Are you considering renting an office for your business – considering employing our virtual office solutions? The rise in popularity of the virtual office in recent years among organisations of all shapes and sizes would suggest this smart use of technology to run a business remotely will soon become as run-of-the-mill as machinery was after the Industrial Revolution. Recent research, found 60% of executives, predicted a decline in the need for fixed office space. They recognise the flexible working opportunities aswell as the massive savings to their companies. In essence, virtual office services such as Dublin Mail Drop provide businesses with a prestigious address in a central Dublin and real people to deal with telephone calls and mail and administration at a fraction of the cost of taking on their own physical office and staff. Consider that by employing Dublin Mail Drop’s services you could save thousands in office rental and the costs associated with office rental – rates, utilities, staff. Initially, it was thought the virtual office would appeal only to start-up businesses – small companies keen to project the right image to potential clients, while sole-operating from the back bedroom on a shoestring budget. At Dublin Mail Drop, the use of virtual office by this sector has grown by 25% per annum in the last three years. It is true that the services offered by virtual offices – made possible only by tremendous advances in technology over the last decade – are proving to be a godsend to thousands of entrepreneurs and small businesses in Ireland and internationally. It is not only small and young businesses that are using virtual office services. Dublin Mail Drop can name a host of major companies who have complemented their existing network of offices with virtual ones – including Qantas Airlines and Canon. Most commonly, multi-nationals will exploit virtual offices when they're looking to expand into a foreign market and want to test the waters before they commit to buying any real estate. Once they’re satisfied the market is good, they look into setting up a physical presence. As communications technologies improve further and business becomes even more mobile, the growth of virtual offices looks set to continue. To a greater or lesser extent, the virtual office is making sound commercial sense to all sizes of progressive organisation. Nothing like a fading fad, virtual offices will be in vogue from now on.