Location and the right space are everything when looking for a restauran space to lease in Aspen, CO

by

Ruth Kruger

When looking for a commercial restaurant space to lease in Aspen you need to work with a realtor who has a long standing relationship with the town, with the owners of the buildings you will be looking to lease in and with the community itself and the patterns of business that have gone on in town.

In a small town the size of Aspen where the downtown core is only a few blocks long and a few more deep you might not think the exact location of a restaurant is that vital, after all everything in town is within walking distance, but this is not the case. As intimate as the lovely hamlet of Aspen can be locals tend to congregate in the same popular locations and getting a location even a couple blocks off the beaten path can make a huge impact in the amount of traffic your restaurant receives.

If you are able to get a spot on or near the famous Restaurant Row on Hopkins street the chances of success for your new restaurant have just gone up dramatically. Some restaurants on this street have lasted for 20 years or more, while the new additions all seem to be doing well and showing no signs of letting up. While it is hard to get a location here a few businesses that are not of the restaurant nature are looking to move to a less sought after local which does allow for some openings, but these spaces may never even go vacant before being leased which is why you need a real estate agent who is in the know and has the confidence of the property owners in town, so you can get the head start on getting a highly coveted lease in Aspen.

Restaurant Row is not the only ideal place for a restaurant, Hyman Ave. is home to one of Aspen s longest standing restaurants, La Hostaria is an Italian eatery that has been going strong for a very long time and is home to one the most happening bar menus in town. Hyman Ave is also home to last years new comer of the year in the restaurant scene Fin-bars a is an Irish Pub done Aspen style and has filled a space that town desperately needed with a low key atmosphere and hearty but excellent food at an affordable price.

Finding the right space for a new restaurant is not just about location but the feel of the space is crucial for success. A hidden gem that recently has made a name for itself with a cozy old world atmosphere is The CreperieDu Village, the interior is so well done you feel as if you have just stepped back in time to a European eatery that has been in business for over a hundred years. While design is key the space itself lent itself to creating the feel.

So if you are ready to full fill that dream of being a small business owner in Aspen and are looking for the best space to lease for your hot restaurant concept make sure you work with a realtor who has experience matching people with great locations and you will be one your way to success.

Kruger and Company, directed by Ruth Kruger has been in

commercial real estate

in Aspen, Colorado for almost twenty years. Their experience includes Aspen infill development analysis, asset management, evaluation, marketing, disposition and purchase, retail and office leasing, property management, redevelopment and historic renovation.

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By Steven Coleman

The challenges of ensuring expatriates are paid fair salaries across different countries, in the current economic climate, of the credit crisis together with rapid currency and inflation fluctuations are increasingly complex.

The current economic climate has made it necessary to constantly review expatriate salaries. Rapidly fluctuating exchange rates and inflation can increase or decrease the amount of salary paid, and significantly impact purchasing power both positively and negatively in a very short period of time. The approach many organizations have taken is to convert a spendable percentage (typically 60%) of the expatriate’s salary into the host country currency on a monthly basis and to provide non-cash benefits such as accommodation, transport, education of children etc. This can result in employers paying too much or too little salary in these volatile times.

Too Much: The expatriate experiences short-term upside, as a result of a change in the exchange rate. A fall in the value of the host country currency against the home country currency, without an increase in the prices of goods and services in the host country, results in the expatriate having increased purchasing power. It may appear for a while that all is well. The expatriate has an unexpected windfall. A wise expatriate will save this windfall knowing that the situation will not be permanent. Either the exchange rate will adjust back to where it was or prices and inflation will begin to increase until economic equilibrium is achieved. The reality is, that in the short-term the employer will be faced with increased overall salary costs, and will eventually have to deal with disappointed expatriates when the trend inevitably reverses itself and their purchasing power drops again to realistic levels.

Too Little: The expatriate experiences short-term downside as a result of a change in the exchange rate. An increase in the value of the host country currency against the home country currency, without a decrease in the prices of goods and services in the host country, results in the expatriate having reduced purchasing power. This is when the employer faces complaints from expatriates unable to make ends meet. Prices of goods and services have remained the same in the host country but as a result of the change in the exchange rate, the expatriate receives less salary in local currency. In the long term either the exchange rate will adjust back to where it was, or prices and inflation will begin to decrease until economic equilibrium is achieved. The reality is that in the short-term the employer will be faced with decreased overall salary costs and will have to deal quickly with unhappy expatriates.

Clearly the approach on converting a portion of the salary into host country currency on a monthly basis does not work any more.

The expatriate compensation questions that employers must consider:

-What amount of salary will ensure that the expatriate will have the same purchasing power overseas as they have at home?

