Our beautiful city of Birmingham is as innovative as it is inspiring, it’s no big surprise that a whopping 12,108 startups have chosen Birmingham as their home in the last year alone – making us the second largest home to new businesses after London. In fact, data from Centre for Entrepreneurs (CFE)…
Birmingham Heritage Week may be done and dusted for another year, but we’re passionate about our city’s history all year round. It would seem our tenants share that same passion: following our piece on our motivation for working on so…
With Birmingham Heritage Week drawing to a close, it’s prompted us to have a look into our own history as conservationists. The Pountney family have been involved in developing Birmingham properties for decades, with large scale award-winning renovations like our…
Whether it’s a bright, bustling space that encourages brainstorming, or a cosy quiet spot perfect for crunching numbers in peace, everyone has their do’s and don’ts for their ideal working environment. Now throw those two polar opposite working styles into…
Running a small business is in equal measures both riveting and terrifying. If you’re new at it, you might be so wrapped up in looking for new clients and keeping your customers happy that some of the fundamental HR duties…
When Trident Reach approached the Branston Court team in search of office space to house their Youth Promise Plus initiative, we knew right away that we shared the same values. Much like ourselves, helping others is at the heart of…
It’s not unusual for our tenants to come from home working backgrounds before investing in office space with us. This was the case for Birmingham branch of eCommerce and design specialists, JSWeb, who previously based their design resource remotely. After…
The beauty of housing such a variety of businesses under one roof is that we get to hear about all the interesting things our tenants get to do as part of their day to day jobs. Sometimes we hear a…
This time last year we were all eagerly awaiting the big reveal of the public art trail, The Big Sleuth. Just in case you were living under a rock last summer, The Big Sleuth ran from July through to September…
Who you gonna call when you’re stuck in a rut with your business branding? Studio Able, that’s who. This creative award-winning design duo are based at our Regent Place offices, where they help businesses to reimagine how they want to…
Regardless of the industry you’re in, after work drinks are a staple of British working life. Whether you’re looking to blow off some steam with co-workers or treat your clients to a few tipples, having a good selection of bars…
Catalyst Ltd are UrbanWorkSpace veterans who’ve been Branston Court tenants for a decade. As an office of seven, they really needed a space that was large enough for all of them – housed on the top former factory floor of…
At UrbanWorkSpace, we’re all about helping businesses to succeed – even if it sometimes means saying goodbye to tenants who grow big enough to need their own premises. That’s exactly what happened with print management company, XBM. Back in 2016…
The definition of wellbeing is the state of being comfortable, healthy, and happy. Sounds great right? For some of us, being both mentally and physically happy sounds like an impossible task so we often overlook it. But it’s actually not as…
If the word ‘networking’ conjures up visions of early morning breakfast meetings in hotel lobbies, laden with stick-on name tags and awkward silences – you’re probably not alone. We understand that stereotype, we really do. Networking gets a bad rep…