"Our mantra is ‘work near home’, meaning that we provide spaces in commuter towns for work and life to be in balance together, not in competition." Freddie, CEO of Patch talks to us about how they operate co-working clubs and the benefits of this... workingdads.co.uk/patch-coworkin…

🚨 It's almost here - less than 48 hours to go until our Reimagining South London’s High Streets & Townscapes Conference! If you've already secured your space, don't forget to book your breakout workshops! Check out what's on offer in the third workshop session...

Very lucky to have the support of some incredible people as our investors. Check out Robin's 2020vision podcast, the latest is with one of our high street inspirations John Timpson open.spotify.com/episode/2mueXz…

Had so much fun, thinking big!

Congratulations to Entrepreneurs First on their $158M Series C from a global alliance of tech pioneers. Very excited for what this means for the next generation of founders + startups: tech.eu/2022/06/29/a-w…

"The Patch vision is to create thousands of centres of gravity in communities across the UK!" Such a great conversation w/ Freddie & Jimmy McLoughlin 🐑 for Jimmy's Jobs. There are people with entrepreneurial ideas on every street & there's huge scope to support & connect them!💡

⭐️ Be generous & be a helper! The more value you add to the community, the more generous & open they will be with you. 💯 Wise words on angel investing & on life w/Andy Ayim MBE 🙏 Thanks for the shout-out, it’s wonderful to have you in Patch’s community w/ Freddie

💯 Super excited about our first Patch Seasons event on this evening! 🌎 Join Murvah Iqbal, Camilla Dolan, Jonathan Wright & Freddie in a conversation as they explore ‘Creating Sustainable Change.’ 😊 Drinks in Patch Market after! ➡️ Tickets:  lnkd.in/gBTTpXPm

Tom Clark Interesting just been talking about this kind of culture in Chelmsford. Local passion and connections so important but also the entrepreunerial element from venture capital and community minded business Paloma Strelitz Freddie

🎧 BBC Music Introducing x Patch ✨ 💯 This weekend, in collaboration w/ BBC Music Introducing, BBC Essex, & Culture Chelmsford, Patch hosted over 100 emerging artists & industry professionals for a one-day event of talks & workshops promoting access to the music industry!

Patrick Traughber The 15-minute office

UK government rightly wants Britain to be one of the world’s great tech ecosystems. First priority: ensuring that thousands of UK startups make payroll this month. No bailout for SVB shareholders, but if depositors can’t access funds, the startup ecosystem is decimated.

I said it yesterday and I’ll say it again: the UK startup community has no idea how lucky it is to have Dom going to bat for them behind the scenes. Superb work.

Today the government announced an aspiration to deliver "wraparound care" from 8am to 6pm to all children in England. Here's what it really means: 🧵

They invest in the best companies!

History lesson…. If you take away the leasing activity of the FANG + M (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Google, + Microsoft) tenants and WeWork, Class A office absorption was negative between 2015 and 2020. 👀 Interesting times ahead…..

A massive moment for the UK - congrats to Matt Clifford and co for all their work to make this happen

Welcome to the UK 🇬🇧 Elon Musk We would like to invite you onto Jimmy’s Jobs of the Future 🎙️ To talk about the quarter of a million jobs you have created 🏗️ And what your your careers advice would be 🤝 You might enjoy this vQ&A we did with Rishi Sunak 👇

🩹 As part of our #QFQ - we spoke to Freddie, Founder and CEO of patch.work , about creating opportunities for "work near home", increasing #employeeengagement with #socialimpact and creating an #inclusive work-life balance. maddyness.com/uk/2023/11/25/…