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🎉 Coworking celebrations
👏 European Coworking Day 2026 covered 36 countries #
On Wednesday 6 May the fourth edition of the European Coworking Day took place, uniting 252 coworking locations from all across Europe to open their spaces and invite potential members to experience coworking and community, to have some breakfast, lunch or ice cream break, or visit some insightful event.
This edition covered 36 countries including Andorra, Cyprus and the Baltic countries – and even extending to Georgia and Armenia.
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👏 Coworking impact
🙋♀️ A challenge for mental health month #
Liz Elam shares that GCUC are launching the GCUC Access: The Door Is Open initiative to "make coworking the first industry to offer free, barrier-free mental health support."
She is inviting operators, partners and leaders across the industry to join in and set a new standard, where mental health is not a workplace afterthought.
👉 Read this.
📰 Coworking news & views.
🙊 How did the UK land up in this sticky business rates jam? #
Marcus Plows from Compton Rates, explores what’s really going on with UK services offices and business rates, and how everyone landed up in the current situation.
The piece gives a good overview of how things were, are, and what’s changing. We follow a 2023 "agreement" and how that led various agencies to want to see the matter "legally tested" through the courts to arrive at the "correct" answer re: how to rate serviced office providers.
👉 Read this.
🏢 When big coworking moves in: Pricing, Content & Event ideas #
Part two of Cobot‘s series on handling a nearby chain. This week’s edition picks up where last week left off with practical advice on pricing, video content, and using events as a front door for new members.
Includes real examples from workish.berlin and Kiez Büro.
👉 Read this.
📨 The one line that turns mail runs into community magic #
Dana Silva shares a reminder of how simple framing can turn someone popping in to get their VO mail into a networking moment that glues your community together (and may even upsell the mailbox client).
The change in framing? From "here’s your mail", to "have you met…?"
👉 Read this.
💥 On ‘coworking is easy’ for landlords… #
Craig Baute brings the receipts on what happened within 4 months of a landlord taking over a coworking space from an experience operator "to do it themselves… because ‘coworking is easy and in our wheelhouse.’"
The summary: from a profit-share agreement spitting off $45k+ per month in the landlords favor, to a $12k drop in take home cash (before new labor, software, etc expenses).
👉 Read this.
😎 7 signs you have a thriving coworking space and community #
Having an activated and engaged coworking space is an infinitely better experience for members. Spaces that look nice but are devoid of energy are boring and uninspiring, which means members are already thinking of leaving for another space or back to their work-from-home or coffee shop life. Which is no good for anyone!
Cat Johnson digs into what it looks like to be a place where people feel inspired, connected, and engaged.
👉 Read this.
📉 What is Lead Decay, and how do you stop it? #
Asen Stoyanchev from OfficeRnD shares a practical guide to measuring lead decay in your coworking sales pipeline, naming the cause, and stopping it before leads go cold.
👉 Read this.
🤝 Are we asking (each other) the wrong first question? #
Sarah Travers shares why "how many locations do you have?" is probably one of the worst ways to start a conversation with any coworking leader.
Sarah goes on to share why utilization, and repeat utilization in particular, are far better scorecards of how a coworking business is doing.
👉 Read this.
🪄 What took them from behind targets to near-full-capacity? #
A notebook. You know, the bound paper for pen kind.
Edward Hight shares how and why a notebook and to-do list, he was given by his manager Ross Carter, upgraded his workflow.
The result? The Ministry‘s memberships going from behind target in ’25, to nearing full capacity in ’26.
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💻 Coworking technology.
⚙️ Syncaroo made API migrations a 3-min switcheroo #
OfficeRnD deprecated version one of their API last week, meaning all integrations needed to be updated or rebuilt to support the new version before then, or risked getting disconnected and removed.
Syncaroo shared that not only were every one of their OfficeRnD-connected integrations were migrated to the latest API version ahead of schedule, and that 100s of synced locations, memberships and resources were migrated via sub-3-minute migrations.
👉 Read this.
🎨 What if every internet page was generated as you browsed? #
Eddie Jiao, who is on a fascinating mission to build and explore new ways to use computers, and colleagues Zain Shah and Drew Carr built a ‘diffusion-based generative graphical user interface’ called Flipbook.
What the bejooglies is that Hector? In short, instead of pages being generated by a server, the pages on Flipbook are generated, animated, and infinitely expanded upon using AI as you go from page to page.
