June 2, 2021
Face-time pressure may force us back to the office
Employees feel they need to go back into the office in order to be promoted according to new research conducted within the “Reinventing Work” chair at ESCP Business School. More →
Transform! Designing the Future of Energy,
Germany
23 March 2024
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2024 WELL Regional Summit: Bangalore,
Bangalore
07 August 2024
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2024 WELL Regional Summit: Bangalore,
Bangalore
07 August 2024
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The Ecology of Work at Home - Creating space at home for the work of life,
Online
21 August 2024
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Workplace Experience Summit,
Sydney and Online
03 September 2024
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Paris Design Week,
Paris
05 September 2024
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Facility Management Conference and Exhibition Africa,
Gaborone, Botswana
10 September 2024
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Make Work Better Conference,
London
10 September 2024
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June 2, 2021
by Jayne Smith • Flexible working, News, Working culture
Employees feel they need to go back into the office in order to be promoted according to new research conducted within the “Reinventing Work” chair at ESCP Business School. More →
June 1, 2021
by Neil Franklin • Flexible working, News
The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has released new figures suggesting that over two thirds (66 percent) of businesses surveyed now offer flexible working to employees. The data, from a survey of over 900 businesses conducted in April 2021, also shows nearly three quarters of businesses expect to have at least one employee working remotely over the coming year, with the average expectation among those firms being just over half of their employees working remotely. More →
May 28, 2021
by Jayne Smith • Flexible working, News, Working culture
Mobile access company Kisi has released their annual study examining which cities around the world promote the most holistic work-life balance. With the goal of enhancing an individual’s personal and professional life through technological innovation, Kisi has endeavored to find out which coveted metropolises worldwide are meeting their residents’ lifestyle demands to make their city a more attractive place overall to work and live. More →
May 27, 2021
by Jayne Smith • News, Wellbeing
St John Ambulance is to launch a new workplace mental health qualification as eight out of 10 (81 percent) workers say their mental health is worse or more variable as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. More →
May 27, 2021
by Jayne Smith • Flexible working, News, Working lives
As the UK lockdown eases and the nation slowly returns to the office, energyhelpline.com has conducted research into the cost of hybrid working. With the nation settling into a mix between office and home-based working, workers are expecting to pay out £890 a month on various work-related expenditure, with outgoings such as travel, after work socialising and rising energy bills set to ramp up monthly expenses. More →
May 26, 2021
by Jayne Smith • News, Property
New research from MRI Software, claims that 71 percent of commercial occupiers say the mass shift to remote working during the pandemic has fundamentally changed their long-term approach to space usage, and yet 69 percent of landlords expect no lasting impact from COVID-19. More →
May 26, 2021
by Jayne Smith • News, Wellbeing, Working culture
New research conducted by McCarthy Stone, claims to expose the true scale of Ageist Britain, reporting that over a quarter (27 percent) of over 65s in the UK – equivalent to more than three million people – have been victims of ageism. 60 percent of UK adults believe it’s a problem that needs fixing. More →
May 25, 2021
by Jayne Smith • News, Working lives
A large majority of the public are concerned about rising unemployment (82 percent), day to day living costs (80 percent), and low economic growth (77 percent), according to a PwC survey of 2,000 people across the UK. Pandemics and other health crises (84 percent), cyber crime (82 percent), and climate change (81 percent) were other key concerns according to the research, which looks at the UK public’s attitude to risk.
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May 25, 2021
by Jayne Smith • News, Technology, Working culture
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a surge in digital learning with seven in ten organisations (70 percent) reporting an increase in use of digital or online solutions over the last year, according to the latest Learning and Skills at Work report from the CIPD and Accenture. More than a third of organisations (36 percent) have also increased their investment in learning technology in the last year. More →
June 3, 2021
Half of businesses have provided support for workers’ mental health during the pandemic
by Neil Franklin • Comment, News