Timeline - Page Categories View All Timeline Our Sector Sustainability Community Charity & CSR HR Select Category Timeline Our Sector Sustainability Community Charity & CSR HR Sep 21st 2011 61% of small and medium businesses have never checked their credit scores A surprising number of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have never checked their credit scores or that of their customers it has emerged in a new survey. The study by Experian found that of the 698 SMEs they asked, 61 per cent of the respondents ... Sep 21st 2011 Nearly half of UK employees admit to pulling a sickie A new survey has found 43 per cent of employees in the UK admit to having pulled a sickie and taken time off work when they weren’t actually ill. This number increased to 65 per cent when the field was narrowed down to 16-24 year olds in the ... Sep 21st 2011 Love and hate in the office More than half of office workers have said that video conferencing is an office essential in a survey by Samsung into the things we love and hate at work. Other office necessities included the internet and Wi-Fi, computers and emails, but what ... Sep 20th 2011 Will your local MP be your Business Buddy? Staff in shared and serviced offices may suddenly find themselves sat next to their local MP as politicians across the country get involved in a scheme called Business Buddy. Set up by the Forum of Private Business (FPB) and part of the Get Britain ... Sep 20th 2011 Paper vouchers are still popular Staff are still being rewarded with paper vouchers, as they are a tangible and straightforward way of administering benefits, research has found. The Voucher Shop discovered that 46 per cent of employers, in serviced, shared and commercial ... Sep 19th 2011 Mobile working embraced by small and medium enterprises More small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are making use of mobile working with 93 per cent of directors saying it is a continuing or rising trend. In offices where there are fewer than 300 employees over a third of them work away from the office ... Sep 19th 2011 Language skills in employees boosts external and internal communication External and internal communication in shared and serviced offices could be improved by hiring people with language skills a survey by Rosetta Stone has found. The poll was carried out on 493 employers with 80 per cent saying it is very important ... Sep 19th 2011 New guidelines on National Minimum Wage released Interns and work experience staff in serviced and shared offices up and down the country could expect to be paid National Minimum Wage (NMW) now that the government has released guidelines stating as much. The guidance from the Department ... Sep 16th 2011 Company cars still an incentive Employees in shared and serviced offices still find the company car is a relevant and welcome benefit new research has found. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, which supports the interests of the automotive industry in the UK, ... Sep 15th 2011 Increased unemployment and threat to temporary job market from new regulations People who work from London to Bristol and Milton Keynes to Reading should be glad of their jobs as unemployment figures reached 2.51 million in the last quarter to July. The increase of 80,000 unemployed was reported by the Office for National ... Sep 14th 2011 Global gap between what employers say and do Staff in shared and serviced offices may have had experiences similar to those found in a new global survey published by WorldatWork, which sees a gap between company policies and attitude towards them. More than half of the managers surveyed ... Sep 14th 2011 UK office workers prepared to turn a blind eye to malpractice For people who work in shared and serviced offices it is interesting to know that over three quarters of office workers in the UK say they would turn a blind eye if they saw malpractice in the office. This is according to research carried out by ... Sep 13th 2011 Staff skip work due to financial worries Staff who work up and down the country may skip work due to financial anxiety a survey by YouGov and Money in Mind has found. With one in ten adults saying they have been absent from work more than once due to money worries, employers are urged to ... Sep 13th 2011 Top Employers for Working Families Announce Shortlist Those of you whose shared offices belong to companies who are very family friendly may find your employers could be up for an award. The Top Employers for Working Families awards announced its shortlist for this year’s awards, aimed ... Sep 12th 2011 Virtual offices are the future Virtual offices will be a key trend as the number of start-ups in the UK increases by 20 per cent over the next decade, predicts a report by Bibby Financial Services. The report, 2020 Vision – the Future of Business, foresees workplaces shrinking ... Sep 12th 2011 Keep fit – catch the bus! Employees in shared and serviced offices throughout the country could become fitter by catching the bus, as research finds those who commute by bus walk nearly 300 miles per year. This is compared to those who drive to work and is an average of ... Sep 10th 2011 Unusual Christmas party ideas favoured as budgets are squeezed Workers in shared and serviced offices may be worried about the fate of their office Christmas party this year, as some companies are shrinking their budgets due to the economic climate. It is still important to maintain staff morale and a sense ... Sep 09th 2011 Recession keeps Public Sector Workers in Offices Longer Workers are finding themselves at the office for much longer it appears as those employed in the public sector say that the traditional nine to five day is no longer the norm. The survey by Badenoch & Clark of 1,001 public sector workers found ... Sep 09th 2011 Lunchtimes are a great opportunity to get away from the office Staff in offices should use their lunchtime to get away from the office and their usual business surroundings, according to the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP). They have suggested that bosses should set examples for employees ... Sep 09th 2011 Majority of people who work from home put in extra hours at evenings and weekends Offices spaces certainly have their uses it seems as 81 per cent of people who work from home spend some of their personal time doing