Blogs

Nominated for three awards, finalists in all three and the winners of one! Read all about Jamie and Siobhan's adventure to the FlexSa Awards 2022.

With two new DeskLodges currently in the works, we thought you should meet some of the team who are making it happen.

We know that summer already feels like a lifetime ago, so we thought a little re-cap of our Summer Social would help to jog your memory.

Step forward, Oisin Robinson from Picocom Technology – you’re our DeskLodger of the Month! Find out all about this dog-loving, problem-solving, breakfast-munching, pub-frequenting Design Engineer. Take a well-deserved bow (although you might need to stop cuddling your parent’s dog first).

We have a little chinwag with Zac Stephens, Growth and Product lead at Curve!, an up-and-coming Fin-tech app. He tells us how the app can change how people spend and earn for their business. Zac also explains why DeskLodge is prefect for the growing company – and lets us in on their plans for growth. Shhhh, they’re all a bit hush-hush.

They may design and deliver micro-processors, but Codasip have their sights set on big growth! Since being at DeskLodge Bristol they’ve seen themselves expand from four staff, to a team of 20. And they’re not finished yet!

We all like to be entertained, learn new things or just keep up to speed on topics that interest us. But how do you do it at the moment? Do you hop on The Google and sniff out relevant websites? Or perhaps you read industry updates or magazines? Maybe you find what you need on TV. There is another way, of course. More and more people are plugging in to podcasts for all their information and entertainment

This month we turn the spotlight on Harriet Yates-Smith of Mindfully Wired Communications. We find out more about how Harriet and her team push the theme of sustainability through various marine environmental issues, and what she does in her spare time. It’s fascinating stuff!

Time. It’s our most precious commodity. But you can’t buy it, sell it, borrow it or steal it. Well, we certainly haven’t been squandering our time. We’ve put together a few pointers on how you can manage your day and squeeze the most out of every second.

Co-working spaces, like the ones we have here at DeskLodge, have really caught on over recent years. But, incredibly, there are still a few people who are yet to be convinced. We put this down to a handful of myths and misunderstandings about co-working spaces that are still floating around. Well, allow us to set the record straight.

One of the bigger offices in DLH is filled with the lovely folk from Consortia. Companies across the UK have trusted Consortia since 2010 to solve their most demanding recruitment problems. Nathan Connolly, their CEO, answered some questions for us:

It’s World Suicide Prevention Day on 10th September. Since its beginnings in 2003, this incredible movement brings together organisations and communities from around the world to raise awareness about preventing suicides.