Central Working to launch in Manchester

CENTRAL Working, the London firm which specialises in managing co-working space for growing businesses, is preparing to unveil its first centre outside the capital.

It has taken a 4,000 sq ft unit at the Great Northern building in Manchester city centre that was formerly occupied by the furniture retailer Dwell.

The move is part of an expansion plan that could see Central Working in 35 locations within several years. Amongst the locations it is targeting are Dubai, Singapore, Moscow and Warsaw.

The business aims to offer a club environment, rather than desk space, and says this enables entrepreneurs to help each other nurture and develop their ideas.

The service is also aimed at firms that cannot commit to a lease on a fixed amount of space when they are growing quickly.

Central Working has three sites in London and one of them runs an “escalator” service which helps to develop start-ups. This will also be a feature of the Manchester base.  

The business is run by James Layfield who is understood to be in Russia on business. More detail about the launch is expected in the coming days.

London-based Resolution Property bought the Great Northern for £71m from Capital & Regional a year ago. Central Working has 20,000 sq ft at Resolution’s Dept W building in Whitechapel, London, where it hosts a financial services accelerator programme in partnership with Microsoft Ventures and Barclays.

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