Studios & Resources

Creative Businesses

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Workspace Group

Magenta House, 85 Whitechapel Road, London E1 1DU - Google Maps
Tel: 020 7247 7614
Fax: 020 7247 0157
Email:
Website: www.workspacegroup.co.uk

Workspace Group PLC is the leading provider of flexible business space to let to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in and around London, aiming to provide customers with a totally competitive product in terms of price, quality of business space and flexible leases. Workspace has over 100 business centres to let in Greater London providing a wide range of business space including serviced offices, offices, studios, workshops and light industrial units.
Listing ID: 172


Digital Incubator for London

239 Old Street, London EC1V 9EY - Google Maps
Tel: 020 7553 4470
Fax: 020 7251 3130
Email:
Website: www.londondigitalincubator.com

The Digital Incubator for London provides support to new start-ups and established businesses, with a particular emphasis on the creative and IT sectors. They also have a number of one-to-two-person workshop units.
Listing ID: 212


Greenwich Enterprise Board

26 Burney Street, London SE10 8EX - Google Maps
Tel: 020 8305 2222
Fax: 020 8858 7010
Email:
Website: www.geb.co.uk
Website: www.seenterprise.co.uk

The Greenwich Enterprise Board aims to contribute to the development of small businesses. They provide an integrated range of consultancy, training and advice programmes for established and startup businesses. A team of IT specialists and business advisers are able to offer impartial and up to date advice on a wide range of issues. GEB were the first London TMB (Technology Means Business) accreditation and approved centre, a DTI initiative aimed at helping SMEs to get access to well qualified IT specialists. In addition GEB own a range of commercial properties, managed so as to support tenant businesses wherever possible. Free IT Training for businesses in any London borough who have been trading for less than 2 years.
Listing ID: 213


Hackney Co-operative Developments (HCD Ltd)

62 Beechwood Road, London E8 3DY - Google Maps
Tel: 020 7254 4829
Email:
Website: www.hced.co.uk

HCD Ltd is a community economic development organisation. It can provide business premises, business development services and ongoing advice and training to local people who are starting small businesses benefiting the local community. HCD's policy is to provide easy in/out short-term lets, at a relatively low risk.
Listing ID: 214


Invest in Hackney

300 Mare Street, London E8 1HE - Google Maps
Tel: Tel 020 8356 2690
Website: www.invest-in-hackney.org.uk

Offers a free and independent property service to any organisation considering investing in Hackney.
Listing ID: 215


North London Enterprise Club

196 Great Cambridge Road, Enfield, Middx, EN1 1UQ - Google Maps
Tel: 020 8366 8244
Email:
Website: www.enterprise.uk.com

The North London Enterprise Club is an organisation that supports entrepreneurs and small businesses in the North London area. It helps people network through regular members' meetings, and has special interest groups in technology, marketing, building, training, and the recently formed creative industries group. Members have access to the 'Up and Running' programme offering advice at low cost to the self-employed and business start-ups. If you are a visual artist, designer-maker, photographer, web designer, architect, actor, performer, film maker or musician the membership of the NLEC and the creative special interest group can lead to interesting social and networking opportunities for your practice or business. They can also access finance from the Club's own Credit Union, or from other schemes run by partner organisations.
Listing ID: 216


RSA Island Centre

The Letting & Management Office, 35 Island Centre, Enfield ENS 6GS - Google Maps
Tel: 01992 854 321
Email:
Website: www.rsaiv.co.uk

The Island Centre is a unique waterside restoration providing a high quality scheme of retail, office and light industrial workspaces with reasonable rents and flexible terms.
Listing ID: 218


Two Oars Ltd

116-118 Windermere Road, Ealing W5 4TH - Google Maps
James Simpson
Tel: 0870 402 9921 ext. 811
Email:
Website: www.twooars.com

The online business management service designed specifically for small businesses and the self-employed. Keep all your business data in one secure place. Benefits include: creating quotes and invoices in seconds
Listing ID: 219


UK online centres

Website: www.ukonlinecentres.com/consumer/

Provided by the DfES (Department for Education and Skills), the UK online centres website lists all internet centres provided by Government and UK Local Authorities by postcode search. Many are free (check individual listings), and provide support and training if necessary.
Listing ID: 220


Urban Space Management

Trinity Buoy Wharf, 64 Orchard Place, London E14 0JW - Google Maps
Tel: 020 7515 7153
Email:
Website: www.urbanspace.com

Urban Space Management is a leading developer and manager of speciality retail projects. They specialise in a wide variety of inner city spaces, revitalising them for new cultural and commercial uses.
Listing ID: 221


St. Peter's House Resource Centre

59 Elgin Avenue, London W9 2DB - Google Maps
Jan Yorston
Tel: 020 7266 0636
Email:
Website: www.stpetershouse.org

At a very minimum, and for less than the cost of a PO box, the centre is able to provide members with a postal/business address, discounted access to a meeting room (with the potential for exhibiting work). The Meeting Room is a light and spacious area equipped to exhibit local artists work.
Listing ID: 2135


ANNEXED

76 - 80 Bridport Place, London N1 5DS - Google Maps
Jonathan Hatt
Tel: 07851 934 901
Email:
Website: www.unisexandtrendy.com/FactoryFloor.htm

ANNEXED provides affordable workspace for nearly 100 designers and designer makers in 4 buildings across Hoxton and Stoke Newington. There is a wide range of space available from workstation to workshop.
Listing ID: 2140


Persistence Works

21 Brown Street, Sheffield S1 2BS - Google Maps
Tel: 0114 2761769
Website: www.artspace.org.uk/about_us.htm

Persistence Works opened in October 2001 with 100% occupancy. 68 artists and craftspeople work in 51 studio spaces with an education and public art space for project activity, a meeting room, a reception/display space and offices for the staff team that now numbers 7. Persistence Works is widely seen as a model for the provision of workspace for visual artists setting a standard of accommodation and essential support services for future projects.
Listing ID: 2374


Soho Desk Space

Website: sohodeskspace.co.uk

Weekly renatl of desk space with Broadband included in a shared office in Soho, Central London W1. There are no long leases to sign and there are no hidden extras.
Listing ID: 2646


Canalside Works

8 Orsman Road, Shoreditch, London, N1 5QJ - Google Maps
Hilary Clayton
Tel: 020 7324 5577
Fax: 020 7253 5778
Email:
Website: www.canalsideworks.co.uk

Canalside Works is a pioneering concept for the working environment designed to cater for the needs of expanding firms in the creative sector and SMEs. This is a joint venture between Shoreditch Trust and City of London Corporation. The development is sustainable and energy efficient with on-site car and bicycle parking.
Listing ID: 2789


Creative Space Agency

Business Development Centre, 7-15 Greatorex Street, London E1 5NF - Google Maps
Dilly Begum
Email:
Website: www.creativespaceagency.co.uk

The Creative Space Agency is an innovative service that links owners of vacant property with creative professionals looking for space to work, exhibit, meet, perform or rehearse. The services on offer through the Creative Space Agency include an up to date list of available spaces in London, handy fact sheets and regular training sessions. The Creative Space Agency is a project delivered jointly by CIDA (Cultural Industries Development Agency) and Urban Space management.
Listing ID: 3107