32 | Tees Business
Boho Five
continues
to thrive
Boho Five is gaining a reputation as
the place to be for thriving digital and
creative businesses
Middlesbrough is fast
becoming a hotbed for digital
tech innovation, having
been named as one of the
UK’s fastest-growing digital
clusters...
B
uilt specifically to support new and growing
digital and creative companies, Boho Five sits
proudly within Middlesbrough’s Boho Zone – the
town’s digital and creative industries quarter.
Designed by award-winning firm Xsite Architecture,
the building’s striking black and orange exterior
displays an iconic, colourful and modern theme to
compliment its sister building, Boho One.
Internally, it offers contemporary office space from
100-1,000 square feet and includes:
> Informal space for pre-start companies and
potential entrepreneurs exploring business
ideas.
> Fast start incubation space for companies
starting up or progressing from being home-
based.
> Flexible space to accommodate the rapid
growth phases of more developed companies.
> Virtual office hosting.
> Hot desk access available in a reserved room with wifi.
> Project spaces for use by companies requiring short-term
capacity.
> On-site parking.
Many of the building’s existing tenants, who include Mabo Media,
Cool Blue, Tad Web Solutions, Vanilla Bean Creative and Eighty8
Design, are already working with prestigious national and international
clients.
Businesses based in the building can also benefit from support
through Teesside University’s DigitalCity programme.
DigitalCity has been instrumental in developing the town’s
Lauren Wearmouth – head of
operations at Boho Five.
successful super cluster and it supports digital businesses by
providing specialist advice on innovation, growth, funding and finance.
Those looking to relocate to Boho Five can also benefit from
business rate relief for a five-year period, subject to terms and
conditions, as it was recently announced that the building sits within
one of Middlesbrough’s newly formed enterprise zones.
Lauren Wearmouth, head of operations at Boho Five, said: “We
have a variety of office spaces available at Boho Five to suit new
or established companies in the tech and creative sector, and with
incentive packages available, now is the perfect time to consider
relocating here.
“Boho Five has proved to be hit as it provides excellent facilities