Is it perfect? No. Is it a fun glimpse of what the internet could feel like in the (near) future? Maybe.
👉 Read this.
🕰️ 100 hours of customer discussion went into this upgrade #
"We spent 100 hours talking to coworking operators and members about how bookings actually happen", writes LIva Kacara, Product Designer at Nexudus.
The pattern was clear: the drop-off isn’t demand, it’s the booking experience, with too many steps, too many redirects, and too much friction. So they rebuilt the Nexudus Members Portal as a zero-commission storefront (with a drag-and-drop page builder thrown in), so people can book and pay directly from your website, in one flow.
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📈 Coworking data.
💳 Where did 50k businesses spend? There’s an MCP for that. #
Ian Macomber shares that Ramp Data is now accessible via Claude as a connector.
While not specifically a data set, this does brings a direct way for you to query, say what 50,000+ businesses are spending on office space, right inside Anthropic’s AI interfaces.
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🤔 What do they *really* think about flex? #
81% of office landlords, asset managers and property advisors surveyed plan to expand their flex offerings further in the next 1-3 years.
Alan Pepper shared Orega‘s latest independent study. In it we learn that the main drivers of flex growth is the need to attract and retain tenants; and to improve tenant experience across the WHOLE building.
👉 Read this.
🤝 Coworking market moves.
🇳🇱 B. gets a new managing director #
Alexa Lightner shares that 7 years to the day after moving to Amsterdam, she started as the new Managing Director at B. Amsterdam.
For folks in/around coworking back in 2013, you’ll remember Alexa from her involvement with Workbar in Boston.
👉 Read this.
🚀 Vast launches standalone virtual receptionist franchise #
After more than 30 years of building one of the original virtual office franchises, Intelligent Office (IO) is spinning out its most in-demand service into a standalone concept. South Florida-based parent company Vast Coworking Group has officially launched Intelligent Assistant (IA), a virtual receptionist and admin support services franchise built on a model that’s already handling more than 150,000 calls per month.
Multi-unit franchise owner Ryan Harris was also appointed as President of both IO and IA brands.
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🇺🇸 Intelligent Office opens in Rosslyn #
Intelligent Office has opened a new location in the Rosslyn area.
After more than ten years serving the community in the tax and accounting industry, three local business partners are launching a new coworking space, Intelligent Office Rosslyn.
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🇺🇸 Industrious pens 10th metro Atlanta hub #
Hannah Wiesner shares that Industrious are set to open their 10th metro Atlanta location, in Roswell.
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🇬🇧 Flexico opens Knaresborough office hub #
Flexico Workspace, part of Wizu Workspace, is set to open a 7500sq ft workspace at Hexagon House in Knaresborough next month.
ICYMI, this marks the 19th Flexico workspace.
👉 Read this.
✂️ Venture X Chandler opening on May 14th #
Venture X Chandler will host a community and ribbon-cutting grand opening event on May 14.
The space will be led by Ryan Naylor and Brooke Naylor, long-time Arizona residents.
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🇳🇿 IWG signs 20th NZ center #
Erika Jury shares that IWG have now officially signed their 20th New Zealand center with an HQ opening at 275 Cuba Street in Wellington.
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🇦🇺 A brand refresh 14 years in the making #
Ophelie Cutier and the Spacecubed team share that 14 years after they were founded in Perth (with a clear mission to support 1 million members) they’re refreshing their brand.
"This brand refresh marks the beginning of our next chapter, evolving from a single ecosystem into a connected platform built around four pillars: Locations, Programs, Ecosystem and Capital."
👉 Read this.
🎙 Coworking conversations.
Launch Workplaces CEO Mike Kriel explains why flexible office space is sometimes a situationship for landlords and building owners, not love at first sight or a long-term relationship, and why short-term arrangements that work for right now are still a win for everyone.
Anne Olsen chats with Fanny Marcoux on A very special coworking podcast episode to dig into how she landed up in coworking, her (audacious) goals for The Shop and where the industry is going.
Jessie Hathcock shares her journey from community coordinator to president of The Loading Dock, how "unreasonable hospitality" is a budget line item for them, and the messy middle with Jamie Russo on the Everything Coworking podcast.
Giovanni Palavicini hosts Jim Groves from Rubberdesk on the Flex Uncensored podcast to dig into the drive for more transparency and data in flex office markets.