💗 What would make you fall back in love with managing your members’ snail mail?
A reliable partner?
Operational ease?
Compounding profit?
iPostal1 and iWorkSpaceMail check all these boxes. One platform. Two revenue streams.
We took a deep dive into the performance of workspace-only partners, and the results were incredible.
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✊ Coworking impact
🛍️ Operator launches campaign to support neighborhood #
Alex West Steinman shares the new Show Up For Eat Street campaign that The Coven and other communities and groups are coordinating to support 65 local businesses between the 5 blocks of Eat Street.
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📰 Coworking news & views.
⛔️ Why this brand avoids the ‘gym model’ #
Ben Newton shares why Patch doesn’t want "free revenue" (aka the gym model, where people 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!
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⏱️ Some partnerships take 15 years to form… #
Mark Gregson shares that even though he’s known James Hennessy for around 15 years, they’d never worked together until setting up Juntos together.
I’m betting that more and more Coworking Leaders will come together and build whole new spaces, models, tools and tech. Watch this space.
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⏱️ You have 7 seconds to make an impression of your coworking space #
What’s the first impression people have when they walk through the door of your coworking space? Not after the tour, not after they’ve talked with you and your team, but that very first impression…
In a recent Coworking Creators Lab workshop, Maggie Terhune shared that within seven seconds, someone has already made an impression of your space, community, and you. Cat Johnson explores what that first step through the door looks like in your space?
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📬 Mail plans as alumni memberships #
Peggy Barron dug into how they use digital mail plans at her Office Evolution locations to keep revenue coming in from members who have had to leave the spaces due to either downsizing or outgrowing available spaces.
Alumni memberships (ie plans set up to continue to support and serve members who have had to leave or ‘graduate’ from your space) are a strong mechanism for retaining revenue and community members/leaders.
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🎨 Cloudworks rolls out new brand identity #
Verónica González Jöhnk shares that Cloudworks have revealed their new brand identity, after more than a year of work.
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🙅♀️ Does industry longevity = getting everything right? #
Sarah Travers shared that it actually means that you’ve probably been wrong, publicly… a lot.
Sarah also shares two calls she got wrong (skipping the front desk and going all in on the metaverse), and why as a coworking leader it’s so important, and fun, to share the failed experiments. Check the comments for other fun failed coworking experiments.
PS. Don’t be so hard on yourself Sarah, another CEO went so all-in that they renamed their business and deployed $70B into that business unit.
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🤗 On boosting retention by 30% #
Andrew Runnette from BizOpsStudio shares 5 actionable steps (based on hospitality principles) to boost retention from first touch through to month 53.
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⚙️ How to: build plans that actually support growth #
After discussing why clear membership plans convert better, Cobot explores how to structure plans for sustainable growth. It includes practical insights on simplifying tiers, improving transparency, and designing plans that scale with your space, plus real-world examples to learn from.
"Because clarity on the pricing page starts with clarity in how your membership plans are built."
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💻 Coworking technology.
💳 Is e-commerce for coworking already outdated? #
Eyal Lasker from flexspace.ai shares some notes following a part of the discussion between Caleb Parker and Paul Dutnall about ecommerce, dynamic pricing and ai-powered revenue optimization.
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💰 What one operator is making from just two mail platforms #
In this quick recording (shared with permission) from a session on mail revenue at the recent Coworking Operators’ Weekend, Chiko Abengowe shares how much Perfect Office is making each month, from just the two platforms leading the session (iPostal1 and Alliance Virtual Offices).
Spoiler: It’s $70,000 per month. Across all platforms? $125k per month. Lesson? Don’t sleep on virtual office revenue.
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📈 Coworking data.
🌍 UK & Ireland surpass 4,400+ coworking spaces, London accounts for nearly 30% #
Coworking is no longer a niche alternative to traditional offices but a core part of how businesses operate across the UK and Ireland, which together counted 4,423 coworking spaces at the end of 2025. According to CoworkingCafe’s Q4 2025 UK & Ireland Coworking Industry Report, the market has matured into a dense, multi-city network, led by London, but increasingly shaped by strong regional hubs, widening price gaps, and large operators consolidating supply.
