Regus, the global workspace provider, has opened a drop-in business lounge and meeting rooms at Broughton Shopping Park, in Chester, catering for local retailers and mobile workers who want to combine work, family life and leisure.
The new Regus Express business lounge at Broughton offers a convenient professional workspace with secure Wi-Fi, meeting rooms, co-working spaces, private workstations (called ‘Thinkpods’) and complimentary refreshments. People can use the space to work all day, or just touchdown for half an hour to print a document or meet a colleague.
The meeting rooms, which can be booked by the hour, are expected to be heavily used by the many retailers based at Broughton as a convenient and cost-effective location for team and management meetings.
The launch at Broughton extends the roll-out of Regus ‘third places’ around the UK, which bridge the gap between the traditional office and home-working.
They offer workers the convenience of an on-demand workplace closer to home than the old-fashioned, fixed office, with a better atmosphere and facilities than home or coffee shops.
The fast-growing Regus Express network around Britain already includes motorway service stations and branches of Staples, the office supplies retailer. Regus is also in discussion with retailers, transport operators, train operators and hotel chains to help make work more convenient.
Colin Gilligan, Centre Manager for Broughton Shopping Park, said: “We are delighted to welcome the Regus walk-in business lounge to Broughton. As an organisation we understand the importance of listening and responding to customers’ changing wants and needs. So we are confident that the new offer from Regus will cater well for those looking for a professional, convenient on-the-go office environment.”
Phil Kemp, Head of Thirdplace at Regus, added: “Regus Express is all about making it possible to work anywhere. Two in five workers in the UK now conduct business away from their main office for at least half the week; facilities like Regus Express make it easier for them to access the right facilities and do their jobs effectively.”
The partnership between British Land (which co-owns and manages Broughton Shopping Park) and Regus is the first of its kind with a retail landlord. One site is currently open at Meadowhall in Sheffield and two more will open soon at Drake Circus in Plymouth and Fort Kinnaird Shopping Park in Edinburgh.
There are two ways to access Regus Express centres:
Pay-as-you-go access priced at £5 per hour or £10 per day.
Regus Businessworld membership at £35 per month, which provides drop-in access to the business lounges at each of Regus’ 300 UK locations including Regus Express.
