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As GCUC UK has grown, the focus hasn’t been how big we can get, but on what kind of room we’re building. In most industries, growth is still measured in reach. Attendance numbers, mailing lists, social visibility. Those metrics are easy to point to and easy to compare. But they don’t necessarily tell you what […]

Use Discount Code: GCUC-BRAVE RSVP HERE   Flex has matured. It is no longer a niche experiment sitting in a corner of the market waiting to prove itself. But that does not mean the risk has disappeared. For landlords, asset managers and investors, the structural questions around flex partnerships remain genuinely difficult ones. What happens […]

To mark this year’s International Women’s Day – Sunday 8th March – we spoke to 5 women from across the coworking and flex sector who we believe are doing really interesting work. We were lucky enough to chat with: Luce Evers – Design Lead, Foundry Sarah Hayford – Founder & CEO, The Land Collective CIC […]

After an incredible 2025, we are so excited to finally share that GCUC UK is returning to the two cities currently leading the charge for the UK’s coworking and flex scene. Manchester and London are special. They are bursting with the kind of energy and ambition that defines our industry. They are also home to […]

The latest UK & Ireland Coworking Report from CoworkingCafe confirms something many operators have felt for a while. Coworking is no longer emerging. It is embedded. At the close of 2025, the UK and Ireland together host 4,423 coworking spaces. Of those, 4,152 are in the UK and 271 in Ireland. That scale places the […]

Picture this: a working parent drops one child at nursery, another at a holiday club, fights traffic, and arrives at work already exhausted. The day hasn’t even started yet. Now imagine something simpler. One place. Children cared for nearby. Work done with focus. Everyone goes home together. That’s not a lifestyle fantasy. It’s a design […]

GCUC UK and Brave Ideas kicked off a no-nonsense breakfast session in the City, hosted by JMW Solicitors LLP and sponsored by NCG, with one clear question: Should landlords deliver flex themselves or work with someone who already knows how? No theory. Just real examples. What worked, what didn’t, and what customers actually want. Build […]

Beyond the headline sessions on data, institutional investment, and brand strategy, GCUC UK London packed in workshops, roundtables, tours, and panel discussions that gave operators practical tools to take home. But here’s what made it special: it wasn’t just about what you learned. It was about who you met, the conversations in the coffee queue, […]

The energy at the Global Coworking Unconference Community London Edition (October 8-9, 2025) felt less like a typical conference and more like an industry reckoning. Held at Convene, 22 Bishopsgate, the event brought together operators, landlords, investors and designers for two days of sharp debate about what it actually takes to scale coworking sustainably, without […]