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You may feel that the City of London is awash with meeting rooms but beware all is not what it seems, no sharks but definitely shabby practises!

Full service or no service? There are a mass of venues who whilst perhaps providing the illusion of service is fact offer no service at all. Many of the serviced office providers fall into this category, the likes of Regus London or Leo. On the service side you find the likes of Crown Plaza London or maybe Grange Hotels, not forgetting the multi award winning America Sq.

What’s service: In this fast moving world any service can be bought in ! The key questions are; a) is it included b) is it on site c) is it dedicated to you ? Many many hotels offer a mass of services; however, you may find yourself sharing the resource with others. This applies particularly to human resource; hotels tend to have a high staff turnover + suffer from chronic undersaffing! Examples might include the Grange St Pauls, or the Andaz Liverpool Street. It’s here that purpose built conference venues tend to shine, i.e. Cavendish venues winners of the best venue customer service for 4 years in a row.

Location: Key to the success of any event. Confusion steps in when there is a lack of clarity as to what is the City of London. For the sake off an easy life, I have listed below those postcodes which fall in the city and those underground and mainline stations.

WC1 EC2 WC2 EC1a EC1b EC1c EC1d EC1e EC1f EC1g EC1h EC1I EC1j EC2o EC2p EC2q EC2r EC2s EC2t EC2u EC2v EC2w EC2x EC2y EC2z

Barbican Station, Moorgate, Liverpool Street, Fenchurch Street, Aldgate Street, East Aldgate, Monument Station, Blackfriars Station, City Thameslink, Tower Gateway