The Hive’s News & Articles
Emma’s BBC radio interview
The Hive' Emma Wood interviewed by BBC Radio Kent on 21st January 2020 Emma was interviewed on The Hive concept, local business issues and co-working in Cranbrook
Nigel Whitehead’s 80th party & skydive for charity!
Nigel Whitehead's 80th party & skydive for charity! Nigel recently held a private family party at The Hive, but is hoping that everyone will be able to donate to his charity sky dive. Nigel at 80 doing [...]
The Taverna Table at The Hive
Jennifer and her friends met up at The Hive, coming from Horsmonden and Dunkirk near Canterbury for our taverna table. Starter: Warm Ionian pita breads, feta, green and black olives all from Athens markets served with home-made [...]
Bank of England Round Tables
The Hive: Getting businesses around the table in 2020 Apart from providing a social hub, one of our core objectives at The Hive is to maximise networking opportunities for local businesspeople. As some of you may know, [...]
A Great Get Together for Cranbrook Locals
Everyone enjoyed the free Locals Get Together on Wednesday 27th November A taste buds bonanza! Here are some of the lovely people that joined us on Wednesday night for the launch of our curry club. This month's [...]
Three ways you can enjoy a healthy Mediterranean diet at The Hive
Three ways you can enjoy a healthy Mediterranean diet at The Hive Co-owner of The Hive, Emma Wood, is no stranger to healthy cuisine. Having spent many years living in Greece – during which time she regularly [...]
Helen Grant visited The Hive Friday 22nd November 2019
Helen Grant visited new-concept enterprise connecting business and community in the heart of the Weald. Conservative Candidate for Maidstone and The Weald, Helen Grant, visited the venue on Friday 22nd November. Helen declared herself impressed with both [...]
Bringing local community together this Autumn – The Hive
The Hive – bringing local community and business together this Autumn At The Hive, we believe in getting everyone one together – be it for social occasions, business meetings, or a mixture of both. We have a busy programme of [...]
Bee happier and healthier at The Hive
The Hive is an enterprise support, hot-desking and social hub designed to meet the needs of business, community, friends and family. As a brand new concept, The Hive is unique and boutique. Its multi-purpose spaces, user-friendly services, great hospitality and [...]
Get connected and stay connected – The Hive co-working hub
Get connected and stay connected - The Hive co-working hub It’s unique. It’s boutique. And above all, it’s the Weald’s answer to the growing trend of flexible working. In the UK, 64% of millennials say there needs to be a [...]
Our ‘zero waste’ story so far
As Nobel prize winner and diplomat Kofi Annan once observed: “The world is not ours to keep. We hold it in trust for future generations.” However, the emergence of agriculture, technology and industry has meant that we now consume more [...]
Co-working for better mental health
Coworking at The Hive: driving productivity while keeping mental health in check Mental health issues associated with lone working have been growing in the UK for a number of years now, and with half of our workforce predicted [...]
National Co-working Day 2019
June 6th 2019 is National Co-working Day in the UK From co-working space to hospitality hub: a brief history Here we mark the occasion with a look at how this way of working has evolved over the last [...]
Edging closer to Opening!
Thank you to The Parish Cake! A big thank you to the lovely Christine Newman of Cranbrook Literature Festival and to Parish Cake for writing and publishing this article about The Hive. We are edging closer to opening. [...]
Emma in The Sunday Telegraph
Forget retiring, we’ve got a start-up to run! Our very own Emma Wood was featured in The Times and The Sunday Times in May in an article exploring the freedoms that allow people to dip into their pensions [...]
Co-working Benefits
Five benefits of co-working Collaborate & Create Our working culture has changed dramatically in recent years, with home-working and flexible hours gradually becoming the norm. Co-working is also a growing trend in the UK, with a predicted 19,000 [...]