"},"modified":"2017-05-24T13:48:01","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T13:48:01","slug":"guide-to-small-office-must-haves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/guide-to-small-office-must-haves\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide To Small Office Must Haves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Improvements in IT and a revolution in the way we work in the past 50 years has led to many businesses opting for smaller offices and many even finding space at home to carry out daily tasks.  <\/p>\n<p>As with larger offices however there are still some essentials required to ensure the work environment is comfortable and work can be done efficiently. Here are a few essentials anyone moving into a small office should consider.   <\/p>\n<p><strong>Office furniture <\/strong><br \/>\nThe standard and provision of office furniture is important not only for staff but also to create the right impression of your business. Old furniture and broken chairs will demoralise staff and could even be a potential hazard. In business presentation is important and if you want to recruit the best staff and ensure that they are loyal, then early investment in your office space is important. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Ensure utilities are reliable<\/strong><br \/>\nThe last thing you need is a faulty boiler, heating that stops working and disruptions to your energy supplies or phone lines. Having these breakdowns not only harms productivity but it can also disrupt workplace morale. Also ensure that you are on the best deal available to reduce energy costs for your business.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>IT Systems <\/strong><br \/>\nMany small businesses pay little attention to their IT systems until they breakdown. Some high profile cases of hacking should alert business owners to the importance of security and updating software and equipment regularly. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Improvements in IT and a revolution in the way we work in the past 50 years has led to many businesses opting for smaller offices and many even finding space at home to carry out daily tasks. As with larger offices however there are still some essentials required to ensure the work environment is comfortable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,33,109,8,51,111],"tags":[3,35,14,17,13,15,16,12,112],"class_list":["post-193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-city-offices","category-millennium-storage-and-interiors","category-office-design-myths","category-office-designs","category-office-fitout","category-small-office","tag-millennium-si","tag-office-design","tag-office-design-solutions","tag-office-interiors","tag-office-partitioning","tag-office-planning-solutions","tag-office-refurbishment","tag-office-space-planning","tag-small-office","post-preview"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Improvements in IT and a revolution in the way we work in the past 50 years has led to many businesses opting for smaller offices and many even finding space at home to carry out daily tasks. As with larger offices however there are still some essentials required to ensure the work environment is comfortable\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/guide-to-small-office-must-haves\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Millennium Storage and Interiors Blog | Millennium Storage and Interiors -\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Guide To Small Office Must Haves - Millennium Storage and Interiors Blog | Millennium Storage and Interiors\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Improvements in IT and a revolution in the way we work in the past 50 years has led to many businesses opting for smaller offices and many even finding space at home to carry out daily tasks. As with larger offices however there are still some essentials required to ensure the work environment is comfortable\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/guide-to-small-office-must-haves\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-05-24T13:48:01+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-05-24T13:48:01+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Guide To Small Office Must Haves - Millennium Storage and Interiors Blog | Millennium Storage and Interiors\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Improvements in IT and a revolution in the way we work in the past 50 years has led to many businesses opting for smaller offices and many even finding space at home to carry out daily tasks. As with larger offices however there are still some essentials required to ensure the work environment is comfortable\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/guide-to-small-office-must-haves\\\/#blogposting\",\"name\":\"Guide To Small Office Must Haves - Millennium Storage and Interiors Blog | Millennium Storage and Interiors\",\"headline\":\"Guide To Small Office Must Haves\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-24T13:48:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-05-24T13:48:01+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/guide-to-small-office-must-haves\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/guide-to-small-office-must-haves\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"City Offices, Millennium Storage and Interiors, Office Design Myths, Office Designs, Office Fitout, Small Office, Millennium SI, Office Design, Office Design Solutions, Office Interiors, Office Partitioning, Office Planning Solutions, Office Refurbishment, Office Space Planning, Small Office\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/guide-to-small-office-must-haves\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\\\/blog#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\\\/blog\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/office-designs\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Office Designs\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/office-designs\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Office Designs\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/office-designs\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/guide-to-small-office-must-haves\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Guide To Small Office Must Haves\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\\\/blog#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/guide-to-small-office-must-haves\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Guide To Small Office Must Haves\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/office-designs\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Office Designs\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Millennium Storage and Interiors Blog | Millennium Storage and Interiors\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/guide-to-small-office-must-haves\\\/#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4c1dcb41b70bbed5344f8650567033399b4a40a9d4695036386845a06e3edccd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"admin\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/guide-to-small-office-must-haves\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/guide-to-small-office-must-haves\\\/\",\"name\":\"Guide