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UK businesses still aren’t providing the flexible working employees want
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UK businesses still aren’t providing the flexible working employees want

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flexible workingAccording to new research from Tiger Recruitment, UK businesses still aren’t offering workers enough flexibility. While the pandemic has required many to work more flexibly from home, more than a quarter of employees questioned say they still aren’t happy with the flexible working options available to them, and men are just as dissatisfied as women. (more…)

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Workers demand green office technology from their employers
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Workers demand green office technology from their employers

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technologyAlmost half (46 percent) of workers expect their employers to provide them with green technology equipment, such as laptops, printers and other devices, according to new research from Epson. (more…)

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Rise of remote work monitoring technology to be investigated by taskforce
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Rise of remote work monitoring technology to be investigated by taskforce

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Union body the TUC has today launched a new taskforce to look at the “creeping role” of artificial intelligence (AI) in managing people at work. The taskforce launch comes as a new TUC report, Technology managing people: the worker experience, claims that many workers have concerns over the use of AI and technology in the workplace. (more…)

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IN Magazine issue 4 continues to explore the changing world of work and workplaces
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IN Magazine issue 4 continues to explore the changing world of work and workplaces

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The new issue of IN Magazine is now online. This issue includes interviews with Chris Kane and Thomas Heatherwick; as well as pieces on: the new EDGE building in Berlin; the changing attitudes of CRE professionals to the office; the anthropology of workplace design; the interplay of networks and hierarchies; the need to create better cycling facilities; what the city and the office can learn from each other; a tribute to Enzo Mari and much more. Back issues can be found here.

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UKGBC publishes guidance to catalyse the delivery of net zero carbon buildings
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UKGBC publishes guidance to catalyse the delivery of net zero carbon buildings

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UKGBCThe UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has published new guidance, Unlocking the Delivery of Net Zero Carbon Buildings, which examines how current barriers to the delivery of net zero carbon buildings can be overcome. (more…)

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BBP launch new energy rating scheme for UK offices
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BBP launch new energy rating scheme for UK offices

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EnergyA new scheme for rating the operational energy efficiency of UK offices, NABERS UK, has been launched. NABERS UK will play a vital role in bridging the performance gap between the design and in- use energy performance of offices in the UK and create much needed transparency for the market. (more…)

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Generational stereotypes unhelpful when it comes to digital behaviour
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Generational stereotypes unhelpful when it comes to digital behaviour

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TechnologyWindsor Telecom decided to take a look into the UK’s current working styles and trends to discover what tools and technologies are needed to bridge the generational gaps in the workplace. 341 people where surveyed to understand if their technology generation matched up with the generation they were born into. (more…)

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London commercial property market shows some resilience
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London commercial property market shows some resilience

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New analysis by McBains, of commercial property transactions worth £100m-plus completed in London over a 12-month period suggest a fall in the total value and volume of deals, but the market holding relatively strong in the face of COVID-19 and uncertainty over the UKs impending EU exit agreement. (more…)

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WorldGBC and global leaders call for historic Built Environment Day at COP26
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WorldGBC and global leaders call for historic Built Environment Day at COP26

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EnvironmentThe World Green Building Council joins nine international organisations to sign a letter to COP26 President, Alok Sharma, requesting a Built Environment Day at the climate summit in November 2021. The day at COP26 would be dedicated to the action pathways to accelerate the decarbonisation of the built environment, and it will demonstrate how business and governments are catalysing solutions to the climate crisis. (more…)

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Leading universities lag behind on sustainability teaching, research claims
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Leading universities lag behind on sustainability teaching, research claims

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sustainabilityResearch conducted by EIT InnoEnergy, sustainable energy accelerator, claims that the world’s top ten universities including the University of Cambridge and Harvard University offer, on average, 2.8 courses focusing on sustainability and energy. This is compared to a global average of 5.6, as the accelerator calls for a more robust and comprehensive decarbonisation outlook by all major education players. (more…)

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People still struggling with shift to remote living
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People still struggling with shift to remote living

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livingA lack of balance through lockdown has been felt most dramatically by Brits living in house shares according to new research released by Microsoft Windows. The research claims that over 40 percent of people living with house mates, friends or professionals are finding it increasingly difficult to destress and unwind after a long and challenging day; while a further 1 in 5 of the UK population admit that work and play has become blurred in 2020. (more…)

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One in eight firms already use software to monitor remote workers
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One in eight firms already use software to monitor remote workers

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monitoring remote workersA large number of British companies companies say they plan to install monitoring software of some kind to keep an eye on employees working from home, according to a new survey. Around 20 percent of employers said their firms have either implemented, or plan to implement, online software which monitors their remote workers. (more…)

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