extra work at weekends or in the evenings. The survey conducted by SMEDiscounts also found that 56 per cent of ... Sep 08th 2011 Save 15% on energy consumption with carbon reduction software Companies could save money and become greener through the use of carbon reduction software. Simply deploying the software on a group of staff computers puts measures into place such as putting the machine to sleep when employees are away from ... Sep 08th 2011 Businesses to spend £2.3bn on video conferencing by 2016 By the year 2016 businesses will spend £2.3billion on video conferencing, the analyst company Ovum is predicting. This is turn may give rise to a whole new sector of management specialists who the larger organisations at least will employ ... Sep 08th 2011 Travel to be Added to Range of Voluntary Staff Benefits Staff in shared and serviced offices up and down the country may be able to get discounts on holidays through their employee benefits scheme as P&MM add travel to the benefits on offer. As a holiday is often the way staff will reward themselves ... Sep 07th 2011 Management need to offer more rewards and flexible working conditions to motivate staff A new survey by Staples has suggested that employee incentive programmes could boost productivity as well as change the working habits of staff. Of those surveyed 70 per cent said they are more motivated due to an awards programme and 65 per ... Sep 07th 2011 Video Conferencing saves During the 2012 Olympics Video conferencing is just one way in which organisers of the London 2012 Olympics are suggesting businesses in London cut down on their use of public transport during the Games. With an influx of people into the capital and the expected extra ... Sep 07th 2011 Adding exercise to your workday could lead to more productivity. Office staff could increase their productivity and improve their health by building exercise into their work day a study by Stockholm University and Karolinska Institute has found. The study showed that when staff spent work time doing exercise ... Sep 07th 2011 RUGBY WC – Watch in our centres Business Environment clients are invited to join us and watch the Rugby World Cup opening ceremony and crucial matches in our conferencing suites. As we have done with football World Cups, Wimbledon and many other major sporting events we ... Sep 06th 2011 A paperless office is the obvious answer to mobile working. Mobile working is leading to the evolution of a paperless office as more and more workers need access to their documents from a number of different places on a regular basis. Office staff are using more technology including programmes such ... Sep 06th 2011 The Recruitment Society: A holiday should be a holiday. Holidays should not be a time when staff are still connected to their Blackberry or work emails and simply mobile working, according the Recruitment Society. There is much talk of increasing holiday entitlement to improve staff morale during ... Sep 05th 2011 Don’t limit yourself to the telephone, embrace video conferencing In modern businesses staff are scattered all over the place, with many even mobile working from home, which is why a lot of communication takes place via the phone. However, according to Keith Warburton, editor of Vcinsight.com, it is much ... Sep 02nd 2011 Mobile working to help close gender gap Flexible working options such as mobile working will help the close the gender gap in the workplace, it has been claimed. According to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), flexibility and transparency in the workplace are both ... Sep 02nd 2011 The Recruitment Society: Make job specifications more open Businesses operating in serviced offices and other buildings should look to be more open with what their employees job specification requires them to do by looking at what other abilities they have, according to the Recruitment Society. ... Sep 01st 2011 Women in positions of power ‘makes for a better world’ Businesses operating in serviced offices and other buildings would help make the planet a better place if they promoted more women to tops jobs, suggests a leadership expert. Niamh O’Keeffe, founder of CEOassist.com, explains that ... Sep 01st 2011 Gender pay gap shortens at junior executive level The gender pay gap is being addressed in some instances with female executives earning as much as their male counterparts, suggests new research. The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) revealed that with an average salary of £21,969, ... Aug 31st 2011 Lower your carbon footprint, share lifts to work There are a number of simple things most people can do to reduce their carbon footprint while causing the minimum disruption to their life and lift-sharing on the way to work is certainly a simple way to go green. According to Sacha Billet, marketing ... Aug 31st 2011 London a global leader for property There are certain cities which just have a certain air about them and London is definitely one of those places, which is why the capital is a great place for businesses to set up office space. According to estate agency Douglas &Gordon, London ... Aug 31st 2011 Businesses should be more ‘transparent’ with their finances Businesses working in serviced offices and other buildings should adopt a policy of transparency with regards to their finances, suggests the Stress Doctor. Terri Bodell, a clinical psychotherapist and the Stress Doctor, explained employees ... Aug 30th 2011 Passion is ‘key’ for career success Having a real passion for your job is the key to career success, suggests Gallo Communications. The company said that those feeling “stuck in a rut” in their current position would be better off finding a new job, new company “brand ... Aug 26th 2011 CIPD: Employer demand for school leavers falling Recruitment demand for school leavers is falling at the same time as employers are looking to hire migrant workers, according to a new study. The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s (CIPD) latest study on skills and ... Aug 26th 2011 Buzzing bees to boost morale in the workplace Businesses operating in serviced offices in London and other buildings are taking part in a new scheme that hopes to get office workers buzzing with joy. InMidtown is offering bee hives to 560 businesses in a pilot scheme to see if it will enhance ... Aug 25th 2011 Disabled