-What process / tool will be used to ensure the salary retains its purchasing power when inflation and exchange rates change?

New Approach: The ideal approach is for the employer to decide on a process / tool that establishes and maintains the expatriate’s salary purchasing power. The Salary Purchasing Power Parity (SPPP) approach is one such approach and involves the following steps:

-Committed Salary: Decide what amount / portion of the current salary (in home currency) will remain in the home country to meet committed expenses such as mortgage commitments, retirement funding, savings etc.

-Home Gross Spendable Salary: Establish what amount / portion of the current salary (in home currency) is spent in maintaining the expatriates current standard of living / lifestyle. What will the expatriate need to spend their salary on in the host country? For example will accommodation be provided or will the expatriate pay rent, will healthcare be provided etc.

-Home Net Spendable Salary: Establish the net spendable salary by deducting the amount of tax, social contributions and any other statutory deductions applicable in the home country to the Home Gross Spendable Salary.

-Host Net Spendable Salary: Use the established amount of Home Net Spendable Salary in home currency, to calculate the amount of Host Net Spendable Salary required in the host country, in order for the expatriate to have the same amount of purchasing power as they have in their home country. The calculation comprises 4 factors:

1) The difference in the cost of living index for the same basket of goods and services between the home and host country applicable for the spendable salary.

2) The difference in hardship that the expatriate and their family are likely to experience.

3) The exchange rate between the home and host country.

4) The Net Spendable Salary

-Host Gross Salary: The Host Net Spendable Salary is ‘grossed up’ by the amount of tax, social contributions and any other statutory deductions applicable in the host country, to establish the host gross salary that will provide the expatriate with the same standard of living as they had in their home country.

The Host Gross Salary is established in local host currency. As a result it is no longer subject to changes in the exchange rate. Over time the salary may be eroded by local inflation which will be reflected in the cost of living indexes. It is recommended that the Host Gross Salary be reviewed on a quarterly basis, to monitor the impact of any change in cost of living and the exchange rate.

About the Author: Steven Coleman runs Xpatulator.com an internet service that provides free cost of living and hardship information for 276 global locations to registered users. The premium content calculators allow you to customise your own cost of living index by choosing your own basket groups and includes a COLA calculator. Follow Steven on twitter steveninseattle.

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Complete Review of the Fairway Barnsley UK

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Bedbooker

The Fairway Barnsley is one of the best hotels in Barnsley (UK) designed for both leisure and business travel. The hotel offers 38 modern bedrooms all beautifully furnished to provide you with a perfect blend of luxury and comfort. This article highlights a complete review of the Fairway Barnsley (UK) including the best points of all facilities available at The Fairway Barnsley in addition to the types of rooms available, check in and checkout times, nearby activities & points of interest, driving directions and the best online booking option.

General, Leisure, Sports & Recreation Facilities:

24 Hour Reception

Restaurant

Bar

Lift

Express Check In/Out

Gardens

Disabled Facilities

Air-Conditioning to Public Areas

Meeting/Conference Facilities

Banqueting Suite

FREE Parking

Children\’s Play Facilities

Golf Course (Within 1 KM)

Free Wi-Fi

ATM Cash machine

Fax/Photocopying Services

Types of Rooms:

Single Rooms

Double Rooms

Twin Rooms

Executive / Bridal Suite

Family Rooms

Check In/Out Times:

Check In/Out times at The Fairway Barnsley are 1400Hrs – 1200Hrs respectively.

Nearby Activities & Points of Interest

Activities & Points of Interest (2.0 – 5.0 Kilometers)

Barnsley – 3.7 Kilometers

Barnsley Rail Station – 4.0 Kilometers

Barnsley Metrodome – 4.4 Kilometers

Oakwell Football Stadium – 4.5 Kilometers

Activities & Points of Interest (5.0+ Kilometers)

Tankersley – 6.8 Kilometers

Ardsley – 7.5 Kilometers

Denby Dale – 8.3 Kilometers

Ingbirchworth – 8.3 Kilometers

Chapeltown – 10 Kilometers

National Coal Mining Museum – 12 Kilometers

Sheffield City Airport (SZD) – 20 Kilometers

Doncaster Robin Hood Airport (DSA) – 36 Kilometers

Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) – 37 Kilometers

Manchester Intl. Airport (MAN) – 53 Kilometers

Hull Humberside Airport (HUY) – 79 Kilometers

Driving Directions for the Fairway Barnsley:

From the North or South:

The Fairway Hotel, Barnsley is 1 mile from the M1, junction 37, where drivers should take the Manchester Rd (A628). The hotel is on the 4th Roundabout from the M1 located within The Fairway Pub.

