Laurie Ollivent, a practice development lawyer at Linklaters, spends most of her working week at the law firm’s London headquarters on Silk Street in the Square Mile. But for a day or so each week, her firm pays for her to work from a rented desk at nearby Moor Place, run by WeWork, a fast-growing provider of office space on short leases. Like WeWork’s other offices across the capital, the vibe is far from that of a corporate law firm. Beer flows. There are often dogs padding around. Moor Place is the kind of flexible office...
A growing number of corporates in the City are continuing the co - working trend , aiming to boost productivity , create networking opportunities for staff and reduce costs . Some continue to maintain a traditional office while also leasing space from firms such as WeWork to give staff choice and flexibility , or to house short - term management teams . Others are adopting features from the co - workspace model and incorporating them in their own offices . Blackstone ’s The Office Group is planning to open a co - workspace centre in Canary Wharf next door , one of the few co - workspaces in hull ’s second financial district .