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When four business colleagues devised a plan to create Union Square in late 2000 it would have been difficult to predict all that has followed. Since our first Workspace order in 2001 we have not looked back showing consistent annual growth rates between 25-35%.
Workspace has matured with much of the input coming directly from a client base which stretches right across the AEC market.
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Combining this with our committed focus on innovation and quality means it continues to dominate the UK market. 2009 saw the release of a brand new version, Workspace ix, and in Workspace 360 we are building a platform to secure our ongoing success. Our first User Group meeting in 2002 was a modest affair for 21 people. This annual event is now considered as not-to-be-missed and, being supported by practically every client, draws over 150 into London from all over the UK.
In order to meet the more specific needs of our technical community we introduced the Technical User Forum (TUF) in 2003. Opening up to such a group could be considered a brave move for any software business, but we prefer being more transparent about how our products are built. TUF has gone on to be a great success which gets repeated every year.
In 2004 we were crowned Nottinghamshire Small Business of the Year in recognition of our progress in just four years. Since then Workspace has won numerous industry awards and we were appointed a Microsoft Gold Partner in 2008. We’ve also been delighted to present some awards ourselves through continued sponsorship of the Architect of the Year and Building Awards, which started in 2005. This was also the year when we awarded the Union Square Challenge Cup for the first time. Taking the form of an annual Golf day we have so far graced (some say!) terrific golfing venues such as Walton Heath, Lindrick and Woburn.
In 2007 our 3rd office move was into a brand new HQ which allowed us, for the first time, to design an office from scratch to suit our business. This means a fully open plan office, a communal area for staff to relax or play and high quality meeting spaces. We celebrated this move and securing our 100th Workspace client by taking all our staff to Rome for two days. This ‘away-day’ teambuilding event has seen us visit Paris, Prague and Barcelona in subsequent years.
2010 is Union Square’s 10th anniversary and we approach it with no less enthusiasm, belief and commitment than our very first day. We would like to thank everyone who has touched Union Square along the way and been a part of our story so far, long may it continue.