The Business Exchange is sited in the former Rockingham Road School, built in 1893 and designed by local architect J A Gotch.
The organisation doesn't make a profit - it runs to support the local business community.
The Business Exchange is a Social Enterprise organisation providing flexible serviced office space for businesses from the Kettering Borough. for more information on our history click here.
Main access corridor between offices
Communal kitchen area.
Conference / Meeting room facility
Communal meeting area
typical small office ready for a new client
View of front of building from Rockingham Road
Car park for clients
Rents are realistic but affordable and all-inclusive
The building is well maintained
The environment is professional
The facilities are clean
Contracts are easy to terminate.
Great local business community for local entrepreneurs
Another priority was to create a working 'community'; that could offer both practical and emotional support to the lone worker starting out in business for the first time. Quite often it is the loneliness of self-employment that is the hardest thing to manage if you come from a huge open plan environment.
A great place to work
The success of The Business Exchange has been rapid. By February 2001 80% of the workspaces had been occupied and a few tenants had already upgraded by taking and additional office or moving to a larger one. Since then occupancy levels have been maintained at between 90% and 100%.
There is a great entrepreneurial spirit with many companies doing business together either cross-trading or collaborating on larger projects.
