"Can I absolutely recognise the important role that flexible working spaces play in regenerating our high streets?" – UK Prime Minister in Parliament today.

The UK Prime Minister responded to a question from Lauren Edwards MP at PMQs, acknowledging the role flexible workspaces play in regenerating high streets after sustained lobbying by Jane Sartin of the Flexible Space Association. The trigger: Roland Stanley of Dragon Coworking invited his local MP to visit, which led directly to the parliamentary question. Sartin says the association will keep pushing back against business rates changes that threaten the sector and the thousands of SMEs that depend on it.