Management at workplace consultants and commercial office fit out specialists Blueprint Interiors say a strong order book and good sales pipeline means that it is bucking the industry trend, leading it to search for four new people.
The firm, which is based in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, and serves the Midlands region, said despite the temporary pause in projects caused by Covid-19, it is still projecting year end revenue to reach £5 million as planned.
Chairman founder Rob Day said: “We are looking to recruit four new people because we are confident in our strategic approach and confident our message will resonate with office owners who are now facing up to the realities of how offices of the future will need to be re-designed to adapt to demand and new ways of working.”
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The positions that Blueprint Interiors is advertising include a head of delivery, a CAD technician, a senior business development professional and a bid manager.
Mr Day said: “The strength of our pipeline means we need a head of delivery to be responsible for ensuring our contracts run smoothly and deliver the required profitability.
“These increased outputs will mean that extra capacity is required in the design team. In addition, to ensure we stay on track to achieve next years’ target, we are making further investment in marketing by recruiting a business development professional with experience of consultative selling and a bid manager to ensure our marketing effort results in converted proposals.”
The new additions will follow the recent appointment of Mike McKeown as client services director. Mike is an experienced workplace design professional and was part of the team behind Paragon Interiors during its successful growth period.
Mr McKeown said: “Over the coming months there will be very few company board agendas that won’t have office space as a discussion item.
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“After staff, workspace is the second biggest overhead, so directors will be thinking critically about the actual amount of space they now need and how their employees can be provided with agile working options that both increase productivity and create a happy and motivated workplace.
“Whilst the size of office space may reduce, we anticipate there to be a huge demand for workplace consultancy to ensure space is designed for the hybrid ways in which people will be using it.”
Mr Day, who founded Blueprint Interiors 19 years ago, said: “The pace of change in office design is now accelerating as the Government and businesses become more desperate to get the economy moving by getting people back in to workplace.
“The important factor is that the phrase ‘new normal’ is defeated because this never will, and never should, mean people coming back to work wearing face masks or having to erect screens or alter desks in order to social distance.
“When refunctioning the workplace of the future, it should mean providing spaces that represent the needs of the people using them and enables them to work at their best and in their preferred style.”