Hackney,
17
September
2015
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11:30
Europe/London

BL-NK – A new space to grow business

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BL-NK launched this week, marking the return of a unique Hackney Council venue created to support, promote and celebrate the local business community.

Located in the heart of the borough’s creative district, Shoreditch, BL-NK boasts over 4,500 square feet of versatile floor space over three storeys, purpose-built to showcase local businesses across all sectors while providing an affordable space to support small business growth.

BL-NK first emerged in 2013 following the award-winning Hackney House initiative, creating a temporary urban space to support nearby creative and tech companies, helping to nurture ideas and local culture. As a temporary urban space and open for a year, BL-NK established itself on the Tech City landscape, used by a thriving business community and reflecting one of the most creative, commercial and technological clusters recognised nationally and across the globe.

Now located on Hackney’s Curtain Road, BL-NK is uniquely positioned in the centre of Shoreditch High Street, Old Street and London Liverpool Street train stations. Located in a prime position, BL-NK is able to cater for east end businesses across all sectors, from tech, creative and fashion, to retail and finance.

As a platform to promote local projects to a regional, national and global audience, BL-NK will support businesses with their plans for growth, offering affordable workspace in a key central location, as a venue for seminars, training and meetings and networking while also acting as a launch pad for new projects and initiatives.

BL-NK, which formally launched yesterday, will include a programme of events such as the return of Hackney House, Digital Shoreditch and a series of Tech City business events.

BL-NK will also work as periodic digital art gallery, includes free Wi-Fi, a roof terrace and a café promoting and displaying local produce and businesses.

Jules Pipe, Mayor of Hackney
Hackney Council’s BL-NK venue is purpose-built to support business growth, helping to showcase east London’s broad creative and commercial community while giving entrepreneurs and start-up’s much needed affordable workspace. This fantastic new venue is ideally positioned for businesses to work together while promoting inward investment opportunities. BL-NK reinforces Hackney’s reputation as an outstanding centre of innovation while helping to create opportunities for employment, training and apprenticeships with the introduction of new businesses into the borough.
Jules Pipe, Mayor of Hackney

The BL-NK venue will be open for five years and is being run at no cost to the taxpayer, funding will be generated by businesses and individuals using the space with any surplus being reinvested back into local business support.

BL-NK can be found at 25-27 Curtain Road, London, EC2A 3LTF or more information and to find out more about using the space, please visit: www.bl-nk.org