Oh B.Hive......

I saw an article in February's edition of the Living etc Magazine as I was quickly carrying out the first pre-browse of the magazine. The reason it caught my eye because it was something that was in Bristol!! Ever since Living Etc adopted their London Directories it has felt like the rest of the UK has become some what isolated for the tender interiors magazine. But this article did mention Bristol so I read on... the next thing I noticed was women only! Now I work all day every day in an office full of smelly men and when I am not stuck in the office I am at meetings with them or on a building site being harassed by men... so needless to say I was interested in the members only club in the article. Hee Hee! This post so far makes me sound like some kind of high class hooker, I am afraid that isn't quite the case I am simply a structural engineer working in the male dominated construction industry.

Anyways the article.....

 

So I googled this club in the hope it was somewhere I could go to with my girlfriends for endless pampering sessions. But I was wrong, quite wrong! It is an even more unusual concept called B.Hive, with venues in London, Manchester and Bristol that provide tastefully decorated and styled corporate facilities for their female members to use to conduct business. Although I am forced to work in the boy dominated office with its blank walls, terrible coffee and hard lines I dream of being able to work in a relaxing stress free environment where my productivity has the constant support of quality coffee on drip feed, reliable Internet and communication facilities.

I think if this blogging was a profession and not just my hobby it would be the ideal place to go to separate work from home and make sure I crawled out of my PJ's every day, especially with their iMAC facilities for making movies for youtube. The £30 monthly fee is really great value considering the cost of  a good Internet tariff and daily coffees from Starbucks that would be required if I worked from home.

Other professions that might like the idea of this facility....insurance loss adjusters, recruitment consultants, independent financial advisers... if I ever get round to setting up my own design consultancy it would be a great place to use as a small but developing company.

What do you guys think?

You can find more information on their website here... bhive