Desk Space Genie blog

BBC Working Lunch: desk rental is an opportunity to save money

08 February 2010

Today's episode of Working Lunch BBC, 12.30pm features deskspacegenie.co.uk as part of a section on desk rental as a money-saving option for UK businesses. Presenter Ben Shore talks to Desk Space Genie users......

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Check this - rent desks on a big boat on the Thames!

01 February 2010

Someone pointed out this amazing listing on Desk Space Genie that I'd not spotted before. You can rent desks on HMS President, which is moored on Victoria Embankment on the Thames right in the middle of......

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Wow, now more than 7,000 desks to rent!

14 January 2010

The growing UK desk marketplace hit another milestone yesterday when the number of desks available on Desk Space Genie hit the 7,000 mark. That's an incredible rise from when we launched the site with 50......

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Nice review from Mazi TV confirms we're #1 for desk rental

14 December 2009

Desk Space Genie got a very nice review from Mazi.TV in the first episode of its weekly tech show. The internet TV station reviewed three websites - deskspacegenie.co.uk, rentadesk.co.uk the Soho desk scheme......

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Desk Space Genie launches revolutionary pay-whatever-you-like advertising model

02 May 2009

There. Our advertising charging model is alive. One day late, but that still makes us better than Boo.com . Advertisers with spare desks can now catapult their listings to the top of their local search results......

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Auction changes going live today...?

01 May 2009

Well, we've had two months to get ready for implementing our auction-based charging system on 1 May today , and we're possibly maybe nearly there. Paul tech director was up till 2.30am getting things in......

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Desk Space Genie hits 2,000 spare desks to rent!

20 April 2009

Unbelievably, Desk Space Genie has now been up and running for six weeks And what a six weeks it's been. There are now 2,236 desks advertised at time of writing and the site has been featured just about......

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New auction charging model will allow local markets to set price

20 April 2009

From 1 May 2009, we'll be introducing the option for advertisers to bid for premium spots on Desk Space Genie from just £1 a week. We've decided to introduce an auction model for the top spots for......

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Spare desk space advertised on Zilok

17 April 2009

Desk Space Genie is now powering the "spare desk space" results on UK rental site Zilok. For example, all these results on a desk space search for Soho, London are taken directly from Desk Space......

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Desk rental: understanding the legal issues

20 March 2009

Some of the most common questions we get asked about desk rental are about the law of leases. So we asked property law ace Susanne Hinde of Hewitsons to talk us through the legal pitfalls and how to get......

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