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Nicola Moore: Local Coworking Spaces and Their Role in the Community

I had the pleasure of chatting with the talented and superb woman, Nicola Moore, who provides support to startups and SMEs. Nicola joined the British Library’s Business and IP Centre and Haringey Council to develop a cross-sector pilot programme called Start-ups in London Libraries. Nicola had the benefit of living locally prior to launching the programme (she has lived in the borough for nearly ten years). Being a resident and now business provider, Nicola has some insight into some of the nee

Change Is Essential - An Evening With Urban MBA.

On the 18th of June, the award-winning charity Urban MBA had an open day event at the fabulous coworking space at Beter Space in the Ray Farringdon London, where they highlighted organisations successes, future goals, and strategic objectives. Urban MBA reached the milestone where they felt ready to share their stories and accomplishments in helping marginalised and disengaged young adults by offering enterprise and employment skills and alternative teaching methods to create long-lasting change

Creating Equality And Inclusion For The Community Through Coworking And Art

It is no longer surprising that my social network has expanded enormously since joining the coworking community, allowing me to have conversations with fellow females who are very passionate about art, workspaces, community and helping others. One example of such blissful interaction is with Nina Franco, whom I met at Creative Works. Nina is a political artist and activist and, needless to say, has a strong sense of identity and autonomy. We chatted about her journey and how her life’s mission l

Urban MBA unlocked one more door for young entrepreneurs to follow their dreams.

On the 18th of September, during London’s fashion week, the infamous London venue, The Ministry of Sound, opened its doors for a spectacular and highly anticipated event. Organisers, Urban MBA and  Lstnup Ldn, collaborated with Puma Sportstyle and created a campaign that captured the essence of today's political, sociological and economic climate and sent an unequivocal and loud message - Change is Essential, The Change Is Now. I had an opportunity not only to watch the show but be a part of i