FLEXISPACE @ the Hub Overview

FLEXISPACE @ the Hub is a joint venture between Kagiso Integrated Services, a property and facilities management company, and Business Process Support, a company focused on providing services and support to the project management industry.

Business Process Support (BPS)

BPS is a project solutions business focusing on the systems, services and infrastructure required by project-centric organizations.  The company started out in 1999 as a joint venture between Global Technology Ltd and PER Consulting (Pty) Ltd, a company owned by a group of SAP™ consultants and project management experts. The joint venture, Global Technology BPS (Pty) Ltd, was the first SAP™ Application Service Provider (ASP) partner in South Africa.  The joint venture came to an end in 2000 but to retain brand value the owners of PER Consulting changed the name of the company to Business Process Support or BPS.

Kagiso Integrated Services (KIS)

KIS is a division of Kagiso Property Holdings (KPH) which forms part of the Kagiso Trust Investment Company (KTI). 

KTI was formed in 1993 with twin objectives:

• To provide sustainable means of financial support for its controlling shareholder, Kagiso Trust;
• To achieve economic empowerment through an active operational involvement in underlying investments.

KPH's aim is to become one of South Africa's leading broad-based property companies bringing its comprehensive skills to bear on the opportunities associated with the empowerment and economic restructuring of South Africa's property market, thereby unlocking value for its clients and shareholders.

FLEXISPACE is aimed at organizations that require working space rather than office accommodation. The absence of the frills associated with a typical customer-centric office makes the solution substantially more appropriate and cost effective than the up-market ready-made temporary offices that are available in the market today.

FLEXISPACE offers companies temporary working space to meet accommodation requirements related to longer-term projects in professional e-business enabled, furnished and equipped offices.  By introducing temporary working space enterprises now have a replacement product for floating space as the solution to peaks in the capacity curve.

The benefits from using FLEXISPACE include:

-    A high quality, cost-effective solution for office accommodation

-    Provides leading-edge sophisticated technology

-    Short lease period

-    Quick to set up

-    Hot-desking support

FLEXISPACE @ the Hub is located a stone's throw away from the CSIR in the east of Pretoria at The Innovation Hub, the first internationally accredited Science Park in Africa and currently one of the most sought-after locations in Gauteng.  The Innovation Hub is a Blue IQ initiative that strives to promote the development and growth of innovation in South Africa.   This facility prides itself on superb architecture, world-class infrastructure, outstanding business support facilities, a secure environment and excellent lifestyle amenities.  It is situated in an environment that supports dynamic social interaction and the cross-fertilisation and exploration of new ideas. 

FLEXISPACE offers subscribers the opportunity to become part of this knowledge intensive community by providing full access to the following value-added services offered by The Innovation Hub:

-    integrated, state-of-the-art, fully convergent VOiP communications systems, a  fibre-optic data backbone and Internet connectivity

-    membership to a knowledge intensive network

-    appropriate convenience, retail and catering amenities

-    on-site access to University of Pretoria information services

For Property managers

FLEXISPACE @ the Hub can be used as temporary offices when daily business operations are influenced by renovations done to current offices, when having to wait for new offices to be leased or being built to be completed, for project teams requiring extra office space, as well as for cost-effectively housing overseas visitors and teams requiring office space.

For Property brokers

FLEXISPACE @ the Hub can serve as a solution for all your leads requiring short and medium term leases and/or smaller office spaces.  It also serves as an additional way of earning commission, without having to do massive amounts of administrative work.

For Project managers

FLEXISPACE @ the Hub is the complete high performance, cost-effective solution for any project manager in charge of capacity planning for projects large and small.  The workstations are available in a short lead time and offers working space rather than plush offices with costly wasted space.  Unnecessary capital outlay and staff costs are also eliminated.

For Owners/directors of SMMEs

FLEXISPACE @ the Hub is the ideal way to cost effectively improve your company’s image.  All office management services are provided, thereby eliminating the need to employ extra staff to fulfil non-profitable duties.  Full office infrastructure, data and telecoms services are provided and therefore no sunk costs associated with setting up new offices are necessary.  The flexibility of the design also allows for fast growth of your company.

For Media

FLEXISPACE @ the Hub combines all the latest trends in office space in a neatly packaged, cost effective solution.  This revolution in office space is the first of its kind in Pretoria and is capable of providing support and infrastructure for large projects such as Gautrain and projects involved with the Soccer World Cup 2010.

For information, prices and a view of the facilities visit http://www.flexispace.co.za/