Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has today started legal action against Regus and it’s CEO Mark Dixon. This recent development follows on from a disagreement between the two men about a meeting that was held between them regarding the Easy Groups entry into the serviced office market. Sir Stelios commented “I was called a liar to a publication I respect hugely and one that is very important in my business career. This is unacceptable to me and I have decided to take this legal step to clear my name and my reputation in the City.” Regus have declined to comment.
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Sir Stelios Hajiloannou has accused Regus of not complying with corporate governance rules and has written to the UK Shareholders Association to highlight his concerns. Sir Stelios claims that only two out of seven directors could be classed as independent and wants action to be taken against the serviced office provider. Despite the potential problems, Regus have announced that revenues for the first four months of the year are up by 24% to £334.5m with workstations up by 5.2% to 149,974 compared with the same period in 2007.
Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has fanned the flames of his argument with Mark Dixon and Regus by trying to get his rivals membership removed to the Monaco Yacht Club. Sir Stelios originally put Mr Dixon’s name forward to the club but has now written to them to ask them to remove him altogether. This is the latest stage of an ongoing clash between the entrepreneurs who are arguing about a meeting that was held between the two men regarding the Easygroup’s entry into the serviced office market. They both have different versions of the events with Sir Stelios claiming that Mr Dixon stole his ideas when Regus bought into the serviced office broker EasyOffices.com, a claim that Regus strongly deny. The conflict is likely to go on for some time to come with neither side willing to back down.
Mark Dixon from Regus and Sir Stelios Haji-loannou from the Easygroup are currently exchanging blows over serviced offices. The dispute comes after Regus invested in EasyOffices.com last year in order for the company to expand internationally, meanwhile Sir Stelios launched his own foray into the serviced office sector with his company Easyoffice. EasyOffices.com started in 2000 as a serviced office broker and was noticed by the Easygroup who wanted the company to change it’s name, this didn’t happen. Easyoffices.com has now come to the attention of the Easygroup once again due to a meeting between Mr Dixon and Mr Hajii-loannou that took place last year. Continue reading ‘Regus, Easy Group, Easy Office & Easy Offices’
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