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  4 Features of the Ideal CA Office And how the pandemic has affected them When you hear about a Chartered Accountant and the nature of their work, a very clear image forms in your mind- A highly qualified and specialized individual in a full but tidy office stacked with files, bills, receipts, and documents, structured and organized in a way that only they can navigate. Needless to say, a CA may be very keen about their office space preferences. But what exactly does an Accounting Firm or Chartered Accountant look for in an office? What are the needs that an office needs to fulfill? Have these needs changed since the pandemic and lockdown? Here’s what we found out after speaking to a number of professionals: The unifying theme? Every practicing CA or Accounting firm, first and foremost, needs an office setup that is ‘Neat, Clean and Organized’. This is considered in the following aspects of office space: 1. Layout & Design Design and layout require attention to detail, as th...

  Software developers all have the same amount of time every week. Some use that time effectively to ship great products and others push things to the next sprint. For a software development team to have peak productivity, both skillset and work environment matters. Unfortunately, even for the most skilled teams, the modern work environment can become a productivity killer. Constant pings on messaging apps, interruptions from well meaning office colleagues, and the constant pull of emails, social media, and other time killers make a team highly unproductive. How can we design a better work environment for a more productive software development team? Current office designs are not suitable for teams that require uninterrupted time to do deep focused work. Most offices are designed with an open office plan. These are terrible for focused work, or any kind of deep work.  Most companies decide to implement an open office plan due to cost consideration. But they come with a lot of ...

  What’s the next step? What’s the next step I need to take in order to ensure that my company makes it through these uncertain times? As a business owner and entrepreneur, you’ve certainly had to re-evaluate much about your business over the past year. Before success or even sustainability, it’s time now to look to survival- to cut out all the non-essential costs and keep the business alive. You may be looking towards downsizing and surrendering your office...but with the ambiguity regarding the future, it can be daunting to get locked in with a smaller space. At the same time, jumping from office to office, with all the paperwork and energy that it entails, is not at all a viable solution. So what’s the next step? How do we find stability? It’s simple. Register your Business at a Professional Address- When you register your Office at a space like Golden Square, you promptly solve many of the challenges that come with gauging the longevity of such a unique si...

            Back when the world seemed just a little bit more sane, the ability to work from home was, generally speaking, a foreign concept. In companies of all sizes, working from home was a rare exception given to a select few employees, often due to specific situations. Even freelancers and entrepreneurs were making the shift to serviced offices and coworking spaces.          Around mid-March, however, we were all forced to adapt to this previously coveted work situation under the worst of circumstances. Our day to day routines were shaken as working from home was at first encouraged and then made mandatory.          The daily hour-long commutes have been replaced by zoom calls, the morning routine replaced by cooking and cleaning while formal pants have been replaced by pajamas (usually). Having a home office or a study is not too common. Hence, the office is now your living room or you...

Coworking in the Time of Covid-19 The global impact of SARS COVID-19, a pandemic that has brought the world to a screeching halt, cannot be understated. Considering the novel nature of the situation we’ve been thrust in, it is extremely difficult for policymakers to formulate an economic policy response.       Source - World Economic Forum The rapid spread of the virus continues to wreak havoc on the world’s economy, business operations, and our everyday lives, echoes of which will still be felt years from now. It’s safe to say that people everywhere are going to be rethinking many aspects of how they conduct themselves and their businesses, post lockdown. One such area that is already being reevaluated by many, is the role of the office space in our lives. For many, working from home for five weeks has definitely challenged many conventional ideas of working in an office. Many more will also vary to travel long distances post lockdown, preferring mor...