Regus Hosts Biggest Ever Global Speednetworking Event
By Global Entrepreneurship Week, PRNEWednesday, August 11, 2010
60,000 People Across 50 Countries Through 1,000 Events in 100 Hours
LONDON, August 12, 2010 - Regus, the world's largest provider of workplace solutions, is to team up
with Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) to get the world talking. Around
60,000 established and budding entrepreneurs are expected to take part in its
'Speednetwork the Globe' events across 50 countries during Global
Entrepreneurship Week (15 - 21 November 2010).
Over 1,000 events will take place across a 100 hour time period to make
this the world's biggest ever speednetworking experience held to date.
"The week is about creating a buzz around business and enterprise, whilst
inspiring people to think and be more entrepreneurial by unleashing their
ideas and potential.
"Our global partnership with Regus is perfect as they not only provide
professional facilities and business expertise to entrepreneurs, but also
actively support businesses towards success of all sizes and stages
worldwide. 'Speednetwork the Globe' is one of the key events during GEW 2010,
making it central to the campaign," comments Tom Bewick, Chief Executive of
Enterprise UK, the body that co-founded Global Entrepreneurship Week with the
Kauffman Foundation in the United States.
Mark Dixon, CEO of Regus, said: "With the growth of technology and social
media, face-to-face networking is being sidelined; however the importance of
meeting and creating a rapport with someone should never be underestimated.
These events are a unique way of connecting with people. I wish I'd had
access to such an incredible opportunity to connect with like minded
individuals on a global level when I first started out in business."
The innovative project is one of the events featured during the third
Global Entrepreneurial Week, which is coordinated by the Kauffman Foundation
and Enterprise UK. The previous two Global Entrepreneurial Weeks attracted 10
million people in 102 countries taking part in 50,000 individual events.
For more information visit: www.gew.org.uk/regus_speednetwork
Notes to editors
Global Entrepreneurship Week (15-21 November 2010) is a worldwide
movement of entrepreneurial people, and this year will highlight the crucial
role that entrepreneurs and their ideas play in driving economic recovery in
the UK and globally.
Almost 100 countries across the globe are signed up to take part, and
millions of people will use the week to connect with their global
counterparts, unleash their enterprising talents and turn their ideas into
reality.
The week is co-founded by Enterprise UK, formally Make Your Mark, in the
UK and the Kauffman Foundation in the US supported by the Department of
Business Innovation & Skills. Last year, over seven million people from 88
countries including Brazil, the USA, Nigeria, China and Afghanistan took part
in the second Global Entrepreneurship Week.
You can also find out more information about Global Entrepreneurship Week
by visiting www.unleashingideas.org
About Regus
Regus plc (LSE:RGU) is the world's leading global provider of innovative
workplace 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 workplace needs to
Regus, allowing them to focus on their core business.
Over 650,000 clients a day benefit from Regus facilities spread across a
global footprint of 1,100 locations in 500 cities and 85 countries, which
allow individuals and companies to work wherever, however and whenever they
want to. For more information please visit: www.regus.co.uk
For more information and images please visit
www.regus.presscentre.com
Contact details: Henry Collinge, PR & Communications Manager, Regus. Henry.collinge@regus.com - +44(0)1932-895000 Zohra Hirji, Marketing Manager, Enterprise UK zohra.hirji@enterpriseuk.org
Henry Collinge, PR & Communications Manager, Regus., Henry.collinge at regus.com - +44(0)1932-895000, Zohra Hirji, Marketing Manager, Enterprise UK, zohra.hirji at enterpriseuk.org
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