REGUS WINS LARGEST-EVER OUTSOURCING DEAL WORTH £23.9 MILLION FROM
COMPAQ
With the growing trend in the global office outsourcing, Regus has
won its largest-ever single new business deal with the signing of a
contract worth £23.9 million with Compaq. The deal is for the
provision of long-term serviced accommodation for more than 450
people in the UK.
The deal covers the provision of serviced office space for Compaq
employees at Regus centres in Birmingham, Leatherhead and at London
Victoria. The new deal is in addition to outsourced accommodation
Regus already provides Compaq at Regus centres in the north of
England.
"Regus is the perfect flexibility tool for any forward-looking
business," comments
Rene Schuster, VP and chief executive officer of Compaq UK&I. "By
outsourcing our property requirements we gain improved flexibility,
while minimising our financial risk - both crucial elements in the
current financial climate. Regus also helped us identify our true
total occupancy cost over the life of the contract, which convinced
us of the cost-effectiveness of outsourced office space."
Mark Dixon, chief executive of Regus comments, "This deal puts Compaq
at the cutting edge of outsourced workspace management and is further
evidence that outsourced offices are becoming the accommodation of
choice for the world's leading companies. Compaq's key drivers in
outsourcing to Regus' were our ability to offer a total solution
right across the UK and the fact that we could provide them with a
substantial reduction in the total occupancy costs of running their
own offices.
"This trend in office outsourcing is set to increase worldwide, as
more and more companies examine their cost base and look for more
cost-effective solutions to their office accommodation requirements.
We now have a large portfolio of global clients, including Microsoft,
Fujitsu-Siemens and France Telecom, which recognise the common sense
solutions that we provide. They also appreciate the savings up to
78%** savings on total occupancy cost which we can offer them
compared with a traditional long term lease."
** Source CIPS Cost benefits of serviced offices report
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