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1. $8.44 billion 75
Worldwide revenues Locations worldwide
Client Solution
“The great benefit of It’s hard to believe that Internet company Google uses Regus worldwide for convenience.
being with Regus is Google has only been around for 13 years but It provides everything needed to set up a
it’s so easy to expand in that time it’s grown phenomenally. business from scratch, with centres that are
They increased the size the same quality anywhere in the world. Regus
of our workspace by From a dotcom start-up in a friend’s garage is also highly flexible in helping businesses
giving us another room in 1998, the search engine giant – co-founded succeed by tailoring services to suit the client.
and taking down a by Larry Page and Sergey Brin – is now a
wall – doing everything household name, with offices in 75 locations The Portugal sales team was already in a
over a weekend. Every worldwide and revenues of $8.44 billion in Regus centre outside Lisbon when space
day they evolve their Q4 of 2010. became available in the city centre at Avenida
service as they learn da Liberdade where the team’s clients are
more about how we based. But the right location was only half
do things differently in
Challenge the solution.
Google.” Despite its size, Google retains a start-up
entrepreneurial approach to business. Its The team wanted the office custom-made to
Dr Paulo Barreto
employees, or Googlers, are encouraged to Google’s specification. Regus took down a wall
Country Manager
share ideas in informal working environments to incorporate the meeting room and opened
Google Portugal
that inspire innovation and are centrally located up space for a football table and massage chair
near public transport. – two common items in Google workspaces.
Any new office opening anywhere in the
world must be in the city centre and include Another Google policy is providing free food to
workspace that shares consistent and often Googlers. Without a restaurant on-site, Google
unusual elements – such as pool tables and set up an agreement with two restaurants
huddle areas. Google’s facilities management locally and asked Regus to take care of the
strategy is also to outsource all its workspaces administration, checking the bills and
until they are outgrown and need their paying them.
own office.
Google in Portugal also created a special
So when Google’s local sales office in Portugal website about the company that Regus staff
had to relocate, its team needed workspace access to reply to external requests
that met this unique corporate policy. for information.
As Regus learns about Google’s unique work-
style, it has evolved its service to suit – meeting
the client’s aim of creating comfortable,
consistent workspaces where ideas flourish
and can flex as the team grows.
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