Friars House

Friars House case study

LBC offers a variety of working environments, to suit almost any business, in a relaxed and friendly community. To discover what our clients have to say, take a look below at the comments for both our Cannon Wharf and Friars House locations.

Wildwood Creative

Andrew Murray – Partner

Wildwood Creative are an integrated marketing communications agency. They opened a London office, initially with 400 sq ft of flexible office space early in 2003.

“We chose Friars House for a number of reasons: its location was a strong selling point for us – we need to be able to get to and from clients throughout Central London, so the fact that we can be in the City or the West End in minutes makes a big difference to the levels of service we are able to offer to our clients. From Friars House we can choose from either Southwark or Waterloo if we are travelling by Tube, or be straight onto Blackfriars Bridge by car. If we need to get to clients further afield we can get access to the motorway network in minutes, or use Waterloo for overland rail.

“Of course, as we continue to grow, it's comforting to know that LBC have offices all over the City, so if we want to open another office, or to move to another location, the chances are that we will be able to stay with them.

“Operationally, moving into Friars House has made a big difference to the way we work. The fact that we have access to so many support services enables us to compete with much larger organisations, while keeping our overheads to a minimum. The degree of flexibility which the LBC arrangement gives us is particularly useful: if we want to use a meeting room we know we can book it at short notice and that we will only pay for the time we use; we also know that if we need to take more space (or less) we can change our arrangement at short notice. It's also really useful to know that our overheads are fixed every month, and that we don't have to budget for any nasty expenses at the end of our rental period.

“The other great thing about Friars House is that the staff are so helpful. It's a really nice atmosphere to work in, and very supportive if we need help.  We couldn't be more pleased.”