The Office Group

The Office Group
Industry Shared Office Spaces and Business Support Services
Headquarters London, United Kingdom
Number of locations
 London, Bristol and Leeds
Key people
 Olly Olsen, Co-CEO
Charlie Green, Co-CEO
Products Serviced offices, Virtual Offices, Coworking, Business Lounges, Meeting Rooms

The Office Group is a provider of offices, meeting rooms and coworking spaces, with 31 spaces across London,[1] as well as locations in Bristol[2] and Leeds.[3]

Co-CEOs Olly Olsen and Charlie Green 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. In June 2017 Blackstone (a global leader in Real Estate investing) acquired a majority interest in the business, beginning a new era for TOG.

Workspace locations

The Office Group has 44 buildings, of which 33 are open, and 31 are located in London, plus Bristol, Leeds and Frankfurt. 7 Buildings are currently in development. 17 Buildings have also co-working spaces.

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. [4]. In June 2017 Blackstone (a global leader in Real Estate investing) acquired a majority interest in the business, beginning a new era for TOG. [5].

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 railway stations throughout the UK’s major cities. This was an extension of a pilot office space launched at London Paddington station in 2012.[6]

Awards

The Office Group featured in The Sunday Times Fast Track 100 companies list in December 2016.[7] The Office Group's Henry Wood House building was named one of Lifehacker’s Top 10 Coworking Spaces in the UK in January 2015.[8] The Office Group won the Co Working Provider of the Year award at The Norwood Property Lunch in June 2015.[9] Its Kings Cross building was shortlisted in the SBID International Design Excellence Awards 2014[10] and its Henry Wood House building was shortlisted in the Office Interiors category at the New London Awards.[11] It was also named as one of The Sunday Times Best 100 Small Companies to work for in 2014.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Taylor, Chloe (6 July 2015). "The Office Group opens 20th coworking space in London". Tech City News. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  2. ↑ Goodman, Matthew (5 September 2010). "Office swoop by Travelex founder". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Giles Newman (2014). CoStar Agency Awards (PDF) (Report). CoStar. p. 7. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  4. ↑ Goodman, Matthew (5 September 2010). "Office swoop by Travelex founder". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  5. ↑ Nimmo, Jamie (19 June 2017). "The Office Group sale". The Evening Standard. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  6. ↑ Dunsby, Megan (7 April 2014). "Network Rail launches flexible workspace offering The Station Office Network". Startups.co.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  7. ↑ TWK. "League table - Fast Track". Fast Track. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
  8. ↑ "Top 10 Coworking Spaces in the UK". Lifehacker. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "Norwood Property Lunch". Norwood. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  10. ↑ "SBID International Design Awards Finalists". SBID. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  11. ↑ "New London Awards 2015 shortlist announced". New London Architecture. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  12. ↑ "The Office Group". Best Companies. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
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