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The business case for the retrofit of existing buildings keeps getting stronger

Workplace Insight

The news last year that the M&S flagship Orchard House store on Oxford Street in London was to be demolished to make way for a new mixed-use development of shops, offices, restaurants and a gym sparked a very British sort of debate about the pros and cons of retrofit and refurbishment. This is M&S after all.

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Manchester is now a major draw for office design firms

Workplace Insight

So successful has the attempt been to reclaim the streets of Manchester that the resident population of the city centre will rise from around 4,500 in 1998 to around 100,000 by 2025. The total number of jobs in the UK increased between 2000 and 2021 by 21 percent. The jobs are also there. In Manchester, that was 49 percent.

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2023 Future Of Work Forecast: How Will The Coworking Sector Evolve In 2023? Here Are 5 Revealing Trends

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billion between 2021 and 2025. . The report argues that hotels are increasingly accommodating coworkers in their lobbies, and even restaurants and coffee bars now provide basic coworking facilities during periods of the day when customer footfall is low.

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