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Every bunny loves cocktails

We would be celebrating Easter with our clients tomorrow afternoon with our monthly cocktails. We don’t want you to miss out, so here are some ideas for springtime cocktails to share from home with teammates and friends over a video call ...

5 ways to add a bit of ‘BE’ to your home office

Whilst we can’t deliver doughnuts to your door or send a shoe shiner round to make sure your footwear is in top condition, we can give you some ideas about how to add a bit of ‘BE’ to your work from home routine. 1. Light
Make sure your at-home workspace ...

How to manage working from home with children in the house

Working from home can be tough if you are not used to it but it will be even more of a challenge if you have young children at home with you too. Here are our top tips on how to make the most out of this tricky time. Make your own space
When working from ...

Coronavirus Update

Following last night’s government announcement we are asking our employees not to travel to our centres going forward, and to work from home. We are a responsible employer and responsible provider of workspace, and as such, we will ...

BE Offices centre team working hours

We are doing everything we can to keep our centres fully operational and will continue to do so, unless told otherwise by the government. However, we are having to make a few adaptions to allow business continuity, the primary being reduced ...

Coronavirus Update

With events moving rapidly we want to keep clients up-to-date with how things may affect their centre. Operational adaptions
We will remain open and as fully operational as possible until told otherwise by the government. We are, however, ...

Top tips for working from home

With many of us finding ourselves suddenly working from home, when perhaps we’ve never had to do so before, here are a few tips on staying productive… 1. Start as you mean to go on
It’s harder to get out of bed when you don’t ...

BE Offices’ continued response to Coronavirus

We are aware of the concerns of everyone regarding Coronavirus, and want to inform our clients of some of the steps we have taken at our centres. Increased deep cleaning
We already have a constant rolling programme of thorough day-time and night-time ...

BE.Spoke’s managing director features on AllWork’s Furture of Workspace podcast

Jonathan Weinbrenn tells AllWork’s Jo Meunier all about how space as a service is shaking up the workspace market BE’s flexible workspace guru discusses the need for providers to adopt a ‘hospitality-first’ mindset ...

Five-minute business profile: Tom Blomfield, CEO of Monzo

How has the young entrepreneur shaken up the world of banking as we know it? CEO and co-founder of Monzo Bank Ltd., Tom Blomfield, is responsible for disrupting the banking sector with a fintech business famed for its ‘hot coral’ debit cards ...

BE Offices offers help to clients who require their teams to work remotely

Whilst we have had no reported incidents in any of our centres regarding Coronavirus (COVID-19), we want to be pro-active in helping our clients if they require their teams to work remotely. Calls and handsets
We have implemented a telephone ...

Focus on: Birmingham

As part of our neighbourhood exploration series, we look at the lively area around our Birmingham office… Thinking of moving to a fully serviced office in Birmingham? Our bustling office at Somerset House, 37 Temple Street offers everything ...

BE’s Jonathan Weinbrenn shortlisted for Property Award’s Entrepreneur of the Year

Jonathan Weinbrenn, managing director BE.Spoke, has been announced as a finalist in the Property Awards 2020. The prestigious annual awards are a focal event for the full spectrum of the industry and showcase outstanding performances from ...

Infographic: Working out at work

Is sitting down at your desk all day really that bad for your health? We’ve done the research on why we should try to be healthier at work…. The statistics:

• 40% of Brits spend just 15 minutes outdoors each day, a further 22% spend only

Which Oscar winner would make the best boss?

Who should take the lead and who should play a supporting role? We take a look at recent Oscar winners and ask who would make the best manager. Popcorn at the ready as we weigh up Hollywood’s business heavyweights… Renée Zellweger
Somewhere over ...

Which rom-com couple make the best business team?

The rom-com genre has taught us how to laugh, cry, love… and now, how to run a successful business. Who’d have thought it? How will a commitment-phobe vet and his forgetful wife compare to a team of married assassins in the boardroom? Read on for ...

Focus on: Southampton

As part of our series exploring the neighbourhoods surrounding our buildings, this week we traverse the area around our newly opened Southampton location. If you’re searching for flexible workspace in Southampton, look no further than ...

Which Chinese zodiac sign would make the best boss?

The Year of the Rat is upon us, which leads to the nagging and gnawing question: would we want a rodent running things? We take a look at our Chinese zodiac management options… Rats, tigers and monkeys in the office may sound like a pest problem ...

BE launches 6th Headspace coworking centre in Southampton as it continues regional expansion

BE Offices, the independent provider of flexible space, today announces the launch of its latest centre in Southampton under its coworking Headspace brand. The new opening represents Headspace’s sixth centre and is BE’s first operation ...

Which workout guru would make the best boss?

Who wouldn’t work up a sweat switching burpees for the boardroom? We put fitness’s best under the microscope… New year? New you? New boss? Join us as we ask who should we borrow from the gym to become a GM? Arnold Schwarzenegger
The Austrian-American’s ...

What does a serviced office include?

Serviced offices offer the ideal flexible workspace for all types of organisations, from start-ups to more established business, even corporates looking for overflow or project space, but what exactly is included? One of the keys to running ...