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🎤 Five sharp GCUC UK takeaways from Ben Newton
Ben Newton from Patch shares key themes from GCUC UK: Patrick Kennedy and Phoebe Reilly of Colliers Expand 👇 argued that local boutique operators are outcompeting global flex brands by knowing their city, while Alexandra Livesey and Ben Cheriton pointed out that flex revenue is still undervalued by investors despite member tenures that resemble leases.
A community panel chaired by Tilley Harris with Garry James, Kreena Pithwa, and Emma Harvey reframed community teams as revenue protection not a cost line, and Michael Ingall of Allied London closed with the reminder that property alone doesn’t build cities.
🗞 Week 24, 2026
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⏱ 43 days ago.
⛔️ Why this brand avoids the ‘gym model’
Ben Newton shares why Patch doesn’t want "free revenue" (aka the gym model, where people Expand 👇 sign up but never come in or use the space).
As an ops leader, he gives 3 fantastic points to think about, and some advice for operators on how to get members idling in the ‘Red Zone’ into either ‘clean churn’ or back into the community.
"In an automated world, being missed is a powerful emotion." Yes Ben!
🗞 Week 07, 2026
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⏱ 163 days ago.
🏘️ Are neighborhood spaces outperforming downtown models?
Brad Hargreaves, founder of Thesis Driven, explored how three booming coworking concepts Expand 👇 (Switchyards in the Southeast US; Work Heights in Brooklyn; and Patch in the UK) are proving that growth is coming from neighborhood-focused models that prioritize proximity over prestige.
These neighborhood models leverage cheaper Class B real estate, management deals with landlords, and eliminates large security deposits while targeting local community integration over business travelers.
The strategy reflects permanent remote work adoption and demand for community without long commutes, positioning multiple small neighborhood locations as more viable than single large downtown hubs.
🗞 Week 27, 2025
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⏱ 386 days ago.
🐝 Coworking got real, in Manchester
Emilie Lashmar shared a thorough recap of GCUC UK’s last Manchester event, which she co-hosted with Expand 👇 Georgia-Kaye Berry (from Colony).
The recap runs over the data shared by Jordan Saleh (CBRE), Ryan Jans (WeWork), and Tanya Grady (Allied London); what makes a workspace stand out by Nicola Jones (GPE), Lucy Pickavance (Phoenix Resourcing), Ana Bernardo (Work.Life), and Ben Newton (Patch); some indie-vs-big-pocket insights from Lisa Cations (JCR Advisors), Shannon Burke (managed.), Tom Almas (Wizu), Rebekah Lloyd-Beere (Landsec), and Gareth I. Jones (TownSq). Alongside workshops led by Samuel Warren (technologywithin), Manuel Conti (PONT), Claire Carpenter and George Tilbury; Lisa Quait ran the Women in Flex Luncheon. The event was then rounded out with sessions from Nicholas Drew (urbanbubble) and Sammy Dukes (Yardi) on operational intelligence and Pauline Roussel (Coworkies) and Jonathan O’Byrne on community.
Why did we highlight all the speakers above? To elevate the (many new) voices who took the stage in Manchester.
🗞 Week 27, 2025
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⏱ 386 days ago.
📼 This is your… great example of selling benefits
Paloma Strelitz shared Patch’s new short film called "This Is Your Patch" in which they Expand 👇 show off their unique positioning within UK towns’ high streets (I believe called ‘main streets’ in the US).
Take special note of how they frame the benefits of their hubs and their embedded approach to the local community.
🗞 Week 23, 2025
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⏱ 415 days ago.

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