Transform your London office space just in time for party season!

Transform your London office space just in time for party season!

It’s got to that time of year again. There’s a buzz sweeping through the office, the women are comparing outfits and make-up, the men are boasting about who they managed to pull last year and the manager is trying to budget the cheapest possible venue and food without looking like a cheapskate. Yes, it’s the London office Christmas party.  

For some it’s the highlight on the working calendar, but for others it’s avoid-at-all-costs annual event. So make sure yours is not the latter by transforming your London office space!

The old scenario…

There’s a week to go and the office is getting gingerly decorated with recycled 70’s style cheap streamers and paper-chains that would be more fitting in an inner-city social club from the era. The sad looking tree in the corner is over dressed with a mish-mash of anorexic tinsel and faded ball -balls.

To top it off, your boss has taken to wearing novelty ties and marches jollily round the office demanding for everyone to “get into the spirit”. Your ‘secret Santa’ gift is another unimaginative Boots own 3 for 2 offer and you are dreading that under-the-mistletoe moment with the manager later.  

So what can you do?     

To avoid your London office space looking and feeling like any of the above start with thinking about the location. Is your office in a run-down area of London where people are afraid to leave their cars at night? If the answer is yes, you should start thinking about letting a more desirable property in London, somewhere you would be proud to hold a party!

Decorate, decorate, decorate! Throw out those old embarrassing decorations, the key is for your office space to match your branding; image is everything after all. Fake trees are a big no-no today, so invest in a real tree and go green by re-planting it so you can use it next year!

For gift ideas, think outside of the box, get everyone in the office to write down their three favourite things and then you can be more imaginative. If everyone in the London office is buying the same present, it doesn’t make for an exciting Christmas.

Novelty ties and jumpers are the cringe kitsch of Christmas. Instead, you could have a specific day where everyone in the office dresses up and really goes for it! You could turn the office space into a grotto just for the day, so that no other office time and space is wasted on Christmas. Then have the office party that evening before everyone breaks for Christmas.

If you’re not from London, why don’t you consider a rental of a property just for the evening? Bring your staff down to the ultimate party city to take your office Christmas party out of the office!

Unfortunately there is no trick for avoiding the under-the-mistletoe moment, unless you ban mistletoe from the office altogether! 

Just have some fun!