TOG The Smiths Building

TOG is home to one of the most creative, exciting and forward-thinking working communities in the UK. TOG pioneered the concept of the shared workspace in Britain. It launched in 2003, when the global economy was beginning to be radically reshaped by new technology and new ideas. The aim was to reconfigure the modern British workplace to bring it into line with a fast-changing world. When the company was founded its vision was this: to create beautifully designed buildings with a wide variety of spaces, and to offer tenants progressive membership schemes and short-term leases to allow for growth and change. Each building has its own unique identity, but all have an excellent range of facilities and vibrant communal areas to foster an open, collaborative working culture. Today, TOG has 15,000 members working across 30 buildings, 28 of which are in London, with more on the way. We house one of the fastest growing and most diverse workforces in Britain: app creators and advertising agencies; makers and media companies, financiers and foodies; artists and architects; and a smorgasbord of startups, entrepreneurs and freelancers. Whatever your goals, you can achieve them here — and you can find collaborators to help you. The founders, Charlie Green and Olly Olsen, worked for both property companies and serviced office providers before starting up The Office Group in 2003 with the backing of Bridges Ventures, a socially aware Private Equity Fund. The concept was driven by a desire to create buildings that would stand apart from the competition. That were simpler, much more design-led and generating a real sense of ownership (we well as being greener). By delivering this they believed they would get much closer to meeting people's expectations from office space.