November 26, 2021
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November 26, 2021
Employers expect significant organisational transformation due to technology advances
by Jayne Smith • Business, News, Technology
Due to the significant workplace technology changes brought on by the pandemic, more than half (53 percent) of employers plan extensive organisational transformation in the next two years. (more…)
November 26, 2021
Flexible working currently contributes £37bn to the UK economy
by Jayne Smith • Flexible working, News, Working lives
New research, ‘Flexonomics: The economic and fiscal logic of flexible working’, highlights the economic benefits of flexible working to the UK economy. Flexonomics builds on our long-standing support of the Flex Appeal campaign by Anna Whitehouse, aka Mother Pukka, and follows the publication of our “Forever Flex: Making flexible working work beyond a crisis” report, published last year. (more…)
November 26, 2021
Untrained managers more likely to change jobs in 2022
by Jayne Smith • Business, News, Working culture
Employers looking to retain talent during the so-called ‘Great Resignation’ may benefit from investing in more management training for their staff, according to Digits. New research suggests that managers who haven’t received any management training are 36 percent more likely to leave their current jobs in the next year, than managers who receive regular management training (38 percent compared to 28 percent). (more…)
November 25, 2021
Confidence sky high in London Office Crane survey
by Jayne Smith • Cities, News
The London Office Crane Survey Winter 2021 suggests dramatically improved confidence about London in the developments that are being undertaken in the office market. The survey, compiled by Deloitte, claims the volume of new starts has increased from 3.1 million to 3.4 million sq ft, above the long-term average of 2.4 million sq ft. (more…)
November 25, 2021
Mindspace raises 72 million dollars from institutional investors
by Freddie Steele • Company news
Mindspace, the global flex office provider, secured a funding of $72 million. The investment round is intended to support the continuation of the company’s growth and its further expansion in Europe, the United States and Israel. The round was led by Harel Insurance Investments and Financial Services Ltd., More Provident Funds, Shalom Meckenzie, Arkin Holdings and existing investors. Existing investors include: Yoav Harlap, Kobi Rogovin and Globalworth (GWI:LSE). (more…)
November 24, 2021
Majority of UK workers would choose an employer based on health and wellbeing support
by Jayne Smith • Flexible working, News, Wellbeing
A survey of hybrid-office and home-based UK workers gives insight for employers into some of today’s biggest needs for office workers to carry out their roles. 73 percent of UK workers believe that the provision of ergonomic work conditions, as well as support for their health, will play a bigger role when choosing a company to work for. (more…)
November 24, 2021
Brits reluctant to take a sick day during the pandemic
by Jayne Smith • Flexible working, News, Wellbeing, Working lives
November 24, 2021
More than half of employers feel they don’t know their employees
by Jayne Smith • Business, News, Working culture
More than half of the nation’s employers (53 percent) feel that they don’t know their employees even slightly well on a personal level, claims a new office worker survey. (more…)
November 23, 2021
Wondering what to do about that office of yours? Hold the line.
by Louis Wustemann • Features, Flexible working, Property, Workplace design

At the end of April, New York magazine’s cover feature was headed ‘Remember the Office?’ The article reminisced about a world of cubicles and water-coolers, coffee points and staff parties. Its tone was elegiac, implying that it wasn’t just the enforced distance of 13 months of COVID-19 restrictions that lent enchantment to communal workspace, but the possibility that offices had gone for good.? (more…)
November 23, 2021
Facilities Managers provide the key to unlock the future of work
by Neil Franklin • Facilities management, News
Ricoh UK has published a report called Leading Change at Work: The role of FM in driving the digital workplace (registration), which claims to offer ‘the definitive discussion on the future of work in the UK’. The report follows on from last year’s Conscious Workplace research which set out the behaviours, mindsets and influences shaping the new world of work in a post-pandemic world. After hosting a roundtable with five Facilities Managers from various businesses, Ricoh has gathered insight into the ongoing challenges being faced by organisations. (more…)
November 23, 2021
An emerging crisis of trust at work fuelled by remote work
by Jayne Smith • Flexible working, News, Working lives
Qatalog has published a survey of 2,000 knowledge workers which uncovers a crisis of trust within the modern workplace, fuelled by a chronic lack of visibility within companies. The study claims that remote work is feeding a chronic visibility problem within the modern workplace. When working remotely, two-thirds (66 percent) of respondents reported that they lack visibility of what colleagues are working on and how it fits into the bigger picture. (more…)





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