Takeaways: The UK accounts for 4,152 coworking spaces, with England hosting the majority (3,631), followed by Scotland (297), Wales (128) and Northern Ireland (96). Greater London has 1,200 spaces, representing nearly 30% of the UK’s total supply. Beyond the capital, Manchester (128 spaces) leads as the UK’s most active regional hub, followed by Glasgow (68). Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds and Edinburgh also rank among the top markets, each recording 50+ coworking spaces. Cardiff and Belfast anchor their respective nations, tied at 43 coworking spaces each. Ireland counts 271 spaces, with Dublin hosting 126 of those.
The national median monthly membership stands at £180, but prices vary sharply by market: from £295 in Oxford to £139 in Liverpool and Aberdeen. Day passes average £25 nationally, rising to £30 in premium markets such as London, Oxford, Belfast and Edinburgh, while Aberdeen (£18) remains the most affordable major hub. VOs cost £100 per month, peaking in Liverpool (£175) and dipping as low as £35 in Cardiff. Meeting rooms have a national median price of £30 per hour, with London topping the list at £50, compared to £20–£21 in Nottingham and Glasgow. In Ireland median pricing sits at €205/month for memberships and €25/day for passes, while Dublin commands higher rates across most services.
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🧮 Revenue Optimization is the new growth lever #
The latest OfficeRnD Flexindex report from OfficeRnD for Q4 2025 is here, containing data from 3500+ flex space locations worldwide.
Key takeaways: The new growth lever is revenue efficiency. While rev occupancy is up +0.06pp, revenue per occupied desk was up 4.4%, and price per hour of booking was up 8.9%.
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🇮🇪 Dublin sees flex expand to 3.2% of office stock #
CBRE have shared their annual Dublin Flexible Office Market report.
Flex now accounts for 3.2% of Dublin office stock (up from 2.5%) with rev-share and management agreements increasingly common. Coverage spans 1.7M sqft, with a reported 90% occupancy, with average term of 18-24 months.
Thanks Billy Hodges and Megan Burke for sharing this with us.
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🤝 Coworking market moves.
🇺🇸 CENTRL adds 35k sqft in San Francisco #
CENTRL Office announced it’s first Bay Area location in San Francisco’s North Waterfront.
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🇨🇦 iQ Offices adds 14,000 sqft in Vancouver #
iQ Offices shared that they’d be adding the 25th floor at their 1055 West Georgia Street location to their portfolio, adding more private offices to their existing offerings.
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🇺🇸 Mindspace adds 11,500 sqft in Williamsburg #
Mindspace announced an 11.5k sqft expansion of its Williamsburg location at 25 Kent Ave, Brooklyn, New York. The addition is slated for completion in Summer 2026 and will culminate in a grand opening, bringing the size of the Mindspace Williamsburg location to ~50,000 square feet.
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🇫🇷 Now Coworking adds 2k sqm in Grenoble #
Coworking Europe shares news that Now Coworking are set to open a new 2,000 sqm location in Grenoble in May 2026.
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🎙 Coworking conversations.
Hector Kolonas chats with Jaime Munoz about the recent acquisition of CO+HOOTS, how he almost talked himself out of joining the coworking industry, and what goes into taking the leap from managing to owning a multi-location coworking businesses.
Sofia Stolberg and Carmella Cotton summarize the results of PilotoMail‘s most recent Virtual Office Audits session.
Antonette Benting sits with Liz Elam about GCUC Africa, regional leadership, and what operators everywhere can learn from the innovation happening across the African coworking ecosystem on the GCUC podcast.
Ana Bernardo joined the ‘Wear Many Hats’ Podcast to share her inspiring journey from Academia to leading operations at work.life.
Rose Radtke chats with Bernie Mitchell about if "community" is overburdened, and whether you can be a lurker in a physical space.
Ivan Cossu shares the critical pivot of deskbird from an Airbnb for coworking spaces to workplace management software in July 2020, months before running out of capital on the BUILDERS podcast