Emilie Lashmar

Emilie Lashmar shares her takeaways from the panel at ARC Club‘s Tottenham launch event.

In short: communities aren’t programmed into existence, empty ground floors are an opportunity for those willing to make it work, flex isn’t a nice-to-have anymore and a few more great points.

For this Special Edition Brave Ideas episodeBrave Corp CEO, Caleb Parker sits down with Emilie Lashmar, Director & Producer, GCUC UK to unpack what drives Emilie’s passion for coworking, what ignited her career and why GCUC UK.

Emilie Lashmar shared a thorough recap of GCUC UK’s last Manchester event, which she co-hosted with 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.

GCUC UK, the world’s leading coworking conference series, is returning to Manchester for a second year, with the main event taking place at MediaCity’s Content Studio, in Salford on Wednesday 11 June 2025, followed by exclusive tours of Manchester’s top coworking spaces on Thursday 12 June 2025.

Following the success of last year’s event, GCUC UK is delighted to bring it back to this incredible city. Manchester is special, and so are its people.

As the coworking sector continues to redefine the future of work, GCUC UK Manchester 2025 will once again bring together industry leaders, workspace operators, investors, and innovators for two days of thought-provoking discussions, networking, and knowledge-sharing in one of the UK’s most dynamic creative hubs.

As coworking continues to reshape the way we work, live, and connect, GCUC UK invites coworking operators, workspace professionals, property leaders, and creative entrepreneurs to be part of the conversation.

GCUC UK Manchester 2025 takes place at Content Studio, MediaCity on 11 June, with exclusive coworking space tours across the city on 12 June 2025.

Tickets are available now. Secure your spot and be part of the future of work.