BusinessLodge Bury

What BusinessLodge Bury does

BusinessLodge is a UK flexible-workspace operator established in 2001 in Bury, England, providing serviced offices, coworking memberships, meeting rooms, and virtual office services. The company operates seven buildings across three locations: four in Bury, two in Stoke-on-Trent, and one in Widnes, employing approximately 40 staff under Managing Director Kate Holt. Pricing is structured in monthly tiers roughly from £50 (virtual office) up to £1,500 (full office suites), targeting small and medium-sized businesses that need short-cycle, flexible occupation.

Its revenue model is built on recurring monthly licence fees for office suites and memberships, supplemented by meeting-room hire and ancillary services; there is no evidence of usage-based pricing, long-term enterprise contracts, or platform-level monetisation. The legal entity is Haircloth Weaving & Finishing Company Limited, with operating subsidiaries BL Operations Limited and BL Operations Widnes Limited, reflecting property-level corporate separation. Tenancy is diversified across sectors, including construction (M Clarke, ~150 employees) and manufacturing (ESBE, ~£100m turnover), alongside case management and electrical trades.

The technology stack is conventional for the sector: a marketing website, tenant on-boarding flows, and standard meeting-room booking. There is no disclosed proprietary technology, no AI/ML capabilities, no platform APIs, and no data flywheel. BusinessLodge has not raised external funding and growth is funded from operating cash flow, with the strategic posture oriented toward incremental geographic expansion within its Northwest/Midlands commercial corridor and brand reinforcement (25 years operating, website relaunch with MARCA Media).

Name

BusinessLodge Bury

Legal name

Haircloth Weaving & Finishing Company Limited

Website

https://businesslodge.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

BusinessLodge is a UK flexible-workspace operator founded in 2001 in Bury, running seven buildings across Bury, Stoke-on-Trent, and Widnes that provide serviced offices, coworking, meeting rooms, and virtual offices to small and medium-sized businesses.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Flexible Office Space

NAICS

Office Administrative Services (561110)

SIC

Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Hybrid Work Enablement & Desk/Room Booking Operations (BPABAFAH)

Keywords

• Serviced office space
• Flexible workspace
• Virtual office services
• Meeting room rental
• Coworking hot desking

Headquarters

HQ city

Bury Saint Edmunds

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Office Space Rental: Monthly license fees for private offices, dedicated desks, and coworking spaces. Pricing ranges from $50/month for minor access to $1500/month for full access. Serviced offices include utilities, business rates, and maintenance in the fee.
2. Meeting Room Hire: Flexible meeting room rental from £15 per hour, available from one hour to a full day. Rooms accommodate 2-30 people with included amenities.
3. Virtual Office Services: Professional business address, mail handling and forwarding, and professional call answering service with trained receptionists.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

BusinessLodge provides flexible, fully-serviced office space, coworking/hot-desking, meeting room hire, and virtual office services across seven buildings in Bury, Stoke-on-Trent, and Widnes in the UK. Office accommodations range from a single desk to entire floors for up to 50 people, with all-inclusive pricing covering business rates, utilities, maintenance, and amenities such as Wi-Fi, meeting rooms, gyms, and breakout spaces. Meeting rooms are available from £15 per hour for 2-30 people, and virtual office packages provide a professional business address, mail handling and forwarding, and call answering services.

Product overview

BusinessLodge is a flexible office space provider offering serviced offices, co-working/hot desking, meeting room hire, and virtual office services across multiple UK locations including Bury (Europa House), Stoke-on-Trent (Trent House and Heron House), and Widnes (Kingsway House). The company operates as a single unified offering rather than a modular platform, with individual office units, meeting rooms, and virtual office packages available as distinct service options.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Serviced Offices Fully-serviced private offices ranging from a single desk to entire floors for up to 50 people, available across Bury, Stoke-on-Trent, and Widnes locations. All-inclusive monthly fees cover business rates, utilities, and maintenance, with each office equipped with essentials and options for personalization to reflect the tenant's brand identity. Suitable for startups, SMEs, and large companies needing flexible, professional workspace.
• Coworking (Hot Desking) Modern, shared coworking space designed to help small businesses, freelancers, and remote workers thrive, network, and generate ideas. Members benefit from full use of BusinessLodge facilities including Wi-Fi, breakout spaces, gym, and meeting rooms, fostering a community environment for one-person operators through to small teams.
• Meeting Room Hire
• Virtual Office Services

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• MARCA MediaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerMARCA Media is credited as the company that designed and launched the BusinessLodge website (noted as 'Launched by MARCA 🚀' in footer). Provides digital marketing and web development services for the company.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• WeWork: WeWork is a global coworking and flexible office operator with UK presence, offering dedicated offices, hot desks, meeting rooms, and virtual offices to a similar SME and enterprise customer base. Despite recent restructuring, it remains a directly comparable competitor in shared workspace.
• Citibase plc: Citibase operates a UK-wide network of managed business centres offering serviced offices, meeting rooms, and virtual offices to SMEs. It is a direct peer in product offering and target customer, with a comparable regional rollout strategy.
• BE Offices: BE Offices is a UK serviced office and coworking operator with multiple regional locations, offering flexible terms, meeting rooms, and virtual offices. It directly competes with BusinessLodge in the regional UK SME serviced-office market.
• IWG plc (International Workplace Group): IWG is the global market leader in flexible workspace, operating Regus, Spaces, HQ, and Signature brands across hundreds of UK and global locations. It is the most direct peer to BusinessLodge, with overlapping serviced office, coworking, meeting room, and virtual office offerings, though at vastly greater scale.
• Orega: Orega is a UK-focused flexible office operator offering serviced offices, meeting rooms, and virtual offices across multiple UK regions. It is a closely comparable peer to BusinessLodge in product mix and SME target market, though at a larger multi-city scale.
• Clockwise Offices: Clockwise operates premium flexible workspaces across UK regional cities with serviced offices, coworking, meeting rooms, and on-site amenities. It targets the same SME and enterprise regional-UK customer segment as BusinessLodge with a comparable all-inclusive pricing model.

Emerging players

• Townhouse Studios: Townhouse operates design-led flexible office and coworking spaces in UK regional cities, targeting SMEs and creative-sector tenants with all-inclusive pricing and community events. It is comparable to BusinessLodge in regional UK focus and SME product mix.
• Runway East: Runway East is a UK startup-focused coworking and office provider with locations in London, Bristol, and Manchester, offering flexible offices and community programming to early-stage and scaling companies. It overlaps with BusinessLodge's SME/startup segment, particularly in the Manchester/North West catchment.
• Huckletree: Huckletree is a UK-based coworking and innovation hub operator with locations in London, Manchester, and Dublin, serving startups, scale-ups, and enterprise innovation teams. It overlaps with BusinessLodge in the SME/startup coworking segment, particularly in Manchester.

Broad incumbents

• Workspace Group plc: Workspace is a London-focused listed provider of flexible offices and creative workspace. It is an incumbent competitor in the broader UK flexible office category with overlapping customer segments (SMEs, growing enterprises), though concentrated in London rather than regional cities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/BusinessLodgeStoke
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/businesslodge-bury
• Instagraminstagram.com/businesslodgestoke

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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