Space age

SPACE Solutions, a corporate interior design firm headquartered in Aberdeen, has reported a 22% increase in contracts so far this year as companies choose to modernise their existing offices rather than relocate during the credit crunch.

Despite ongoing problems in the commercial property market, Space Solutions says its business is booming as firms particularly in the Central Belt look to improve their existing facilities instead of moving elsewhere.

Space Solutions director Derek Binnie said: "The credit crunch has created a general air of gloom around the property market, so people are often surprised to hear that, as a business whose entire currency is property, we are actually doing very well at the moment."