Designed for business travellers and mobile workers, the business lounge features a range of professional co-working spaces, private workstations called ThinkPods, mobile phone charging points, secure WiFi and cloud-based printing and copying facilities.
Feedback from the airport’s retailers, airlines and external businesses points to particularly high demand for the meeting rooms within the international hub airport, which are available in a range of sizes and are bookable by the hour.
Stephen Wilkinson, Heathrow’s Property Director said: “We are delighted to announce that Regus Express at Terminal 5 is open, offering retailers, businesses and mobile workers a professional environment for working or meeting.”
Phil Kemp, Global Managing Director of Regus Third Place commented: “This is the first Regus Express location at a UK airport, and we envisage it becoming a popular touch-down point and meeting venue for a wide variety of users, not just airport passengers.
“We are working with various partners to extend the Regus Express network so that people can work productively wherever they are, from train stations, motorway service areas and petrol stations to shopping centres and universities.”
There are two ways to access the Regus Express centre:
- Pay-as-you-go access priced at is £8 per hour /£40 per day
- Regus Businessworld Gold membership at £35 per month, which provides drop-in access to Regus’ UK network of business lounges including Regus Express.
Regus is the global workspace provider, with 300 business centres in the UK alone and a worldwide network across 104 countries.
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- The ‘big four’ motorway service area operators in the UK have each opened Regus Express locations in the last year. Roadchef has just announced plans to open a further 12.
- British Land has recently opened its first two Regus Express centres in shopping centres, with more to come.
- Other ‘Third Place’ deals signed by Regus include Staples in the UK; SNCF in France; the Dutch and Swiss railway networks and 70 Shell service station locations across Berlin.
Heathrow
- 202 of the UK’s top 300 company HQs are within a 25-mile radius of Heathrow. This compares to only seven around Stansted and two around the Thames Estuary.
- The Thames Valley has 60% more international businesses than the national UK average, 100% more US businesses and 260% more Japanese businesses.
- Passengers can fly to 75 destinations from Heathrow that aren’t served by any other UK airport.
About Regus
Regus is the global workplace provider.
Its network of more than 2,000 business centres in 104 countries provides convenient, high-quality, fully serviced spaces for people to work, whether for a few minutes or a few years. Companies like Google, Toshiba and GlaxoSmithKline choose Regus so that they can work flexibly and make their businesses more successful.
The key to flexible working is convenience and so Regus is opening wherever its 1.5million members want support – city centres, suburban districts, shopping centres and retail outlets, railway stations, motorway service stations and even community centres.
Founded in Brussels, Belgium, in 1989, Regus is based in Luxembourg and listed on the London Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit www.regus.com