From Manchester or the North-West:

Head over the Woodhead Pass on the A628 until you go through Silkstone village. 1 mile after leaving the village turn, left at the roundabout, the hotel is located within The Fairway Pub.

From the East & West:

Take the M62 to the M1 then head south and take junction 37. Follow signs towards Manchester (A628), we are 1 mile from the M1, and the hotel is on the 4th Roundabout from the M1 located within The Fairway Pub.

Best Online Booking Option for the Fairway Barnsley (UK)

Bedbooker.com is the best online hotel booking Option for the Fairway Barnsley (UK) for 2 reasons:

Reason#1

It offers you the facility to Book The Fairway Barnsley (UK) online at a discounted price.

Reason#2

It is the first online hotel booking website in the UK that offers CASHBACK with all bookings you make on the site. http://www.bedbooker.com/hotel-detail/The-Fairway

Bedbooker.com provides simple online hotel bookings Reservations & services for the leisure & business traveller. Find complete review of hotel

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By Ed Sykes

Providing outstanding customer service is one of the most rewarding yet challenging activities within your organization. Exceptional organizations that provide outstanding customer service will experience the following benefits:

* Increased customer satisfaction

* Increased revenues * Increased repeat and referral customer traffic * Less employee turnover * Increased profits

So how do we support and motivate our customer service team to give outstanding customer service? The following are five secrets to motivate your customer service team to give exceptional customer service to your customers:

1. Provide Ongoing Learning – It’s important that you not only provide training on organizational policies and technology, but also how to handle customers. Create an ongoing system for training and feedback. Request continuous feedback and have the ‘courage to listen’ to your customer service team’s responses. Your customer service team members, because they are on the frontline, can provide you with excellent information on how to service your customer. Market conditions are changing all the time and the one piece of information your customer service team can share with you can make the difference between success and failure. After receiving the information from your customer service rep, if necessary, provide the training to your customer service team so that they can provide outstanding customer service.

2. Adjust the Attitude – Constantly work on your own attitude and your team’s attitude to providing outstanding customer service. As a customer service leader, always be aware of the tone you set and how your customer service team will be motivated by your attitude. If you are upbeat, your team will follow the lead and provide outstanding customer service. If you have a negative attitude, your customer service team will follow your lead and communicate this negative attitude to the customers they serve.

Work with your customer service team members to create a positive attitude in the following ways:

* Look at every customer service experience as a learning experience that is preparing them for future opportunities.

* Put your team in the customer’s shoes to understand the customer’s ‘pain’ and create empathy for outstanding customer service solutions

* Have your customer service team take on the persona of a positive individual they admire to help them through a difficult customer service situation.

* Create ‘positive triggers’ to remind your customer service team why it is important to give outstanding service. Your trigger could be as simple as a family picture or a picture of an item (new car, home, etc.) that is important to you.

3. Give Incentives – Motivate your customer service team by giving incentives based on meeting your organization’s mission, goals, and values. Be timely, fair, and public with your incentives. Also, when putting together an incentive program, ask your customer service team what they would like as incentives. Many times organizations will invest thousands of dollars on incentives which are not the ones their customer service team wants. Just ask!

4. Show Appreciation – Appreciate to motivate your customer service team as much as possible. Remember, many times they are facing very challenging customer service situations everyday. Keep them motivated by sharing your appreciation in a timely, sincere, fair, and encouraging way. For more detail on this, go to my article, Appreciate to Motivate, on my website. By consistently showing appreciation, you will motivate your customer service team to excel when it is most difficult for them to do so.

5. Support Outstanding Customer Service – Support and motivate your customer service team in a number of ways. You can support and motivate your customer service team by making sure the technology supports them and the customers. For example, I recently called my internet broadband company about a mistake on a bill. The automated system disconnected my call five times before I finally spoke with a customer service representative; and I told him that he must experience many upset customers if they experience the same. The customer service representative agreed and said it made his job very difficult.

Support your customer service team by ‘cheer leading’ their concerns to upper management. Champion their concerns to upper management and let your customer service team know the progress of each concern.

Support and motivate your customer service team by keeping standards high for customer service. When your organization is facing challenging times, it is very tempting to lower standards. That’s the last action you should take. By lowering standards, you decrease customer satisfaction, increase customer service turnover, and muddy your organization’s name in the marketplace.

Apply these customer service motivation secrets with your customer service team and you will have highly motivated customer service teams and happy customers, and your organization’s bottom line will increase.

About the Author: Ed Sykes is a highly sought after expert, author, professional speaker, and success coach in the areas of customer service, leadership, motivation, presentation skills,and team building. You can e-mail him at mailto:esykes@thesykesgrp.com, call him at (757) 427-7032, or go to thesykesgrp.com.

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