About Us
We are an award-winning and active member of the Flexible Space Association and have to adhere to a Code of Conduct and ethical business practice.
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Our Ethos
We know how to deliver serviced office space fantastically, but when we launch new products we ensure that our offerings are the very best and at low cost to our clients. Our ethos always has and always will be about providing excellent value for money, and this is why we were the first in our industry to supply an ‘all-inclusive office product’ packaging both serviced office space and IT and Telecoms into one low monthly bill.
As part of our strategy of working closely with our clients, we have a dedicated client liaison team and a Director of Business Centres who are tasked with gathering feedback on where our centres are doing well and where we can improve. We also undertake regular formal feedback through our ‘Voice of the Client’ survey.
We strive to always offer leading technology and have spent millions over the years to ensure our clients and employees have the very best equipment and connectivity to help them stay ahead.
Our strategy of focusing on client and employee satisfaction seems to be working as we have won numerous awards including Flexible Space / Business Centre of the Year multiple times and UK Customer Experience Award, as well as appearing the Sunday Times ‘Best Small Companies to Work For‘ Top 100 for 7 consecutive years. We have also been recognised consistently over the last ten years by Investors in People, recently awarded their We Invest in People Gold Accreditation, and we’ve been recognised for four consecutive years as one of Property Week’s ‘Best Places to Work in Property‘.
We understand that working in our business centres is far more than just renting office space, that’s why we take every opportunity to create a thriving business community programme and network in our workspace, taking an active part in charity fund raising and offering free gym usage for all clients.
Sustainability & CSR
We place a great deal of emphasis on reducing our environmental impact and understand the importance of our CSR implementation. Our Green Group meet regularly to report and discuss how we can improve. View more on our green credentials.
Our Reviews
Figures correct at Oct 2020.
Our Timeline
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2024
Announced as the winner of the Chairman’s Cup at the City of London Corporation’s Clean City Awards.
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2023
Shortlisted for the Commercial Property Deal of the Year and Commercial Property Health and Wellbeing Initiative awards in the 2023 Property Awards.
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2022
Signs joint venture agreement with Straidorn Properties to manage flexible workspace offering at Belfast’s iconic Custom House. Announces ground-breaking tech package for Custom House, a first for the UK serviced offices sector. Commits to pursuing B-Corporation Certification.
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2021
Awarded Investors in People Gold Accreditation. Shortlisted for ‘Health & Wellbeing Initiative’ award by Property Week, and ‘Service Innovation’ award by Flexible Space Association for our response to COVID-19.
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2020
Grosvenor House, Southampton opens to BE.Spoke clients. Voted one of Property Week’s ‘Best Places to Work in Property’ for fourth consecutive year. BE.Spoke Managing Director, Jon Weinbrenn, shortlisted for Property Awards ‘Entrepreneur of the Year 2020’. Responds to COVID crisis by making all centres COVID-secure.
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2019
Acquires space in Adelaide Exchange, Belfast and completes BE.Spoke deal to provide workspace for a global brand and opens Headspace Belfast. Completes BE.Spoke deal to provide custom built space in Rathbone Place, London. Acquires space in Grosvenor House, Southampton to facilitate a BE.Spoke workspace and Headspace Southampton. Voted one of Property Week’s ‘Best Places to Work in Property’ for third consecutive year. Our Barbican centre picked up the award for Operator of the Year for 15+ locations at the Flexible Space Association awards dinner. BE also collected the Community Engagement Activity of the Year award for its work supporting Rays of Sunshine Children’s Charity.
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2018
Voted one of Property Week’s ‘Best Places to Work in Property’ for second consecutive year. Acquires an additional two floors totalling 8,900 sq ft at Evergreen House, Euston. Acquires new centre in Birmingham totalling 36,300 sq ft. BE.Spoke acquires 11,700 sq ft in Euston House, NW1 and 6,800 sq ft in Borough at Marshalsea House. Concludes £84m refinancing with HSBC.
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2017
Acquires coworking specialist Headspace Group (with 3 locations at 21 Hatton Garden, London EC1, 3-6 Kenrick Place, London W1 and 2 Mount Street, Manchester). Recognised among Property Week’s “Best Places to Work in Property 2016”. Sale and leaseback of Wembley and Royal Exchange Avenue buildings for £50m. Completes £65m refinancing of property portfolio. Buys back majority shares held by two retired founders. Head Office function moves to purpose-built space at 45 Beech Street, London. Launches BE.Spoke, a new division offering corporate occupiers requiring flexible space an all encompassing one-stop service. Awarded Investors in People Silver Accreditation.
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2016
Acquires 4 new centres in Paddington, Victoria, Euston and Canary Wharf. Group now employs over 300 people. Sale and leaseback of 32 Threadneedle Street and CityPoint, Bristol buildings for £19.5m. Completes £2m refurbishment and re-launched Threadneedle Street business centre.
Rebrands to BE Offices.
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2015
Acquires further space at 107 Cheapside.
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2014
Sale and leaseback of the 73 Watling Street property. Moves Head Office function to 150 Minories, and disposes of old HQ at Groveland Court
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2013
Refinances £110m of senior debt including new monies
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2012
Advises LPA receivers regarding profit maximisation of problem properties. Advises banks on managing and maximising income from vacant or partly vacant properties
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2011
Receives “Investors in People” accreditation. Manages 3 business centres on behalf of an LPA receiver and banks.
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2010
The Group signs its first lease on property at 107 Cheapside, London EC2.
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2009
Profit for the year surpasses £3m for the first time. BE WestPoint wins BCA “Business Centre of the Year Award”.
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2008
Acquires leasehold at 32 Threadneedle Street, London EC2.
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2006
Wins the first of many awards, with the Milton Keynes centre awarded the BCA “Business Centre of the Year Award”. The Group employs over 100 people for the first time.
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2005
Acquires 12 Groveland Court, London EC4 and 73 Watling Street, London EC4.
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2004
Acquires 1 Royal Exchange Avenue, London EC4 and 150 Minories, London EC3.
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2003
Gross assets exceed £100m, Profit for the year surpasses £2m. Wembley centre undergoes a £5.5m internal and external refurbishment.
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2001
Acquires and refurbishes CityPoint in Bristol and 45 Beech Street, London EC2.
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2000
The Group achieves a profit of over £1m for the first time. Acquires and refurbishes WestPoint in Bristol and 500 Avebury Boulevard in Milton Keynes.
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1999
Gross assets exceed £10m. Acquires and refurbishes SoanePoint in Reading and Viewpoint in Basingstoke.
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1998
Acquires the freehold of 1 Olympic Way at Wembley, after initially acquiring the long leasehold in 1997.
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1997
Sells Euston House.
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1994
Business acquires its first freeholds at Southbank House and Euston House, both in London.
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1993
‘Business Environment’ is founded
