Insider Business Briefing: 16th April 2024

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Alice and Laurence talk about plans for a new service station in Lancashire, developments in the world of flexible working and the latest Midlands Business Insider magazine.   https://www.insidermedia.com/news/north-west/manchester-to-host-first-koba-workspace  https://www.insidermedia.com/news/north-west/preston-set-for-service-station-under-new-plans

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00:00 Hello and welcome to today's Insider Business Briefing. We're here to take a look at stories

00:17 from across the UK. My name's Laurence Cook-Annan, Digital News Editor, and I'm here with my

00:21 colleague Alice Bird. Hi. So Alice, there's a number of interesting stories from the world

00:26 of property today, and I see you've written one about a new service station, so perhaps

00:30 you can tell us about that. Yes, I imagine as a driver you've probably heard of MOTO,

00:34 the service station operator. Yes. So they are now setting their sights on a new service

00:39 station in Preston, so it's planned for Junction 2 on the M55. It'll include kind of what you

00:47 can expect, so you know, a main building with toilets, food and drink, and also a petrol

00:53 station as well as a children's play area. Okay, I'm always hoping for a Greg's, I have

00:56 to be honest. Me too. My wife's not watching. Do you have a favourite when it comes to service

01:01 stations? Well, it's a strange question to ask, but I actually do. My favourite is the

01:05 Teeway services on the M6, which is less of a service station, it's more of a deli. Does

01:10 it have a lake? It has a lake, you get fine pate and cheese, and actually when I was last

01:16 there I was in the queue behind New Order's Peter Hook, so it's also a celeb hotspot as

01:20 well. So very interesting. Good to know. Good to know, and they're always pretty popular

01:24 with our readers, so that'll be interesting to find out more about the latest plans for

01:28 the Preston services. Staying with property, we've also covered news that flexible works

01:35 based company Cobra is launching its first UK site in Manchester. They've picked 100

01:41 Barberolli Square, which is a very landmark building in Manchester, for 30,000 square

01:46 foot of sustainable space. It's actually a growth area in the UK, sort of flexible workspace,

01:54 despite the sort of global business we were running into some difficulties, it does seem

01:58 that in the UK that is doing well. I mean, have you seen any stories along those lines

02:03 about flexible worksites? Definitely, yeah. I mean, we've covered quite a few stories

02:07 regarding Cubo, which is another flexible workspace operator. So they're headquartered

02:12 in Derby, but they've expanded to operate sites across the UK. So you have them in Birmingham,

02:18 Leeds, Manchester, and in the Bankhouse development, which is recently opened in Newcastle. Yes,

02:23 they're a real regional success story, actually. I think they've got some investment for literacy

02:27 capital, which is driving forward their growth plans. Okay, well, away from the world of

02:34 property, we have a new magazine to announce to the world, and that is the latest Midlands

02:41 Business Insider. That features a piece about female entrepreneurs who are making a difference.

02:48 It also takes a look at the Labour candidate for the Mayor elections in the East Midlands

02:54 next month. In fact, anyone who's interested in the Mayoral elections, we have a lot of

02:59 information about all the runners and riders. So please go to www.insidermedia.com to take

03:05 a look at that. Also, you can subscribe to our newsletters, you can pick up the magazines.

03:09 You can also check out our LinkedIn page for information there. That's everything from

03:14 Alice and I. See you next time.

03:16 [music]

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