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Spark Studio live/work launching soon

A new £1.7 million housing scheme is to offer accommodation and workspace for budding entrepreneurs in Salford.

Draft national framework backs live/work

Live/work has won backing in a heavyweight report commissioned to help shape the government’s new National Planning Policy Framework.

Spectacular live/work development ready for business

Budding entrepreneurs can look forward to taking their first business steps following the completion of a major £2.3 million development to create new live/work homes, which combine living and workspace for the creative and craft industries.

Salford live/work under construction

Eight live/work units are due to be ready for occupation in an inner city Salford regeneration zone by May.

Homes agency funds Devon live/work scheme

The Homes and Communities Agency has kickstarted a stalled development in Tiverton featuring proposals for six live/work apartments.

Commitment to live/work pays off at Bristol Paintworks

A developer’s proven track record in ensuring that its live/work units are used for employment purposes has paid off after it secured planners’ favour for a 41 unit new live/work quarter.

Home workers are more productive than their office-based counterparts..

..according to a new study. A survey carried out by researchers Onepoll for labels provider DYMO found home-based workers are less likely to spend their day surfing the internet and making personal phone calls.

Shaggy dog leaves vacancy

From Stoke on Trent the festive season brings a shaggy dog story, and with it a chance to join the creative live/work community at Midland Heart's popular live/work studios in Burslem

Live/work tower on the cards

Sculptor Jeff Lowe, who at Havelock Walk established one of the UK's most thriving live/work communities, is close to getting planning consent for a stunning new live/work complex with a real wow factor

Bohouse live/work welcomes first resident

A graduate who has worked on blockbuster movies will shortly become the first resident to move into an innovative new live/work development