Abbey Business Centres is a UK

United Kingdom

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 based corporation that provides serviced office space, meeting room facilities and virtual office packages in 13 business centres across Great Britain

Great Britain

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The company is owned by Irvine Laidlaw (Baron Laidlaw)

Irvine Laidlaw, Baron Laidlaw

Irvine Alan Stewart Laidlaw, Baron Laidlaw is a Scottish businessman, and a member of the House of Lords...

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Scotland

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 second richest businessman and previous owner of the Institute for International Research

Institute for International Research

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History

Abbey Business Centres was founded in 1998 with their first business centre opening in Glasgow

Glasgow

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, Scotland and soon the company opened up another centre in Slough

Slough

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, Berkshire

Berkshire

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. A host of other centres were added to the portfolio over the subsequent years meaning that in 2009, a total of 13 centres made up the organisation.

In late 2008, the company celebrated its 10th year in trading

Trade

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In 2009 Abbey became the first UK serviced office provider to offer a 100% Customer Satisfaction Guarantee.