{"id":19017,"date":"2013-11-12T15:00:30","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T15:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=19017"},"modified":"2013-11-12T15:00:30","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T15:00:30","slug":"communal-workspace-embraces-creativity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2013\/11\/12\/communal-workspace-embraces-creativity\/","title":{"rendered":"Shared workspace embraces creativity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_19022\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 480px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19022\" alt=\"FoundersHub launch event\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/11\/main-image1.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/11\/main-image1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/11\/main-image1-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19022\" alt=\"FoundersHub launch event\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/11\/main-image1.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/11\/main-image1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/11\/main-image1-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/noscript> Booze and cupcakes were swiftly replaced with laptops following the launch at FoundersHub, which also contains a small library of business literature and a <em>Street Fighter<\/em> arcade machine (All photos by Matt Ayres)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A new workspace in the city centre is offering creative businesses the opportunity to trial their big ideas in a low risk environment.<\/p>\n<p>FoundersHub on High Street opened its doors last Wednesday (6 November 2013) at a launch event featuring edible Lego, craft beer and a vintage arcade machine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19026\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 200px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19026\" alt=\"&quot;Bony Tony&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/11\/smallpic.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"160\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19026\" alt=\"&quot;Bony Tony&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/11\/smallpic.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"160\" \/><\/noscript> Less than 25 workers will join \u201cBony Tony\u201d in the upstairs room to maintain a spacious atmosphere, but there are more desks on the lower floor<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Local couple <a title=\"Craig Lockwood's website\" href=\"http:\/\/craiglockwood.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Craig Lockwood<\/a>\u00a0and <a title=\"Amie Duggan's website\" href=\"http:\/\/amieduggan.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amie Duggan<\/a>\u00a0conceived the project.\u00a0Their dream is to provide a relaxed setting where creative entrepreneurs in Cardiff can work and exchange ideas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRather than renting an office, paying business rates and internet costs, people who have an idea can try it out here to see if it works,\u201d says Amie, who hopes that the flexible rates at FoundersHub will appeal to new start ups as well existing companies.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_V44snNvwrc[\/youtube]<\/p>\n<p>Get a taste of the atmosphere at FoundersHub with this exclusive video we shot at their launch event<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FoundersHub is the new HQ for big thinkers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":19255,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[238,239,3221,3222,974,3223,3224],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-19017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-no-logo","tag-enterprise","tag-entrepreneur","tag-foundershub","tag-launch-event","tag-networking","tag-small-business","tag-workspace"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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