Tashi Dorjee from JLL breaks down how landlords can apply the three core strengths of flex space (services, on-site staff, and a customer-first approach) across an entire building, not just one floor, exploring the idea of treating the asset more like a hospitality ecosystem. Produced in partnership with essensys.

Tashi Dorjee (in partnership with essensys) does a financial model walkthrough for a small, medium and large space to explore if coworking is actually profitable.

ReedSmith share that they’re advising Mark Furness and the "essensys Bidco Limited" company on their £11.3M takeover bid for essensys plc.

Some backstory: essensys was founded in 2006 (by Mark Furness), went public on the AIM in 2019. The Bidco is a newly incorporated company formed specifically for the purpose of making the take-private offer.

The GWA welcomes Carly Bedini (iQ Offices) and Kurt Patrick (essensys) to their Board of Directors.

"Both bring deep industry expertise, complementary perspectives, and a shared commitment to advancing the flexible workspace industry through leadership, collaboration, and community." Yes. Yes they do!

essensys highlight why flex spaces are shifting to digital experiences that are "invisible" (ie where Wi-Fi, access, and bookings work so smoothly that members never think about them as separate "things"), and bring data from some of the largest CRE firms to back up the benefits.

They also share 5 specific plays operators can explore in the journey to an invisible digital layer: standardise Wi-Fi across the portfolio, tie room bookings to access control, use network data for utilisation insights, streamline secure guest journeys, and consolidate fragmented systems so operations scale with less friction.