The Office Group

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The Office Group is a flexible workspace provider with 24 coworking spaces across London,[1] as well as locations in Bristol[2] and Leeds.[3]

Workspace locations

The Office Group’s workspaces include:

  • Angel Square, Islington
  • Tottenham Court Road
  • Borough High Street
  • Holborn
  • Paddington Station
  • Great Portland Street, The Smith's Building
  • Marylebone Station
  • Marylebone Manchester Square
  • Mayfair
  • Bond Street
  • Oxford Circus, Henry Wood House
  • King’s Cross, The Gridiron Building
  • King’s Cross Station
  • King’s Cross Central
  • Euston
  • Farringdon
  • Farringdon Kirby Street
  • Liverpool Street
  • Bank
  • The City, Lloyd’s Avenue
  • Shoreditch, Albert House
  • Shoreditch, Rivington Street
  • Shoreditch, Black & White Building
  • The Shard
  • Bristol
  • Leeds Station [4]

Services

The Office Group provides flexible offices and meeting rooms, as well as drop-in co-working spaces known as ClubRooms[5] and virtual offices.[6] The company has a calendar of events to facilitate networking amongst members.[7]

Management and ownership

The Office Group was founded by Co-CEOs Olly Olsen and Charlie Green in 2004. 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.[8]

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.[9]

Awards

The Office Group's Henry Wood House building was named one of Lifehacker’s Top 10 Coworking Spaces in the UK in January 2015.[10] The Office Group won the Co Working Provider of the Year award at The Norwood Property Lunch in June 2015.[11] Its Kings Cross building was shortlisted in the SBID International Design Excellence Awards 2014[12] and its Henry Wood House building was shortlisted in the Office Interiors category at the New London Awards.[13] It was also named as one of The Sunday Times Best 100 Small Companies to work for in 2014.[14]

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