Our Services
Our coworking setup and support service
We can help you set up a coworking space in your town or urban village. We offer a full set of support services, ranging from expert advice to launch management and ongoing back-end services.
Contact us if you are keen to explore any of our services. We have huge experience in delivering not only our own coworking centres but also helping others to set up their own. If you are considering a new workhub, we can offer you:
- viability and demand studies to test potential for a new workhub (including online surveys and census analysis)
- a detailed business plan for your launch period
- design and layout advice, to create an appealing coworking space which can maximise income
- coworking membership management systems
- marketing advice: website, branding and naming
- grant/fundraising assistance
- fixed fee start up service (interim management to launch and oversee the first phase of your workhub)
- mentoring of your staff and recruitment help
- recommendations: the best equipment, best services to offer
- suitable easy to use accounting and booking systems
- social media tools and member news packages
We are the UK’s leading experts on coworking/workhubs. Our team were pioneers in this sector, delivering coworking from way back in 1999, before the word existed!
We have produced good practice reports on the sector for Government, held national workhubs conferences and advised many companies and local authorities how to set up coworking.
We know how they work because we know the sector back to front. We also run some of the most successful market town pioneer spaces in the country: The Workbox, with branches currently in Penzance and Truro.
We are particularly adept at helping to set up coworking spaces as interim managers, helping to give them the best possible start and enabling them to run affordably without top heavy management costs long term.
PARTNERS AND CLIENTS
We work closely with trusted partner workhub providers such as Forward Space. We can often help those setting up a new space to find a good choice of suitable operators to consider as well as helping you set up your own operating team.
Our past clients have included the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Kent County Council, Telford and Wrekin council, Torbay Development Agency, Wolverhampton City Council, Cornwall Council, various regional development agencies, Maidstone council, Dartington Hall, Helston Town Council, Norda Trust, Duchy of Cornwall, Mid Devon Council, Sevenoaks council, and various private landowners and businesses.
ETHOS
We are a not-for-profit community interest company dedicated to helping people set up and expand their own business or to work remotely for their employers in a supportive connected environment. Our CIC reports are included in our Companies House reports.
PRICES
Clearly these vary from client to client. However we can usually agree a set fee package which includes all expenses (for example travel and online surveys). Our packages have typically been in the range of £5,000, £10,000 and £20,000 depending on the needs of clients. We also offer day rate support
Viability & Demand
Viability and demand studies are key to testing whether there is potential for Workhub in your chosen location.
One Aim: Many Workhubs
Since 1999, we have helped many organisations set up coworking spaces across the country. Managed by professionals, for professionals.
Business Plans and Grant/Fundraising Assistance
We will help you navigate the tricky and often costly process of applying for grant funding. Helping you provide a fully costed business case with measurable outcomes.
