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The Growing Network of
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    The Government Property Agency is transforming          Why choose a hub?
 government workplaces, delivering modern, inclusive,
digitally enabled government hubs to support a “Brilliant   The Government Hub Network
                      Civil Service”
                                                            An Interoperable Estate

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Why choose a hub?
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  Productivity                              Community                        Wellbeing                                            Net zero
  • Interoperable IT and AV                 • Supports                       • Class leading inclusive design                     We are leading the way across the government
                                              cross-departmental working                                                          office estate to achieve net zero in the
  • Flexible work settings                                                   • Accessible to a wide range                         construction and operation of Hubs.
    recognised as                           • Spaces for classes,              of people of all abilities
    supporting productivity                   activities and groups
                                                                             • Reflection, recovery and
  • Logical adjacencies between             • Links with local education       wellbeing spaces as standard
    teams and departments                     and community organisations
                                                                                                                                  Levelling-up
                                                                                                                Government hubs   We ensure hubs are located close to major public
                                                                                                                                  transport infrastructure to enable people to
                                                                                                                                  travel to work conveniently and sustainably.

  Collaboration                             Engagement                        Future-Proof
  • Flexible worksettings for               • Choose when, where              • Easy to reconfigure
                                              and how you work                  to enable                                         Resilience
  • Smarter working                                                             social distancing
                                            • Access a range of career and                                                        A network of hubs provides resilience for all departments.
  • Virtual workspaces facilitate             development opprtunities        • Linked transitional
    remote collaboration                                                        spaces to enable
                                            • Easy access to public             early recruitment
  • On-site meeting and conference spaces     transport infrastructure

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“There are more chairs in meeting rooms
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                                                           and collaborative workspaces than there
                                                           are behind desks. We’ve flooded the space
                                                           with audio visual equipment and WIFI coverage and have
                                                           even installed writeable walls. We’ve actually got less
                                                           space than before but we don’t think anyone has really
                                                           noticed (or cares) because we’re using that space so much
                                                           more creatively.”
                                                           - Sarah Cox - Ofgem (Office of Gas and Electricity Markets)

“We have found that the variety of space available
enabled different types of collaboration as well as for
focused independent work. We’re now much more aware
of how good building design can positively impact the
way we work.”
                                                 - DEFRA
   (Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs )
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The Government Hub Network
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Government hubs are located                                1 Edinburgh: New Waverley     6 Stratford: Westfield Avenue   Confirmed future hubs
in all four nations of the                                   •   NIA: 17,500m2             •   NIA: 27,839m2
United Kingdom, providing a                                  •   FTE: 2900                 •   FTE: 4800
network of modern, digitally                                                                                             • Birmingham 2 : Platform 21
                                                             •   Opened: 2020              •   Opened: 2021
enabled, shared workspaces
for the UK Civil Service.                                                                                                • Croydon 2 : Ruskin Square
                                                           2 Belfast: Erskine House      7 Cardiff: Central Square
8 hubs are already open with
                                                             •   NIA: 10,000m   2
                                                                                           •   NIA: 23,782m2             • Glasgow : Atlantic House
another 8 announced. The                                     •   FTE: 1600                 •   FTE: 4500
                                                                                                                         • Liverpool : India Buildings
network will continue to           1                         •   Opened: 2020              •   Opened: 2021
grow with further                                                                                                        • Manchester : New Bailey
announcements as additional                                3 Bristol: 3 Glass Wharf      8 Leeds: Wellington Place
hub locations are confirmed.                                 •   NIA: 10,000m2             •   NIA: 35,841m2             • Newcastle : To Be Announced
                               2                             •   FTE: 1650                 •   FTE: 6230
                                                             •   Opened: 2019              •   Opened: 2021
                                                                                                                         • Nottingham : Unity Square
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                                                           4 Croydon: 1 Ruskin Square                                    • Peterborough : Fletton Quays
                                                             •   NIA: 16,500m2
                                                             •   FTE: 2500

                                                       6     •   Opened: 2017
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                                                           5 London: 10 South Colonade
                                                             •   NIA: 50,000m2
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                                                             •   FTE: 6000
                                                             •   Opened: 2017                                                                               9
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An Interoperable Estate
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Seamless ICT and shared services

                                                      9:00am
                                                      Available

    FM

                                   Meeting room      Meeting room         Shared                Hub                                       Common                Building
Service desk                       audio visual      booking system       network               services               GovPrint           access pass           Information
ICT fault                          Department        Allows booking of    Provides guest        Provides a common      Allows use         Allows front-of       Use data from
reporting and                      issued device     meeting spaces       access via GovWiFi    experience for         of printers        house access to       installed systems
diagnostics                        can link to hub   across the estate.   and access            clients when           supplied by one    allocated buildings   to improve building
integrated with                    video screens,                         to corporate          interacting with       department to be   and non-classified    operation and
department help                    audio and                              networks via          Hubs, such as fault    used by someone    space using a         enhance the
desks. FM service                  video cameras.                         virtual networking.   reporting, key         from another.      single pass.          workplace experience.
desk integration                                                                                building and HSE
across the estate                                                                               information, events
FM providers.                                                                                   and special notices.

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