At Harbour84 we like to describe coworking spaces as eclectic environments where people from different businesses and backgrounds come and work side by side, regularly resulting in increased levels of collaboration, innovation, and often an enhanced sense of workplace wellbeing. The best spaces exude an energy that not only attracts people to work there but makes them want to pay for it as well. Melissa Marsh, of social research firm Plastarc, captured this brilliantly in her moderation of a recent… Read More »
With the inaugural event fresh on our minds, the GCUC UK team is already making plans for next year. Our goal is to make GCUC UK as relevant and valuable as possible for space operators across the diverse UK workspace ecosystem and beyond. We’re delighted that workspace operators from around the world joined us in London. We have the most mature workspace industry and are collectively stepping into a role as leaders in the future of work. We recently published… Read More »
To all the attendees, presenters, moderators and sponsors who participated in our inaugural GCUC UK event, our sincerest thanks. We loved meeting you and are already making plans for GCUC UK 2019. To help us make GCUC UK as relevant and valuable to you as possible, we need your feedback. Please check your email for a follow-up survey and let us know what we did well, what needs to be improved, and what you’d like to see in future GCUC… Read More »
We have three incredible Guided Tours lined up for you. So book your place now to avoid disappointment as places are limited. A maximum of 15 delegates on each tour. Tour 1 - South of the River Bankside, Borough, London Bridge We'll meet at 10 am in Bankside and walk to the first venue. We will visit four beautiful but different spaces. The Tour will finish at 1.40 with some lunch in Borough Market. Sustainable Workplaces The Ministry Fora (Borough)… Read More »
Coworking has long provided an alternative to the 9-to-5 grind. The growing focus on wellness in the workspace industry is only strengthening that as operators increasingly incorporate wellness offerings into their spaces and services. UK Coworking brand Work.Life places well-being front and center. With eight locations and two more in the works, Work.Life was created to help people blend their work with their life to create a lifestyle they love. I spoke with Work.Life co-founder and GCUC UK presenter Elliot… Read More »
Tony Freeth has seen the evolution of the office space industry firsthand. Co-founder of Phoenix Broadband and creator of Medusa, a product that handles premises infrastructure, Freeth has played a pioneering role in bandwidth management and workspace wifi solutions since the late-1990s. Recently, Medusa was acquired by global real estate technology company Yardi. Freeth, who was at the first Global Coworking Unconference Conference (GCUC) in Austin, Texas in 2012, has now taken the role of Director of Coworking Europe at… Read More »
Ten years ago, coworking and shared workspace was barely on the radar of the design world. Now, design is increasingly a core part of workplace design and a growing topic of conversation among workspace operators. GCUC UK panelist Kathryn O'Callaghan-Mills is Creative Director at Area, which is part of the Fourfront Group. I spoke with her about the future of workspace design, how people-centric spaces will become the norm, and the importance of using data to determine workspace layout and design.… Read More »
The GCUC UK agenda is filling out nicely. We’ll have discussions about workplace wellness, tech, the UK workspace industry, the global coworking movement, financing options, AI and the future of work, the blurring line between hospitality and coworking, and much more. We recently had the opportunity to sit down with Shazia Mustafa, who runs Third Door, a coworking space in London with a full nursery. Mustafa will be a speaker on the GCUC UK panel about niche workspaces and how… Read More »
Matthew Kennedy wants to make sure his workspaces are open to the communities they’re located in. As founder and CEO of Avenue HQ, a coworking brand with spaces in Liverpool and Leeds, Kennedy wants a variety of people to walk through the doors, whether to access hospitality offerings, an event, coworking, a studio or a private office. I spoke with Kennedy about his vision for Avenue HQ, regional coworking in the UK, his experience at this year’s GCUC in New… Read More »
In the last few years, coworking has grown from a grassroots movement into a global industry with over 15,000 spaces and one million-plus members around the world. Since 2012, the Global Coworking Unconference Conference (GCUC) has helped shape, further, celebrate and bridge the coworking movement and the workspace industry. Balancing the two aspects of our industry is not always easy, but GCUC executive producer Liz Elam and her team pull it off year after year. Now, in partnership with GCUC… Read More »
