February 2012
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Regus Android app: Now Available to Download
Back in July 2011 we were very excited to announce that we were developing an Android app. Now, we are extremly delighted to say that the Regus Android app is available to download now, and it joins our existing iPhone and BlackBerry apps.
Whether you are a road warrior or just simply looking for your nearest meeting room, the Regus app will help you keep productive and find a place to get down...
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Guest blog: What is leadership and why does it...
By Colin Nicklas, Development Director and Founder of Gameplans
So what is leadership and why is it so frightening to boardroom executives (and many others to be fair)? What is the difference between those closely linked areas of leadership and management and can one succeed without the other? I received an email recently that commented on the number of CEOs and senior managers that seem to be...
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The 5 best Android Apps for business travellers
1. Dropbox
How did we ever live without you? Just drop your most important documents into a folder on your computer (or your phone/tablet) and they’re backed up to the web, accessible from anywhere, and instantly shareable. Secure, effortless, inspirational.
2. Logmein ignition
The biggest problem with mobile working is the same thing as the greatest pleasure: there’s no routine. So...
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Tips on How to Have a Good Meeting
A good business meeting can generate new ideas, revenues, energy or goodwill. A bad one can leave you wanting an immediate change of job or career. So, how can we ensure a meeting achieves the former, not the latter?
Three elements: There are three parts to a meeting ‘before’ ‘during’ and ‘after’ People tend to focus on the ‘during’ part but...
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Regus' millionth customer
By Mark Dixon, Regus Founder and Chief Executive
Regus hit its millionth customer when startup Innovative Database Solutions (IDS) took a flexible workplace at The Point of Inverness business centre in Denver, USA. I’m delighted Regus has reached this key milestone in our journey to enable companies to work smarter and more productively. IDS is typical of the many small businesses that use us...
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New Regus white paper shows flexible working leads...
72% of global businesses say they believe their company is more productive directly as a result of flexible working practices,and 68% say that flexible working allows them and their staff to generate additional revenue, according to the 16,000 people who responded to the latest Regus Business Tracker Survey.
This is particularly true in emerging economies that appear to have made flexible working...
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Flexible working could save your relationship this...
You’ve booked the restaurant, tucked your tux into your briefcase, ordered the flowers, Valentine’s Day is all prepared… and then there’s rush hour traffic, and you try to take a shortcut, and you get stuck and the car breaks down. And you end up looking like this:
Or, you could beat the traffic, instead of your car. The trend towards flexible working means millions of...
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5 mind-blowing new stats about flexible working
Regus’ latest flexible working white paper reveals some huge new trends in the way the world works:
72% of global businesses report increased productivity as a direct result of flexible working practises
68% of firms said flexible work means staff generate more revenue
80% of company managers are expecting to see a surge in people going part-time
64% of workers are more energized and...
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Free Access to Regus Business Lounges on...
Regus is opening over 150 workspaces all over the UK to help you get home quickly for your Valentines romance!
Recent research revealed that one in ten UK office workers put in 11 hours every day and over two-fifths take work home to complete more than 3 times per week.
This will not be endear you to your beloved on Valentine’s night!
So why not cut the commute, stay productive and...
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"The most comprehensive resource for booking and...
The world’s largest travel marketplace has joined forces with the world’s biggest network of video-communications rooms.
Through the Regus network, Sabre Virtual Meetings will offer its 25 million business customers real-time access to more than 1,200 public video communications rooms in more than 550 cities. The system will allow users to view conference room availability in real-time, review...
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Beijing or Shanghai for Business? Why Tianjin says...
The Economic Observer reported this week that Tianjin’s year-on-year GDP growth is almost double that of Shanghai. While Shanghai’s GDP was 1.92 trillion yuan last year, an increase of 8.2% over 2010 (with a ) per capita GDP (of) $12,784 , Tianjin’s GDP has reached 1.12 trillion yuan in 2011, an increase of 16.4% over 2010 (while) the city’s GDP per capita exceeded 80,000 yuan...
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Guest Post: Four Steps for your business to Go...
Research in the first month of the New Year points to record levels of new businesses being created and high optimism amongst small business owners. Will this confidence convert into international trade and expansion? We hope so! Enterprise Nation founder, Emma Jones, offers four steps to going global in 2012 and announces a series of events with DHL and Regus that will help you along the way. ...
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4 things Dreamworks’ Madagascar can teach us about...
To celebrate the opening earlier this week of Regus’ first business centre in Madagascar, here are five lessons we learnt from Alex, Melman, Marty and the rest of the crew about the best ways to keep achieving when you’re far from home:
1.Ride the Wave
According to Regus’s Future of Work Report, 59% of companies worldwide offer flexible working to all their employees - and that...
Regus opens doors for business in Madagascar
Regus has consolidated its presence in Africa by opening a business centre in Madagascar - our 95th country.
The center will help businesses of all sizes access new revenues in East Africa whilst keeping down the costs of expansion.
The Madagascar opening is part of a rapid extension of Regus’s network in Africa and worldwide. In 2011 we announced we would grow our network by at least...
Regus clients finds peace in busy Kuala Lumpur
In the bustling, fast-paced financial centre of Kuala Lumpur, Regus clients could be seen catching their breath in the secluded and exclusive courtyard garden located in the middle of the 4 connected office blocks at Wisma SDB (Selangor Dredging). Located across from the Petronas Twin Towers on Jalan Ampang, the center is in the main business district of Kuala Lumpur, home to many leading...