To Small Office Must Haves - Millennium Storage and Interiors Blog | Millennium Storage and Interiors\",\"description\":\"Improvements in IT and a revolution in the way we work in the past 50 years has led to many businesses opting for smaller offices and many even finding space at home to carry out daily tasks. As with larger offices however there are still some essentials required to ensure the work environment is comfortable\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/guide-to-small-office-must-haves\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-24T13:48:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-05-24T13:48:01+00:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Millennium Storage and Interiors Blog | Millennium Storage and Interiors\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Guide To Small Office Must Haves - Millennium Storage and Interiors Blog | Millennium Storage and Interiors","description":"Improvements in IT and a revolution in the way we work in the past 50 years has led to many businesses opting for smaller offices and many even finding space at home to carry out daily tasks. As with larger offices however there are still some essentials required to ensure the work environment is comfortable","canonical_url":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/guide-to-small-office-must-haves\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/guide-to-small-office-must-haves\/#blogposting","name":"Guide To Small Office Must Haves - Millennium Storage and Interiors Blog | Millennium Storage and Interiors","headline":"Guide To Small Office Must Haves","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/author\/admin\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/#organization"},"datePublished":"2017-05-24T13:48:01+00:00","dateModified":"2017-05-24T13:48:01+00:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/guide-to-small-office-must-haves\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/guide-to-small-office-must-haves\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"City Offices, Millennium Storage and Interiors, Office Design Myths, Office Designs, Office Fitout, Small Office, Millennium SI, Office Design, Office Design Solutions, Office Interiors, Office Partitioning, Office Planning Solutions, Office Refurbishment, Office Space Planning, Small Office"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/guide-to-small-office-must-haves\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/category\/office-designs\/#listItem","name":"Office Designs"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/category\/office-designs\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Office Designs","item":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/category\/office-designs\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/guide-to-small-office-must-haves\/#listItem","name":"Guide To Small Office Must Haves"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/guide-to-small-office-must-haves\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"Guide To Small Office Must Haves","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/category\/office-designs\/#listItem","name":"Office Designs"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/#organization","name":"Millennium Storage and Interiors Blog | Millennium Storage and Interiors","url":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/author\/admin\/#author","url":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/author\/admin\/","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/guide-to-small-office-must-haves\/#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4c1dcb41b70bbed5344f8650567033399b4a40a9d4695036386845a06e3edccd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"admin"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/guide-to-small-office-must-haves\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/guide-to-small-office-must-haves\/","name":"Guide To Small Office Must Haves - Millennium Storage and Interiors Blog | Millennium Storage and Interiors","description":"Improvements in IT and a revolution in the way we work in the past 50 years has led to many businesses opting for smaller offices and many even finding space at home to carry out daily tasks. As with larger offices however there are still some essentials required to ensure the work environment is comfortable","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/guide-to-small-office-must-haves\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/author\/admin\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/author\/admin\/#author"},"datePublished":"2017-05-24T13:48:01+00:00","dateModified":"2017-05-24T13:48:01+00:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/","name":"Millennium Storage and Interiors Blog | Millennium Storage and Interiors","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Millennium Storage and Interiors Blog | Millennium Storage and Interiors -","og:type":"article","og:title":"Guide To Small Office Must Haves - Millennium Storage and Interiors Blog | Millennium Storage and Interiors","og:description":"Improvements in IT and a revolution in the way we work in the past 50 years has led to many businesses opting for smaller offices and many even finding space at home to carry out daily tasks. As with larger offices however there are still some essentials required to ensure the work environment is comfortable","og:url":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/guide-to-small-office-must-haves\/","article:published_time":"2017-05-24T13:48:01+00:00","article:modified_time":"2017-05-24T13:48:01+00:00","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:title":"Guide To Small Office Must Haves - Millennium Storage and Interiors Blog | Millennium Storage and Interiors","twitter:description":"Improvements in IT and a revolution in the way we work in the past 50 years has led to many businesses opting for smaller offices and many even finding space at home to carry out daily tasks. As with larger offices however there are still some essentials required to ensure the work environment is comfortable"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"193","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2023-08-17 12:19:05","updated":"2025-10-28 17:07:26","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/category\/office-designs\/\" title=\"Office Designs\">Office Designs<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tGuide To Small Office Must Haves\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog"},{"label":"Office Designs","link":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/category\/office-designs\/"},{"label":"Guide To Small Office Must Haves","link":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/guide-to-small-office-must-haves\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194,"href":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193\/revisions\/194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}