Whether you’re a large business, small business or freelancer, there’s a range of benefits to be had from moving to a coworking or flexible workspace. But choosing the right space for your company is no easy task, and compromises must often be made. Provided you prioritise what’s most important to you, it’s unlikely you’ll go too far wrong – and …
What really is ‘workspace’? It used to be completely clear. It was your desk in your office building, with your stapler, pen pot and photo of your kids/dog on, which you sat at 9-5 every day. But, these days it could be the desk at home that doubles as a dining table, an airport lounge, the café in your gym …
Coworking spaces have grown at an astounding rate of 200% over the past five years, with the number of coworking members estimated to rise to over 5 million by 2022 thanks to the huge increase in jobs offering remote working. Freelancers, contractors and younger companies are choosing coworking spaces over home offices and coffee shops for a range of reasons, …
It’s fitting that we chose the Manchester tent as our final go-to destination on day three of our epic maiden MIPIM outing. Manchester by the sea, transported, surely not coincidentally, to a location offering a clear uninterrupted vista of the Côte d’Azur to any architect, developer, Russian oligarch, musician or just a plain and simple dreamer who dared to walk …
Business centres, Flexible workspace, Coworking space…the way that people work continues to diversify, so the style of workspace changes too, giving the end customer ultimate choice. In 2018, 10.7m sq. ft. of workspace in London was managed by flexible workspace operators (source: Cushman & Wakefield), a figure which can only continue to grow. Wherever they work, organisations need Wi-Fi and …
Wi-Fi and superfast fibre internet connectivity is now seen as a utility by the majority of potential incoming clients, the same as heating, lighting and running water but with two very important differences. Firstly, the requirement for bandwidth will continue to grow and grow. The average superfast fibre connection size that we provide to clients’ sites has grown from 10MB …
We’re continuing the big #GCUCdebate with our presentation to the GCUC UK audience. Alongside showcasing what we do and the great people we work with, we also took a moment to get the thoughts from the crowd on what felt was more important to their coworking space – Water or Wi-Fi? Take a look at the video of the presentation …
We were asked by the Business Centre Association to give our views on IT automation and flexible workspace. To some extent it’s already happening with areas like CRM, online reservations and inventory management but how far would it go? We decided to put our thoughts into a couple of articles that take in Uber, the Beatles and Volvos. The first article is …
The world of IT loves an acronym. Newcomers to the world are often greeting with a blizzard of these acronyms, almost like it’s a secret language that you need to master quickly to be accepted. For outsiders these terms can cause confusion. Quite often the techie people will drop them into a conversation with the non-techie people which puts the non-techie person …
Do you know what a prepper is? Preppers are people who are actively preparing for emergencies, and when I say emergency, I mean these guys are psyching themselves up for the big one. Armageddon. World War III. Alien invasion. The zombie apocalypse. Preppers are the extreme, sure, but when the end is nigh do you know what they’ll be saying when they’re …