It sometimes feels like brands rule the world. They engage with us everywhere, from the high street to the internet, with pervasive cross-channel advertising. And it’s no accident that they crop up wherever we look – brands spend over $500 billion on advertising each year. In this regard, flexible workspace operators are no different to any other…
Influencer marketing has taken off as a valid and viable marketing channel in the last few years. It’s not just useful for fast fashion brands though, it’s also a powerful tool to use in turning your space into a place. When you’re working on a flexible office marketing campaign, it’s hugely important that you know who…
In the UK alone, 672,890 companies were incorporated during the 2018/19 tax year – that’s more than one new company every minute. Even ignoring the portion of those companies that decide to work exclusively from home, that means there are hundreds of thousands of opportunities for office operators to attract new business, every year. But to attract…
‘Placemaking’ is a term that’s used across a wide range of industries, which is part of the reason it’s hard to get a read on what it actually means. A simple way to look at it is to compare it to something more familiar, like the concept of homemaking. In the same way that homemaking…
Coworking spaces are at the forefront of a new way of working, capturing the imagination of businesses across the world and inspiring a move away from traditional fixed rental office properties. Projections estimate that there will be around 20,000 dedicated coworking spaces worldwide by the end of 2020, and the sector is expected to continue to grow…
Brick-and-mortar retail shops, both on the high street and in shopping centres, have been hanging on a precipice for quite some time. The advent of ecommerce, and the online retail giants that grew with it, presented brick-and-mortar shops with continuous challenges, the impact of which is starting to unfold. News has broken that Westfield London has…
Most businesses run digitally by default in the 21st century, enabling employees to work remotely with ease. In practical terms, that means workers can be just as productive at home or in a local flexible workspace as they are in a traditional office. This widespread ability to work from anywhere has resulted in the number of…
The COVID-19 pandemic has meant that businesses across the UK have been forced to adapt to a fully remote workforce With offices across the country sitting empty for a potentially long period of time, when normality does return many businesses will be questioning the point of having a traditional office space. For the commercial property market,…