It’s not just hot desking and communal lounges anymore in London’s flex market. The answer isn’t whether they need to be flexible, but which provider can help them find London private office space that will be able to keep up with their needs, both customer-facing and headcount-driven, and one that conveys credibility for them.
Leverage periods are also declining, teams are hybrid now, and the operators below have created private office products to serve organizational companies that outgrow a shared workspace environment but aren’t prepared to go through a decade-long lease.
Here are seven confirmed providers that are operational and have their own unique approach to space, service and location that may be worth looking into.
1. Fora, South Bank
Fora, as part of The Office Group’s larger portfolio, after their merger with Blackstone-backed TOG, has one of their key sites at 110 Southwark Street, London SE1 0SU. The South Bank site is ideal for organizations that desire access to Waterloo transport hubs but not necessarily City-core rents.
Design is one of Fora’s main strengths, as is a high-caliber operations team and amenities that facilitate a more enjoyable personal space; these are elements that make Fora a consistent name on every list for a growing business seeking luster without the strain of running their own offices.
2. The Work Project, One Leadenhall
The Work Project Located in the City of London at One Leadenhall at 1 Leadenhall Street (levels 22 and 23), it occupies approximately 30,000 square feet in total. Created with a look and feel designed to prioritize hospital services, the space opened in 2026 with interiors designed by Farago Han Studio and with 360-degree skyline views, conditions from height which few private office providers in the City can offer.
The Work Project lists Standard Offices for groups of 5 to 20 people, Enterprise Offices for businesses over 2. It offers several bookable meeting rooms, phone booths, a dedicated event space, reception and secretarial facilities, etc. While it appears to be the operator’s sole guarantee in the UK, it is a decent addition to any short list for growing teams seeking to have everything done on their behalf at a single address with a standard of service that better matches that of a hotel.
3. WeWork, 120 Moorgate
Private office tenants will be a short stroll from Moorgate station, Liverpool Street station and Bank station, with the Elizabeth line immediately at their doorstep at The Woolpack on 120 Moorgate. It’s one of two WeWork offices grouped around Moorgate (the other is Moor Place), and they will both have meeting rooms as well as shared amenity floors and private spaces. This is a guaranteed brand with enough presence in London to be familiar to teams seeking a global brand with uncomplicated month-to-month flexibility.
4. Uncommon, Liverpool Street
Uncommon’s emphasis has grown with sustainability credentials and with design; the property at Liverpool Street, 34-37 Liverpool Street, is no exception: it has sister properties in Holborn, Borough and Islington and Parsons Green. It’s designed for teams who value a square foot of biophilic design and wellbeing-informed workplace strategy over all things square foot, and its multi-location footprint provides ample space to shift between offices as their workforce expands.
5. LABS, Holborn
LABS runs a number of buildings throughout its Holborn campus, such as LABS House at 15-19 Bloomsbury Way and LABS Hogarth House at 136 High Holborn. Here’s the boutique private office product would be ideal for established SMEs and professional services who prefer a more members club-like environment instead of a co-working space and have dedicated event and meeting spaces within the campus.
6. Runway East, Shoreditch
One of the more familiar places where tech and creative companies shuck off a start-up identity to enter a proper office with dedicated private spaces is the Shoreditch site of Runway East, situated at 52 Tabernacle Street, EC2A 4NJ. It’s near Old Street roundabout, has a lot of space outdoors and has community first approach that puts it in the interest of the earlier stage businesses which still desire to have a closer address to the city.
7. Regus, City and West End
Across the City, Canary Wharf and the West End, Regus – part of the IWG network – is still by far the largest in London, in terms of buildings. However, if a company is growing and primarily concerned with choice of postcode and the ease with which locations can be added early on to the company’s expansion geographically or internationally, Regus’s scale is hard to beat even if the interiors are generally meaner than boutique.
Choosing between them
There is much more to the choice of the right private office provider than brand name. The bigger networks such as Regus or WeWork will be the providers of choice for businesses valuing cost predictability and postcode breadth. Fora, Uncommon, and LABS are the designs that are sought after by teams looking to have a unique design and a sense of place.
For successful growing teams that are concentrated exclusively on the City of London, and that desire a single high-end address with a truly service-oriented experience – The Work Project’s One Leadenhall site certainly warrants a direct enquiry before entering into any other prospect after rejecting it.
It is indicative of the wider shift in the way London businesses are looking to grow; whether it’s a flex office or any other compromises they’re making, they are nonetheless committed to smaller deals, more specific space and competition driven by experience more than space.
