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  • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
    Inflation weighs on IWG despite rising demand for flexible offices

    Shares in world’s largest serviced office company fall as costs temper profit forecasts

  • Saturday, 27 November, 2021
    IWG vs WeWork: investors’ starkly differing views of the rival shared office groups

    The UK company is bigger and more profitable than its US-listed competitor — but has a far lower valuation

  • Tuesday, 2 November, 2021
    FT live news
    News updates from November 2: Dow Jones closes above 36,000, CDC backs Covid vaccine for young children, US sues to block publisher mega-merger
  • Tuesday, 2 November, 2021
    IWG considers splitting business to boost value

    Serviced office group to review structure as competition heats up with rival WeWork

  • Tuesday, 10 August, 2021
    News in-depthProperty sector
    Hybrid working and climate fears steer London office demand, say groups

    IWG and Derwent London reveal tenants are interested in newer spaces and shorter leases as sector recovers

  • Tuesday, 29 June, 2021
    Bryce Elder
    Bid speculation is ever-present but Regus owner IWG stays unattached

    Private markets offer no refuge for the serviced office owner as founder Mark Dixon battles WeWork

  • Monday, 7 June, 2021
    LexProperty sector
    Office space/IWG: welcome to the Empty Quarter Premium content

    Bosses have cost incentives for offering staff better quality of life via hybrid working

  • Monday, 7 June, 2021
    Serviced office group IWG warns on profits

    Underlying earnings set to be ‘well below’ those posted in 2020 as recovery takes longer than expected

  • Tuesday, 27 April, 2021
    IWG chief says ‘worst is behind us’ as office market rebounds

    Occupancy started to pick up in March and April after challenging quarter

  • Monday, 8 March, 2021
    IWG signs up biggest customer as bets on hybrid working grow

    Staff of Japan’s NTT will be able to choose from more than 3,300 sites as companies rethink links with office

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    IWG to close more offices as virus resurges

    World’s largest flexible office company takes another £160m hit to cover pandemic costs

  • Friday, 30 October, 2020
    News in-depthUK property
    Empty high streets reach beyond retail for survival

    Offices and residential look to fill the gaps as stores beat retreat

  • Tuesday, 4 August, 2020
    Lex
    IWG: work in progress Premium content

    Business model leaves the flexible office provider in the wretched middleman position

  • Tuesday, 4 August, 2020
    Covid-19 spurs push into suburban working, says IWG

    UK-based flexible workspace provider swings to a pre-tax loss of £176m as rents in city centres suffer

  • Tuesday, 2 June, 2020
    IWG takes over office vacated by rival WeWork

    Deal is first move by UK group to capitalise on competitor’s retrenchment

  • Wednesday, 27 May, 2020
    IWG looks to raise £315m war chest

    Flexible office provider sees opportunities to buy rivals hit by coronavirus

  • Wednesday, 29 April, 2020
    UK companies
    Small businesses locked out of government grant scheme

    English companies with shared offices excluded from coronavirus rescue package

  • Friday, 27 March, 2020
    Investments
    IWG chief goes on shopping spree

    Remote working from home is bad news for co-working space providers

  • Tuesday, 3 March, 2020
    LombardKate Burgess
    Gold and its miners, a productive gamble on uncivilised times

    Buy the gold dip; bet on CMC Markets; working from home

  • Tuesday, 5 November, 2019
    LombardMatthew Vincent
    IWG’s Dixon proves more fit for office than WeWork’s Neumann

    Lossmaking US group’s rival demonstrates how less profit can mean a higher valuation

  • Thursday, 3 October, 2019
    News in-depthLex
    IWG/IHG/WeWork: office odyssey Premium content

    The main driver of IWG’s revaluation is a shift to a franchising model

  • Sunday, 25 August, 2019
    Shared-office group IWG explores spin-off of US business

    Development comes as rival WeWork prepares for stock market listing

  • Tuesday, 6 August, 2019
    Shared-office group IWG to move to McDonald’s-style franchising

    Owner of Regus brand to sell off assets in face of competition from WeWork 

  • Monday, 15 April, 2019
    Lex
    IWG/WeWork: new lease of life Premium content

    UK office space provider has been spending heavily to keep up with its US rival

  • Monday, 15 April, 2019
    Support services
    Office group IWG shifts towards franchises in Japanese sale

    £320m deal maintains the group’s brand as rivalry in co-work spaces steps up

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