The following was written by Max St John, founder of The Needs Work and an Officrèche parent. As a parent, life seems to become all about managing difficulty. From terse conversations with your partner after a crap nights’ sleep or negotiating with small children on simply getting their f**king clothes on to crashing through your day […]
Time management is a challenge at the best of times, but as a freelancer it becomes a vital skill to master. You are beholden to yourself to get work done on time, both to meet client deadlines and to stop your work life creeping into your personal life – a common struggle for freelancers. If […]
PlayPen launched recently in East London – a pop-up Ofsted registered crèche with attached coworking facilities operating out of St Paul’s Way Community Centre (run by the wonderful folks at Poplar Harca, who are also providing financial support to PlayPen) in Mile End every Thursday morning. Set up by Leo Wood, who has previously founded […]
Brighton Digital Festival is taking over the city in September, and it’s another line-up of fantastic grassroots organised events. There’s a huge range of things to attend, from the arty to the sciencey, and those aimed at kids to those aimed at adults (such as the occasional boozy open studio… not naming any names). We’ve […]
Twitter is one of the mainstays of the social media world. Even those who’ve never heard of immensely popular networks like Snapchat, Instagram, Pinterest, Reddit and many many more have taken on Facebook and Twitter as household names: a puzzling phenomenon as whilst Facebook has achieved incredible penetration across a huge variety of demographics, Twitter […]
UPDATE: V22 Dalston have achieved their crowdfunding targets, and the project will be going ahead! Stay tuned for more soon… We caught up with V22 in Dalston, who are currently raising funding to provide a flexible workspace with a crèche. That’s an idea we’re a little bit keen on here at Officrèche, in case you hadn’t […]
Michael Porter is one of the granddaddies of modern business strategic thinking. A lecturer with Harvard Business School, and business consultant, his models of thinking about strategy are timeless, and help us to better understand the marketplace and industry that we’re operating in, and thereby helping us make better business decisions. His models are always […]
Well, like it or not, it’s happened guys. On Thursday 23rd June 2016, Britain voted to leave the EU. Whether you viewed the EU as a bulging behemoth of bureaucracy, or as the haven of civil rights, economic prosperity and progressive world policy, it’s happened. The consequences are going to be extensive and unbounded, and […]
Brighton is rapidly becoming a hotspot for startups in the UK. With a burgeoning tech and digital scene, thanks to the likes of Brighton Digital Festival and Wired Sussex, we are a proud community of entrepreneurs looking to launch their endeavours upon the world. We’ve seen a number of companies make it big after beginning […]
By Eliza St John Before I had children I’d park my car at work and check my make-up. Now I have children, I park my car at work and scrape my child’s breakfast or snot from my top. Coming back into the world of paid work can be a challenge. Especially if you’ve returned […]