Building a collaborative workplace
Say the words “modern office”, and what image comes to mind? For many people it remains a view of endless ranks of desks or cubicles, the monotony broken only by a small cuddly toy...
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Cutting Costs and Cutting Carbon
The number of UK employees who work from home now stands at over 4 million out of a workforce of 30 million. But three times this many jobs could be done, at least in...
The Dispersed Office
In many organisations flexible working relates to a combination of flexi-time and part time working. Legal practice Keystone Law have gone a step further to a business model based on a dispersed office, where...
Work Wise Week – Time to Notdesk
The aim of Work Wise Week is to promote modern “smarter” working practices such as flexible, remote and mobile working, as well as working from home. It is organised by Work Wise UK,...
From Flexibility to Agility
As more businesses are offering flexible and mobile working to their employees, a group of 22 of Britain’s largest employers have founded the Agile Future Forum. The group, including BT, John Lewis, KPMG, Lloyds...
Flexibility increases staff loyalty
Staff turnover is a major cost for many businesses. It isn’t just the money; when people leave an organisation they can take years of valuable experience with them. This can lead to falls in...
Walking to work
Walking to work is far healthier than taking the car, bus, or train, and is a lot less stressful. Especially when it involves walking from the kitchen, coffee in hand, to your chair or...