LONDON (ShareCast) - Regus’ non-executive chairman John Matthews and independent non-executive director Martin Robinson today splashed out £74,250 each in the office rental firm.

Both directors bought 50,000 shares at a price of 148.50p each.

Matthews now holds 734,217 shares in the company, while Robinson increased his stake to 112,542 shares.

Last week, Regus reported revenues in the three months to 31 March up 50.9% on last year’s equivalent at actual exchange rates to £199.7m.

“The number of actual workstations has grown in the first three months by 6.6% to 128,019 underpinning the delivery of our expansion programme outlined at our preliminary results,” said chairman John Matthews.

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