Crimson Business, in conjunction with Growing Business magazine, has named Instant Offices as International Business of the Year, in this year’s Fast Growth Business Awards, in recognition of its outstanding and growing success abroad. The number one internet gateway to flexible offices in the world was also one of only four companies to be shortlisted as Overall Winner in these prestigious awards.  

The judging panel, which included James Hurley, editor of Growing Business magazine and Growingbusiness.co.uk; Margaret Manning, CEO of Reading Room; Alastair Lukies, CEO of Monitise and Perry Wilson, Managing Director of Insure and Go, put this year’s entries under the microscope, and were very impressed by how pioneering and creative Instant Offices is both in the UK and on a global basis.  

James Hurley, editor, Growing Business magazine, said: “Instant Offices’ proven vision and innovation as regards its international growth strategy, plus its unquestionable commitment to building its international business, set it apart from other entries for this category. The judges are in no doubt that the company is set for an outstanding future.”

Since launching in 1999, Instant Offices has grown to be a global organisation with 80 staff operating from offices in London, Florida and Sydney. It has grown 100% year-on-year for the last five years and much of this growth has been driven by increases in international sales enquiry and deal volumes. Instant Offices has seen a marked increase over time in the percentage of international versus domestic enquiries and deals; today almost 60% of both are from outside the UK.

Rob Hamilton, Founder and CEO of Instant Offices, said: “We are absolutely thrilled to have won the International Business of the Year category of the Fast Growth Business Awards. It’s a tremendous acknowledgement of our ever-growing international success, which has been made possible by the dedication and efforts of staff from many areas of the business. We have recently added new passionate and expert professionals to our Sales Teams, ramped up our SEO activity beyond UK borders, launched five new language versions of our website, and consolidated our teams in Sydney and Miami, all of which have contributed to our international success. To be shortlisted as Overall Winner is a fantastic achievement too; congratulations to the whole team at Instant!”