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Space-as-a-service startup, Bold, launches in London, with the aim of bringing commercial space into the so called "access economy" with their on-demand meeting room service. According to Bold, research suggests SMEs spends £6k a year in cafes (coffee commerce), as well as £92M/year spent on small meetings in hotels. We've not done the maths, but this apparently equals a whopping &pou...
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We are liking the sound of The Workary, a group of co-working spaces across London that support public libraries by transforming under-utilised space into affordable 'work' & 'life' spaces for local startups, entrepreneurs and residents. Facilitated by London based Wimbletech CIC, this social impact project works in partnership with local Councils to transform under-utilised library space int...
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Recent research from real estate advisors Savills suggests that UK serviced office take-up has more than doubled in first half of 2017. Taking further well-intentioned advantage of this long term growth trend is WeWork, the leading global coworking space provider, who since launching in the UK have opened 22 offices across London. And there’s more space coming, with the news that WeWork are...
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Even within the world of co-working spaces, we have disruptors and innovators. Here’s just a few examples... We recently wrote about the US initiative Mountains Work, wherein businesses are given the opportunity to go to a small mountain, beach, or resort community to experience what it would be like to live, work and co-work there. Workers will work normal days in the spaces provided ...
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Interested in 1 month free co-working desk space at The Office Group London? The deal: One month’s free co-working space at The Office Group if you sign up for 3 months. We do love a good deal here at Startacus HQ and with this fab offer care of The Office Group we think you may have a great opportunity to get your foot (and laptop) in the door at one of the UK's leading, most creative and ...
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It’s going to happen sometime: you will need to downsize, upsize, change location, or perhaps, as happened to us recently, find yourself suddenly office-less. Certainly you could work from home, or Dave’s mum’s garage, but it’s not ideal. While plenty of people make home offices work, if you’re in a team you most probably need an office office, unless remote working a...
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How would you like to work, connect, and create for free in London’s new creative workspace? Courtesy of the lovely folks at The Collective Elevator, we have 3 months free membership and desk space to give away at one of London’s newest creative coworking spaces. Oh how we love to spoil you!The Den Nestled deep in the heart of central London is The Den, a brand new coworki...
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"9 to 5 is dying, let’s celebrate"Stephen Canning is Management Consultant, a councillor at Essex County Council and a Startacus member with some insight to share. In this post written exclusively for Startacus, Stephen states why the 9 to 5 working culture is dying and why we should be celebrating. Agree / Disagree? Read on... "In recent times, there has been an increasing tr...
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No doubt about it the traditional office workspace has changed almost beyond recognition in the last 50 years… and what a blessed relief. Co-working, and creative collaborative workspaces have really come into their own over the last few years, with more and more freelancers, entrepreneurs, and self-starters finding these a progressive alternative to the stuffy and (lets face it) rather de...
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Think all co-working spaces are the same? Well we can pretty much guarantee that they’re not! Admittedly there are certain features and attributes which they all have, but they often have their own quirks and idiosyncrasies which make them entirely unique. In fact our recent feature on Co-Boat proves that very point - it’s a co-working space on a boat - a boat incidentally which will...
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