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Refurbishment dominates UK cities office development pipeline
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Government office closures deliver over £17 million in annual savings
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AI will either save work or destroy it. Apparently.
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Decline in number of jobs offering remote work could hinder efforts to get more people into work
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The ROI of predictive property management with IoT sensors
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Rapid growth in number of proposed data centres raises huge concerns for UK climate targets
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Designing for new work: lighting and acoustics shape Atelier drü’s new studio
March 11, 2013
Flexible working: Falling out of fashion
by Pam Loch • Comment, Legal news, Workplace
Just as ACAS concludes its consultation on flexible working, the practice has been declared démodé by none other than Alexandra Shulman, the editor of British Vogue. Writing in response to the recent news that Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer ordered the company’s 11,500 staff back to the office, the Vogue editor has argued that working from home is not an adequate alternative to showing your face in the workplace. Ms Mayer goes on to note that in a creative environment, important opportunities are missed when absent colleagues are tottering, undressed around their kitchens. The best stories, she says, arise from chance remarks, gossip and jokes between colleagues working alongside each other. (more…)