people ‘finding it hard to find work’ Disabled people looking for work in serviced offices or other buildings have found it particularly hard to find employment during the recession and downturn, according to Inclusive Employers. Rachel Krys, the organisation’s director, ... Aug 25th 2011 Workers think they are healthy people Workers are convinced that they are healthy employees despite smoking, doing a lack of exercise and being underweight, according to a new report by ORC International. The UK Healthy Workplace Survey found that 42 per cent of regular smokers ... Aug 25th 2011 Women ‘suffer more than men’ with commuting The daily commute to and from work has more of detrimental impact on woman than men, according to a new survey. Researchers from the London School of Economics (LSE) and the University of Sheffield found that women were more likely to suffer ... Aug 24th 2011 Young employees keep stress ‘bottled up’ Young people who are having difficulties within the workplace are more likely to bottle it up than ask for help, according to Right Corecare. Instead of confiding in another colleague or bringing up their troubles during a review, young people ... Aug 23rd 2011 Businesses need to include home-based workers in health and safety provisions Businesses operating in serviced offices and other buildings have been warned not to neglect the health and safety of their home-based workers. Bar Huberman, employment law editor at XpertHR, said employees who worked from home were entitled ... Aug 23rd 2011 Business Environment Supports The National Forest! Professional Office Cleaning Services (part of the Business Environment group of companies) have been making consistent efforts company-wide to minimise their adverse effect on the environment. In line with our ISO 14001 Environmental ... Aug 22nd 2011 London is the place to be for new businesses Aspiring entrepreneurs wanting to start a new business in serviced offices in London will be comforted to know that the capital city is a great place to launch an enterprise, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). The FSB believes ... Aug 22nd 2011 Cloud computing offers businesses efficiency and control Businesses operating in serviced offices and other buildings that deliver a well-planned cloud computing policy will benefit from great efficiency and control over finances, according to EasyNet Connect. Small to medium-sized enterprises ... Aug 22nd 2011 Volunteering is Good for Young People Young people looking to gain practical workplace skills and knowledge should volunteer, according to the Institute for Employment Studies (IES). The IES believes there are a lot of positives that can come out of volunteering. Becci Newton, ... Aug 19th 2011 Businesses should develop bespoke benefits packages Businesses should be developing bespoke benefits packages to suit the age profile of their employees, suggests new research. The YouGov survey, commissioned by Croner, found that, in general, all age ranges agreed that reputation, flexible ... Aug 19th 2011 Need for flexible working for male and female parents There is need for flexible working plans – which includes mobile working and working from virtual offices – for both male and female parents, according to the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR). The coalition government is currently ... Aug 18th 2011 Micro businesses unable to find suitable employees to expand Many micro businesses that are looking to grow and expand their operations are unable to do so because they are finding it increasingly difficult to recruit the right staff, according to a new report. The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) ... Aug 18th 2011 Hotbed of ‘untapped’ female talent ripe for boardroom positions There is a hotbed of “untapped” female talent in the UK that “should be in the boardrooms”, according to Pertemps Recruitment Partnership. The recruitment company suggests that businesses operating in serviced ... Aug 18th 2011 Employees ‘frustrated’ with meetings in the workplace Business meetings are slowing down the momentum in the output of work by getting in the way of an employees’ workload, according to an expert. Al Pittampalli, author of Read This Before Our Next Meeting, said they are so problematic that ... Aug 17th 2011 Bus tour kicks off to get Brits on track for entrepreneurial endeavours The StartUp Britain tour summer bus tour kicks off next week for a month long extravaganza of business-related activities and events. A new campaign “by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs”, it has been designed in such a way as ... Aug 17th 2011 One in four new businesses set up by older people More people are setting up their own businesses late on in life, proving it’s never too late to do anything, suggests new research. Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank have revealed that more than one in four businesses that are started up ... Aug 17th 2011 Employees ‘not’ where they want to be in their careers Employees working in services offices or other buildings feel like they are lagging behind their careers, according to new research. The new survey from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) found that 42 per cent of respondents felt ... Aug 16th 2011 ‘Summer holiday’ to root out the fraudsters’ Businesses are being told that one of the ways to spot fraudsters in the workplace is to make employees take a two-week summer break. Specialist investigators at Ernst & Young are advising employers to enact a compulsory summer holiday ... Aug 16th 2011 Employees ‘not claiming’ tax credits they’re entitled to’ Employees throughout the UK could miss out on £8.5 billion in tax credits and other “lifestyle” benefits, according to a new report. unbiased.co.uk’s latest Tax Action report revealed that this year alone, £5.8 billion ... Aug 16th 2011 Employees would lend their colleagues ‘a hand’ when times are tough Employees working in serviced offices or other buildings are more than likely to offer their fellow colleagues a helping hand when the going gets tough, according to the findings of a new poll. Monster’s survey found that 58 per cent ... « Older EntriesNewer Entries » (Or jump to page 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829 of 29) Employees would lend their colleagues ‘a hand’ when times are tough