Mike Gardener graduated from Liverpool John Moores University in 2003 with an MSc in Commercial Property Management. He went on to work at Savills as a Commercial Property Manager and then at Jones Lang LaSalle as an office agent in the position of Senior Surveyor.
He set up The Office Providers (TOPs) in 2009 in Manchester - this is the only flexible office and workspace brokerage that is regulated by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
It provides a flexible office space and workspace search and acquisition service that individuals and companies use to search for serviced offices, managed office space, hot desks, bespoke corporate flex space and short term leased offices in all locations globally.
The service is free to use.