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We talk to Deepak Ravindran, Co-founder at OddBox – London’s first social enterprise, based at Parkhall Business Centre in West Dulwich, delivering wonky fruit and veg boxes to homes and offices across the capital.

Find out why we think your business would thrive in this part of London.

Selecting the right commercial property in London, in the right area, with the right facilities, is vital to the success of any business. Your office space and location will underpin your company culture and the capital’s commercial property market is booming. There are premises of all shapes and sizes available, from traditional office space and shop fronts to warehouse and fast-emerging co-working space.

Situated in the heart of trendy Wood Green, The Chocolate Factory is one of our most significant creative hubs for innovative, growing North London businesses. Its stylish office, studio and workshop space gives our customers a golden ticket in the shape of freedom to grow at their own pace with no limits, but the building also has a long and impressive heritage for industry.

In these unique times, a day in your home office may feel like a marathon. So, with the help of experts, we’ve rounded up some top tips to boost your physical and mental health throughout the work day.

Corporate social responsibility is no longer the clichéd buzzword it used to be. We take a look at a movement where sustainability isn’t a secondary concern but is central to business strategy. Workspace customers such as B Lab and Anthesis are at the cutting edge of “caring capitalism”.

Introducing XLP, a charity which creates positive futures for young people growing up in deprived inner-city estates.

Fed up of swiping through a never-ending stream of virtual daters? Well, things might just be about to change. There's a new meet-up platform on the dating scene and it’s putting love at first sight over love at first swipe.

In today’s Workspace environments, rows of clunky computers have given way to co-working areas; in-trays are now inboxes; and we stamp our feet if the Wi-Fi takes more than a few seconds to upload on our digital devices when we wander round the office. Today’s office and studio spaces are wired differently, with an attitude that the space between your walls is as important as the space between your ears.

There is undoubtedly a changing dynamic afoot in the area, with its diamond heritage under threat due to soaring demand for online jewellery commerce and increasing rents, leading to squeezed profit margins for diamond and jewellery businesses that have adorned Hatton Garden’s streets since the Middle Ages.

Today, the Barley Mow Centre is a bustling business centre for companies in the heart of leafy Chiswick. It’s fast become a hub of creativity and innovation in West London, but it hasn’t always been a home for London’s entrepreneurs and growing businesses as the rest of this article reveals.

10 Workspace volunteers build a community garden for the most sustainable building in London.

West London has long been a fantastic area in which to live, work and play. Its leafy, suburban lifestyle is excellent for families, meanwhile its key economic drivers for businesses include one of the world’s biggest airports, Heathrow, the ‘Golden Mile’ and Sky’s creative cluster environment.

The latest Workspace Business Insights Dinner was bang on trend at The Pill Box in Bethnal Green. The theme was ‘wellness at work’ and the panel of guest speakers were truly outstanding, if we do say so ourselves.

Last month, customers, employees, shareholders and neighbours joined Workspace to celebrate the launch of The Record Hall. The Record Hall is the latest – and 68th – addition to our portfolio of high-quality flexible office, co-working and meeting room spaces across London...

Here at Workspace we work a little differently and we certainly strive to make our spaces somewhere people love to be in. We make sure to keep tackling the issue of work life balance, because we know how important it is to have good mental health as well as physical. We care about our environment and our people and we are always looking for new and exciting ways to do the right thing.