by Deserae Kataro – MPS Staff Member of 13 Years For the 2011 holiday season, MPS Executive Suites held its Annual Holiday Celebration on Friday, December 9th. Karline and the MPS Team look forward to this event every year as a way of saying “thank you” to our clients, suppliers, colleagues and friends. Each year,… [Continue Reading]

- By Syntyche Smith, a recent addition to the MPS Team When I was interviewed for an administrative assistant position with MPS Executive Suites in March 2011, I spoke at length with the other staff members about the kind of working environment I could expect to encounter as a part of the MPS Team. Two… [Continue Reading]

- By Laura Kassama, MPS staff member since 2004 When Karline Mark-Eng, owner of MPS Executive Suites, stood up to give her speech at our company’s 30th anniversary celebration held on June 3rd, 2011, one of the first things she mentioned was the old saying, “It takes a village to raise a child.” She said,… [Continue Reading]

Friday, June 3rd, 2011 3:30pm – 7:00pm MPS EXECUTIVE SUITES #720 – 999 West Broadway, Vancouver Please join us for a fun-filled event to celebrate 30 years in business! Read our story!   Please RSVP in person, by phone at 604-732-3877, or by email to: offices@officespacevancouver.com   Everyone in attendance will have their name entered… [Continue Reading]

30 years ago an aspiring businesswoman in a male dominated world started a phone answering and typing service, naming her company “My Private Secretary”.  For short, it went by the name MPS. In its first decade, the company moved twice, expanded into shared office rentals and changed ownership to its present owner, Karline Mark-Eng, one… [Continue Reading]

Clients and friends of MPS Executive Suites enjoyed a festive time in the office with seasonal gourmet treats, elegant refreshments and bounds of warmth getting to know new faces and seeing old friends again. It was our way of saying thank you to our friends, clients and colleagues for yet another year of great success… [Continue Reading]

Starting a business can be tough, and a lot of decisions need to be made up front.  An organized business owner will have made a plan, and that plan will have included a marketing strategy with a company image in mind.  While nearly everyone strives for the best image possible, the reality is that business… [Continue Reading]

The appeal of the virtual office is gaining a foothold in many major organizations.  Traditionally thought of as being only for the ‘infant’ business, today the benefits of going virtual are being realized and acted upon by companies such as Accenture. The switch from a brick and mortar office setting to a virtual one, however,… [Continue Reading]

In the movie, ‘Up in the Air’, we see George Clooney having a hard time when a younger coworker tries to bring advanced technology into the work place – video conferencing.  While advanced technology is great in the business world, the trouble that poor George had was convincing his boss that it was not okay… [Continue Reading]

The term “hot off the press” now has a new meaning to office tenants at MPS Executive Suites.  Literally.  With the arrival of the new all-in-one copier-scanner-printer machine, paper is shooting out at 28 pages per minute with professional quality print imaging ‘inked’ all over it.  A one-off print of a photo, brochure or even… [Continue Reading]