1. Consulting family businesses
effectively with Offices and
Virtual Offices.
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Currently operating in Vero Beach, Florida and Minneapolis, Minnesota, Brooks
Family Business has been providing consulting services for family businesses since
1997. With a background in operations, strategic planning, acquisitions, and financial
management, owner John Brooks has led his consulting practice with the assets to
better serve family businesses across the country.
Challenge
As Brooks Family Business continues to expand into further territories, the need for
“The biggest benefit for office space was imminent. But with current operations being heavily run out of Vero
me was getting out of my Beach, Brooks required a solution that didn’t result in wasted costs.
home office and into the
business community and “In Minneapolis, I needed to sign a lease of at least a year. So I’m paying rent there,
even when I’m in my office in Vero Beach,” said Brooks.
meeting new people. I’m
now better able to draw a
Solution
line between my work time
In February 2012, Regus worked with Brooks providing an Office solution to establish
at the office and family a business network in the Florida market. Brooks soon began taking advantage of a
time when I’m at home.” Virtual Office solution, as well.
John Brooks “The new Regus Office worked perfectly for me because I could basically show up
Owner on day one and get to work,” Brooks said. “The location is very convenient, the staff
Brooks Family Business is very helpful without being intrusive, and I was able to meet other business people
in the area and begin building a local network.”
Having the amenities of an Office and a Virtual Office has helped add credibility to
Consulting business Brooks Family Business operating in Vero Beach. It has allowed Brooks to meet
since 1997 other advisers and consultants within the Regus Office who now serve as referrals
for new clients as well as collaborators with his own business.
In the fall of 2012, Brooks will transition back to an Office in Vero Beach and expand
2 Regus Offices: his network with a Regus Office in Minneapolis. “That will save me quite a bit of
Florida and Minnesota money,” Brooks said.
1200 locations | 550 cities | 95 countries

2. With a global network spanning
550 cities and over 95 countries,
we are the world’s largest
provider of flexible workspace.
Regus workplace solutions is dedicated to helping global organizations realize the
full potential offered by alternative working models. In short, we help enable radical
transformations in the way organizations do business.
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largest provider of innovative workplace solutions. And by tailoring these solutions
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people.
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This is why most Fortune 500 and FTSE 500 businesses are Regus customers.
1200 locations | 550 cities | 95 countries