September 16, 2021
Search Results for: commercial
September 9, 2021
Hybrid working pushes up corporate Australia’s carbon emissions
by Jayne Smith • Environment, Flexible working, News
While lower occupancy has reduced the carbon footprint of many commercial office buildings amid the pandemic, higher CO2 emissions from hybrid working significantly outstrips these declines, according to data analysed by Cushman & Wakefield’s sustainability team. More →
September 2, 2021
Herman Miller increases use of ocean-bound plastic with Aeron chair
by Jayne Smith • Company news, Environment
The Aeron Chair Portfolio, including new colourway Onyx Ultra Matte, and other product and packaging solutions will incorporate mismanaged plastic waste found near waterways as part of the company’s commitment to use 50 percent recycled content in all materials by 2030. More →
August 30, 2021
Overseas investment in UK regional offices soars
by Jayne Smith • Business, News, Property
Investments in offices outside the capital for the first half of this year hit £3.58bn – 18 percent above the long-term average for the first half of this year, Savills research claims. Overseas investors accounted for two-thirds of the £3.58bn of investments from January to June 2021 – 38 percent above the five-year average. More →
August 26, 2021
Built environment must accelerate decarbonisation to support net zero goal
by Jayne Smith • Environment, News
August 25, 2021
Changing workplace means a changing role for finance heads
by Martyn Draper • Comment, Jobs, Technology, Workplace
The CFO and Finance Director role is undergoing rapid change. Not only are they required to manage the traditional priorities of the job, but they must now also juggle a wide array of operational, transactional and commercial responsibilities. With added pressure from clients because of Covid-19 and a rapidly evolving workplace, the role is increasingly hard to navigate. To gain a deeper insight into this and the evolution and future planning of a department that is central to the success of modern businesses, Totum recently surveyed CFOs and Finance Directors from among UK headquartered legal firms with annual revenue of £20m or more. More →
August 19, 2021
Nearly half of British business leaders fear losing the UK’s best talent abroad
by Jayne Smith • Business, Flexible working, News, Working culture
MovePlan in partnership with Hanson Search, claims that 40 percent of business leaders fear that the combination of the pandemic and Brexit will see their best talent disappear abroad, making hiring more challenging, just as the country begins to return to the ‘new normal’. More →
August 13, 2021
Digital twin and other tech to benefit from landmark $3.5trillion infrastructure package
by Mark Eltringham • Facilities management, News, Property, Technology
Growth in key tech sectors is set to rocket after a landmark $1 trillion infrastructure package bill passed in the US Senate, part of a comprehensive $3.5 trillion plan within President Biden’s post-COVID Build Back Better initiative and paralleling the UN’s Race To Zero campaign. There had been an upward trend in share prices for companies in several tech sectors already, but Pitchbook research identified nanotechnology and digital twin technology as most likely to gain from the new bill – the largest public investment in America’s infrastructure for decades. More →
August 12, 2021
Southeast office take-up higher than five-year average
by Jayne Smith • News, Property
Pent-up demand on hold in 2020 has returned with office take-up in the first half of this year nearly a quarter above the five-year average, according to Savills‘ data. Demand is outstripping supply with a development pipeline equal to five months take up in an average year said the property agent. More →
September 14, 2021
Metrics can help businesses define their impact on the environment
by Luka Mucic • Comment, Environment