New Alliance Provides Back Of The House Customers with Unlimited Global Access to Regus Business Lounges

DALLAS, March 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The Regus Group (LSE: RGU), the world's largest provider of workplace solutions, and Back Of The House (BOTH), the leading supplier of turnkey back office and corporate support services for independent professionals, announced the launch of an alliance that will offer clients of the two companies significant benefits.  

The new alliance offers BOTH customers convenient access to high profile office space, meeting rooms and other professional services.  Under the terms of the agreement, all BOTH customers will receive six months complimentary membership in Regus' businessworld Gold program, which provides users with access to more than 1,000 Internet-equipped Regus business lounges in 450 cities worldwide; one-free month on any Regus Virtual Office package, which includes a prestigious business address, personalized telephone answering services, and a local phone number; and one-free month on any full-time, fully furnished office.  

Regus clients who sign a minimum six month contract with BOTH will receive their first month of service free.

"This alliance offers great benefits for both Regus and Back Of The House clients," said Michael Haas, Senior Director of Partnerships for Regus.  "Back Of The House customers can benefit greatly from having access to a global network of high profile business centers and our clients can take advantage of the turnkey support services that they offer."

"The full range of Regus workplace solutions combined with the turnkey back office and corporate support services offered by BOTH add up to a formidable business platform for independent professionals and solopreneurs," said Erik Vonk, Founder and CEO of BOTH. "The alliance between Regus and BOTH enables working independently in a unique way and offers our mutual clients an opportunity to be fully focused on conducting and growing their business."

BOTH supports solo business owners with a fully resourced back office infrastructure including: a personal advisor who handles all administrative tasks; hosted I.T. infrastructure with tech support; corporate services; financial reporting; billing & collections; electronic banking; liability insurance and health & retirement benefits.

Regus offers its clients a full range of cost-effective business-ready workplace products, including fully furnished, fully staffed private offices, meeting rooms and business support services.  For those clients who may not need a full-time office, Regus also offers virtual offices, which allow businesses to instantly gain a presence in a new market with a prestigious, high-profile business address and local telephone answering and mail handling services.  Regus clients typically experience up to a 60 percent saving on their facilities costs over leasing traditional office space.

About The Regus Group

Regus is the world's leading global provider of innovative workspace solutions, with products and services ranging from fully equipped offices to professional meeting rooms, business lounges and the world's largest network of video communication studios. Regus delivers a new way to work, whether it's from home, on the road or from an office. Clients such as Google, GlaxoSmithKline, and Nokia join thousands of growing small and medium businesses that benefit from outsourcing their office and workspace needs to Regus, allowing them to focus on their core business.

More than 500,000 clients a day benefit from Regus facilities spread across a global footprint of 1,000 locations in 450 cities and 80 countries, which allow individuals and companies to work wherever, however and whenever they want to.  Regus was founded in 1989 in Brussels, Belgium and is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: RGU).

For more information please visit www.regus.com.

Journalists can also visit the Regus Press Center at www.regus.presscentre.com .

About Back Of The House

BOTH empowers independent professionals and solo business owners to be fully focused on growing their business by unburdening them from all common non-core activities.  The bundled offering fully integrates the following key components:

• A personal Limited Liability Company, which replaces any employment arrangement by a vendor relationship, serves as a permanent and portable framework for health & retirement benefits and liability protection and optimizes tax efficiency and regulatory compliance.

• A Personal Advisor who proactively handles billing, collections, taxes, financial reporting, the general day-to-day administration of the client's business or project portfolio and monitors compliance.

• A "cloud based" or hosted and supported I.T. infrastructure with e-mail, Microsoft Office tools, archives and a personal website, all fully integrated with back office functions and online business banking in a redundant and  encrypted environment.

• Continuous health and wellness benefits, professional liability insurance as well as access to individually underwritten health insurance and Solo 401(k) retirement options.

The company is privately held and is headquartered in St. Petersburg, FL, USA

For more information please visit www.bothpro.com.

SOURCE The Regus Group