Opening Night of the Camden Collective
As many of you know, we have recently moved to Camden Town United’s new office space suitably named The Camden Town Collective.
After a quick dinner with CEO of Minutebox.com, we arrived at 6:50 p.m. with the Collective already
bustling with interesting people. Everyone was dressed to impress whilst wetting their lips on the
beverages at the bar. The place was full of well dressed, good looking people. With great lighting and
good music I felt instantly at home.
With moveable walls, minimalistic decor and a solid internet connection, it is an ideal place to get
creative and innovative. Wasting no time, I was introduced to the fellow residents at the Collective, the start-up company FatStudent.. It is ran by graduates providing an online jobseeking service for students to new graduates.
Over the course of the evening I met a range of talent and interesting start ups associated with the
collective. With the average age lingering around the mid-20 mark this became even more interesting
and maybe even a little inspiring.
Following an assertive yet well mannered tapping of the wine glass to grab the attention of the
endlessly chatting and tweeting crowd, Simon Pitkeathley, CEO of Camden Town Unlimited gave a
good insight into what “Camden Collective” Project was all about. By his words, this project was part
of a larger scale movement initiated by Camden Town Unlimited in partnership with Camden Council
to renovate the commercial and creative scene at Camden and be a leading area for retail and for young
innovative businesses to grow.
By creating an office for start-ups and creative minds Camden Town Unlimited hopes to encourage
these and other innovative businesses to move to Camden rather then other areas in London.
After too many drinks, a lot more chatting and few more tweets, people gradually left the Collective.
I found the event an excellent opportunity for us to meet and greet our office neighbours and attain a
better understanding of the collective..
Opening Night of the Camden CollectiveWe have recently moved to Camden Town United’s new office space suitably named The CamdenTown Collective. After a quick dinner with CEO of Minutebox.com, we arrived at 6:50 p.m. with the Collective alreadybustling with interesting people. Everyone was dressed to impress whilst wetting their lips on thebeverages at the bar. The place was full of well dressed, good looking people. With great lighting andgood music I felt instantly at home.With moveable walls, minimalistic decor and a solid internet connection, it is an ideal place to getcreative and innovative.Wasting no time, I was introduced to the fellow residents at the Collective, the start-up company FatStudent.. It is ran by graduates providing an online jobseeking service for students to new graduates.Over the course of the evening I met a range of talent and interesting start ups associated with thecollective.
With the average age lingering around the mid-20 mark this became even more interestingand maybe even a little inspiring.Following an assertive yet well mannered tapping of the wine glass to grab the attention of theendlessly chatting and tweeting crowd, Simon Pitkeathley, CEO of Camden Town Unlimited gave agood insight into what “Camden Collective” Project was all about. By his words, this project was partof a larger scale movement initiated by Camden Town Unlimited in partnership with Camden Councilto renovate the commercial and creative scene at Camden and be a leading area for retail and for younginnovative businesses to grow.
By creating an office for start-ups and creative minds Camden Town Unlimited hopes to encouragethese and other innovative businesses to move to Camden rather then other areas in London.After too many drinks, a lot more chatting and few more tweets, people gradually left the Collective.I found the event an excellent opportunity for us to meet and greet our office neighbours and attain abetter understanding of the collective.
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