You’re invited to our launch co-working day on Wednesday 10th March 2010 from 9am – 5pm at MadLab/FlyThe.Coop (36-40 Edge Street, Manchester, M4 1HN).
Come along to meet other interesting freelancers and entrepreneurs, discover co-working, share what you’re working on, help and be helped, learn about collaboration opportunities and see the FlyThe.Coop space.
Celebrate the launch of [...]

We celebrated our existence last night, and it’s been a long road to get here.
Around 5 years ago, Co-Working days started happening once a month at MDDA, some of which were organised by Paul Robinson (our chariperson!). They were very well attended and showed the desire for a co-working space in Manchester. We then set-up [...]

FlyThe.Coop’s first day is here!

We’re now open for you to come and share our space with us! We have 2 co-working desks available for you to use as hot-desks. Until we get the online booking sorted (which should be less than 2 weeks), please phone Ben on 07811197374 to book a desk. You will need [...]

Many thanks to everyone who helped paint and strip wallpaper in the weeks running up to Christmas. Also thanks to FlyThe.Coop member Guy Dickinson for loaning the money to pay a professional decorator to work his magic in the meeting room and on the floorboards just before Christmas. The results look like a massive improvement!

This coming weekend (19th & 20th) will be the last weekend we have to get the FlyThe.Coop space looking lovely before everyone is on holiday. So basically, whatever it looks like on Sunday evening, that is what we will be moving into on Jan 4th.
And there is still alot to do, here’s is a list:

Strip [...]

Now that we’ve got a lock on the door and knocked down a wall, it doesn’t mean there’s not hard work yet to do!
This Sunday (13th) from 11am onwards, we will be painting and stripping wallpaper in the FlyThe.Coop space, 36-40 Edge Street, M4 1HN.
Please come along to help out and bring any paint trays, [...]

Many thanks to Cornerstone Construction for taking down the partition wall so that more light can fill out wonderful space!
They also installed a much needed lock on the door, picture gallery below:

Now that we have got the space in 36-40 Edge Street, we need to make some changes so that it is a lovely and vibrant place to co-work.
The space is currently made up of 3 rooms which we call the Light Room, the Large Room and the Dark Room. The Light Room has a big [...]

At last! FlyThe.Coop has finally got a space for you to come and co-work and collaborate with others in Manchester!
It’s been over a year since Fly The Coop Limited was established as a Cooperative and it’s been difficult finding the right space. But now we have: 36-40 Edge Street in the Northern Quarter of Manchester’s [...]

FlyThe.Coop have been asked to consider managing the 1st floor of a Northern Quarter unit by the lovely people behind the Manchester Hackspace!
But we need to know a few things before we take the plunge! So if you’re interested in a Co-Working space in the Northern Quarter, please fill out our survey:
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