"This is a serious place to do business."

The Office Group was set up in 2003 and they now have 11 centres, 10 of which are in London and 1 in Bristol.

Olly tells us “Each of our centres is designed with the location and the client in mind. We have everything from tattoo artists in Shoreditch to Financial Consultants in the City and each space is designed to meet their needs”. 

It is attention to detail and a deep understanding of the needs of business (whatever the business) that means The Office Group now have a turnover in excess of £17 million.

They are also always looking to innovate, hence the recent launch of their co working, shared space concept, The Club.

The first location for the Club is at Warnford Court in the City. They’ve entered into a joint venture with Network Rail to open up five more Club centres at major train stations in London, starting with Paddington in Summer 2012. Network Rail want to increase dwell time at stations and having drop-in workstations helps them to achieve that.

“These are serious places to do work, it’s not a coffee shop for a bit of downtime” says Olly “but they’re also places where people can be social and interact with one another. If they want to”.

From £35 a month Club locations offer laptop anchor points, privacy for confidential calls, lockers to store valuables, free printing and scanning, superfast broadband, showers and even an apartment if you need to stay over.  

Membership of the Club will include access to all Club locations across London.

Olly sums it up ‘They’re perfect for the business person who doesn’t need a permanent, fixed location. Who has a few hours or a few days in London a week and who doesn’t want to try to get their work done in a noisy coffee shop. The Club provides an environment which is flexible enough to allow people to carry out their business how and when they want to’.

The Club would also provide the ideal drop-in work space for employees who travel a lot and need a quiet place to work en route.