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“Talk about the divorce and the marriage at the same time.” RUPERT DEAN, FOUNDER & CEO, X+WHY   Rupert Dean’s line was the most quoted of the morning, and probably the whole point of the event. On Thursday, GCUC UK partnered with Brave Ideas to host How to De-Risk Flex Space, a breakfast event at […]

The case for regional coworking in the UK does not need making anymore. Manchester alone has 1.4 million square feet of flexible workspace and is still growing, and operators who have been London-focused are starting to look north and west with genuine intent. What is less settled is what regional expansion actually requires. The assumption, […]

As the industry has matured, some of the language around coworking events has become more serious. That makes sense up to a point. The market is tougher than it was a few years ago, expectations are higher, and there is much less patience now for anything that feels inflated or slightly detached from reality. What […]

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 […]