The Office Group
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| Industry | Shared Office Spaces and Business Support Services |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
Number of locations | London, Bristol and Leeds |
Key people |
Lloyd Dorfman CBE, Chairman Olly Olsen, Co-CEO Charlie Green, Co-CEO |
| Products | Serviced offices, Virtual Offices, Coworking, Business Lounges, Meeting Rooms |
| Website |
www |
The Office Group is a leading provider of design-led and flexible offices, meeting rooms and coworking spaces for start-ups, small businesses as well as larger, more established businesses, with 31 spaces across London,[1] as well as locations in Bristol[2] and Leeds.[3]
Co-CEOs Charlie Green and Olly Olsen co-founded The Office Group with their first building in 2003. In September 2010 – when there were a total of seven buildings in the portfolio – entrepreneur Lloyd Dorfman funded the management buyout of the previous private equity shareholders and became the majority shareholder and the company’s Chairmans.
Workspace locations
The Office Group’s workspaces include:
- Bank, Warnford Court
- Bond Street, Stratford Place
- Bond Street, 91 Wimpole Street
- Borough, 201 Borough High Street
- Bristol, St Nicholas House
- The City, Lloyd's Avenue
- Euston, The Euston Office
- Farringdon, Kirby Street
- Great Portland Street, The Smith's Building
- Holborn, The Bloomsbury Building
- Islington, Angel Square
- King’s Cross Station, East Side
- King’s Cross, The Gridiron Building
- King’s Cross, The Stanley Building
- Leeds Station, 1 Aire Street
- Liverpool Street, 50 Liverpool Street
- London Bridge, The Shard
- Marylebone Station, Melcombe Place
- Marylebone, 22 Manchester Square
- Mayfair, Green Park House
- Oxford Circus, Henry Wood House
- Old Street, Albert House
- Old Street, White Collar Factory
- Paddington Station, 19 Eastbourne Terrace
- Paddington, 20 Eastbourne Terrace
- Shoreditch, Black & White Building
- Shoreditch, 81 Rivington Street
- The City, Lloyd’s Avenue
- Tottenham Court Road, 2 Stephen Street
- Whitechapel, 133 Whitechapel High Street
- Victoria Station, 1 Hudson Place
Services
The Office Group provides flexible offices and meeting rooms, as well as drop-in lounges, co-working spaces and virtual offices.[4] The company has a calendar of events to facilitate networking amongst members.[5]
Management and ownership
The Office Group was founded by Co-CEOs Olly Olsen and Charlie Green in 2003. In 2010, Lloyd Dorfman, the founder of Travelex, bought the company from Bridges Ventures, combining it with his vehicle Esselco and becoming Chairman of the combined group.[6]
Network Rail
In 2014, Network Rail and The Office Group announced they would open three drop-in workspaces in London King’s Cross railway station, Liverpool Street station and Leeds railway station as part of a joint venture called The Station Office Network, an initiative to provide mobile offices in train stations throughout the UK’s major cities. This was an extension of a pilot office space launched at London Paddington station in 2012.[7]
Awards
The Office Group featured in The Sunday Times Fast Track 100 companies list in December 2016.[8] The Office Group's Henry Wood House building was named one of Lifehacker’s Top 10 Coworking Spaces in the UK in January 2015.[9] The Office Group won the Co Working Provider of the Year award at The Norwood Property Lunch in June 2015.[10] Its Kings Cross building was shortlisted in the SBID International Design Excellence Awards 2014[11] and its Henry Wood House building was shortlisted in the Office Interiors category at the New London Awards.[12] It was also named as one of The Sunday Times Best 100 Small Companies to work for in 2014.[13]
References
- ↑ Taylor, Chloe (6 July 2015). "The Office Group opens 20th coworking space in London". Tech City News. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ Goodman, Matthew (5 September 2010). "Office swoop by Travelex founder". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ Giles Newman (2014). CoStar Agency Awards (PDF) (Report). CoStar. p. 7. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ "Virtual Offices". The Office Group. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ↑ "Calendar". The Office Group. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ↑ Goodman, Matthew (5 September 2010). "Office swoop by Travelex founder". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ Dunsby, Megan (7 April 2014). "Network Rail launches flexible workspace offering The Station Office Network". Startups.co.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ TWK. "League table - Fast Track". Fast Track. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
- ↑ "Top 10 Coworking Spaces in the UK". Lifehacker. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ↑ "Norwood Property Lunch". Norwood. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ↑ "SBID International Design Awards Finalists". SBID. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ↑ "New London Awards 2015 shortlist announced". New London Architecture. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ↑ "The Office Group". Best Companies. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
