Timeline - Page Categories View All Timeline Our Sector Sustainability Community Charity & CSR HR Select Category Timeline Our Sector Sustainability Community Charity & CSR HR Mar 21st 2011 Business owners are getting more optimistic Business owners are getting more ambitious and optimistic and this upbeat sentiment is filtering down to office space staff. According to new research from mobile working specialist T-Mobile, over the past year a large number of small and ... Mar 21st 2011 Good office space management will boost engagement Businesses wanting their employees to go the extra mile have to ensure that their managers create more engaging office spaces by providing staff with guidance, regular feedback and as much autonomy as possible. According to the Chartered ... Mar 21st 2011 Government must think small to boost SME growth The government must “think small first” if its policies on business growth are to benefit small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). According to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), existing legislation puts too ... Mar 18th 2011 Exercise in the office space can re-energise Exercising in the office space can help re-energise over-worked employees and reduce the likelihood of back pain and muscle cramps. According to Chris Freytag, a serviced office space motivation expert, simple stretches and holds can stop ... Mar 18th 2011 Innovative bike rack doubles as office space desk Just last month business owners were urged to encourage their staff to cycle to the office by the Cycle to Work Alliance (CWA). The CWA claimed that as well as promoting general wellbeing, a cycle to work programme could actually boost office ... Mar 17th 2011 Making serviced office spaces ‘young and happening’ Business owners don’t need to spend a fortune to overhaul their serviced office spaces and make them a vibrant place to work. According to decor specialist office-furniture.net, putting in some stylish sofas or desirable swivel-chairs ... Mar 17th 2011 Office space feng shui could boost employee wellbeing Feng shui as a concept regularly goes in and out of fashion in the home, where tackling stress is not always a top priority. In the office space, however, keeping calm and collected is a must and anything employers can do to reduce the impact of ... Mar 17th 2011 Businesses need to be given tax break incentives to go green There are plenty of companies striving to make their office spaces more environmentally friendly. Whether they are introducing recycling schemes, cutting back on paper wastage, outsourcing their IT infrastructure or installing LED lighting, ... Mar 16th 2011 Serviced office space flexibility is vital Serviced office space flexibility is becoming increasingly important as employees demand more from their employers. According to Work Wise UK, the advent of flexible working practices has, in many ways, brought staff and their managers ... Mar 16th 2011 Team building is great for new companies Office space team building is ideal for new companies as it can help employees overcome social barriers. According to the Institute for Employment Studies (IES), while teambuilding exercises shouldn’t be seen as an excuse to have ... Mar 15th 2011 Snow cost unprepared businesses £280m a day The severe snow that hit the country this winter was responsible for huge economic losses, transport secretary Philip Hammond has said. He claimed that with transport at a standstill in many parts of the country, the deluge of snow was responsible ... Mar 15th 2011 TV entrepreneurs are boosting company creation The increased coverage of TV entrepreneurs is making more people consider setting up their own businesses. According to new research published by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS), the portrayal of entrepreneurs ... Mar 15th 2011 New guidance on office space wellbeing published Mental health charity Mind has teamed up with the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) to publish new guidelines for office space wellbeing. The organisations have clubbed together to offer their support to small and medium-sized enterprises ... Mar 15th 2011 Flexible working offered to Olympic event-going staff A large number of businesses will be offering their workers the chance to work flexibly during the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games so they can attend events during the two-week sporting celebration. According to HR and employment research ... Mar 14th 2011 Office space workers fib about their “exciting weekends” On Monday morning the tall tales flying around the office space can be heard loud and clear as workers tell colleagues about the exciting nights out they’ve had and the celebrities they bumped into. However, office space adventure stories ... Mar 14th 2011 Green equipment schemes for the office space Siemens and the Carbon Trust are joining forces to get Britain’s office spaces going green. The two organisations have got together to create a £550 million loan scheme that will allow firms to purchase green serviced office space equipment ... Mar 11th 2011 Filling the office space with fruit could boost morale Encouraging healthy eating can be a great way of boosting morale in the workplace. According to Carole Spiers, chief executive of the Carole Spiers Group, employers should do all they can to encourage healthy eating in the office space and ... Mar 10th 2011 Carbon reducing office space created The future appears to be here following the creation of one of just a handful of first carbon-negative office spaces. Using a combination of solar panels, wind turbines and water power, the Old Corn Mill, near Penistone in Yorkshire, produces ... Mar 09th 2011 Office space safety checks could disappear altogether Office space safety is a major concern for business owners – particularly as modern office spaces are more flexible and it is more difficult to keep tabs on staff throughout the working day. However, according to the BBC, the Health and ... Mar 09th 2011 Will eco-friendly serviced offices take off in the UK? Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time and politicians across Europe are steadfastly trying to reduce their countries’ carbon footprints to meet new emissions targets set by the EU. As a result new carbon emissions ... Mar 08th 2011 Security is not a concern for UK mobile workers UK mobile workers are more than happy to use mobile devices and out-of-office internet connections to access work documents while on the move. The problem is that more than half of Europeans surveyed by NCP Engineering said they had used insecure ... Mar 08th 2011 Smartphones are revolutionising office space effectiveness The widespread use of smartphones in the office space is changing the way that staff respond to ever-shifting consumer and client demands. According to Martin Lyne, director of small and medium-sized enterprise marketing at T-Mobile, mobile ... Mar 07th 2011 Flexibility is key to the perfect office space Business owners need to make sure that any office space they consider moving into is highly adaptable. According to the British Council for Offices (BCO), flexibility is an undervalued asset of many top-quality office spaces and can be a saving ... Mar 04th 2011 Serviced Offices in Milton Keynes Fibre Optic Broadband Serviced office spaces in Milton Keynes can now gain access to BT’s new fibre optic, high-speed broadband network. The internet service provider (ISP) announced that it had completed the rollout of the next-generation, fibre-to-the-premises ... Mar 03rd 2011 The traditional office space nine-to-five is dead Business owners are rapidly abandoning the traditional nine-to-five working day. According to mobile network operator T-Mobile, managers and their staff are increasingly benefiting from flexible, mobile working solutions. As a result, ... Mar 03rd 2011 BE Offices awarded ‘Sunday Times 100 Best Small Companies to Work For’ BE Offices has scooped 38th position in the prestigious Sunday Times ‘100 Best Small Companies to Work For’ Awards. The company is the only serviced office operator to appear in the rankings. The awards demonstrate excellence across a number ... Mar 02nd 2011 Office space trust is vital Office space engagement and motivation will suffer if employees don’t have trust in their line managers. But the buck doesn’t stop with direct managers. Business owners also need to be regarded as trustworthy by their staff ... Mar 01st 2011 Wembley’s Business Environment scoops national award Business Environment, a serviced office operator located on Olympic Way in Wembley, is celebrating after securing a place in the prestigious Sunday Times ‘Best Small Companies to Work For’ Awards. Business Environment is no stranger to ... Mar 01st 2011 Reading’s Business Environment scoops national award Business Environment in Reading has been voted in the Sunday Times Best Small Companies to Work For yet again. Ranked in at position 38 this is incredible achievement as 37,500 employees across the UK were asked to rank their business according ... Mar 01st 2011 Milton Keynes’ Business Environment scoops national award Business Environment Milton Keynes achieves 38th position in the prestigious Sunday Times ‘Best Small Companies to Work For’ Awards. John Edwards, business centre manager of Business Environment Milton Keynes, said: “Having your own ... Mar 01st 2011 Basingstoke’s Business Environment scoops national award Business Environment, a serviced office operator based in Basingstoke’s central business district, is celebrating after securing a place in the prestigious Sunday Times ‘Best Small Companies to Work For’ Awards. Scooping 38th position, ... Mar 01st 2011 Gone are the days of office space social media bans The days of business owners banning the use of social media in the office space are well and truly behind us. According to Entrepreneur.com’s Burton Goldfield, the use of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube has gone way beyond marketing ... Feb 28th 2011 Music in the office space can boost morale Piping music into the office space can make workers more productive, boost morale and reduce stress levels. According to the International Stress Management Association (ISMA) playing music can also boost wellbeing and make an office space ... Feb 28th 2011 Unpaid overtime is all about self preservation Self preservation is the key factor behind the recent rise in unpaid overtime that the Trade Unions Congress (TUC) uncovered. According to the TUC, a record 5.26 million people worked unpaid overtime last year – the highest figure since ... Feb 28th 2011 Bonuses can add structure to the office space Bonus schemes are an excellent way for business owners to add much-needed structure to the office space environment, it has been claimed. According to a new report from the Performance and Reward Centre (PRC), bonuses are a good way of reinforcing ... Feb 28th 2011 Unpaid office space internships must be legal The rise in unpaid interns in the office space is a clear trend. As graduates battle it out for fewer and fewer roles in both the public and private sector, they are increasingly keen to differentiate themselves from their rivals by doing some ... Feb 25th 2011 Office space sickness increases should be monitored New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that after a slight dip during the recession, office space sickness is on the up again. Before the economic downturn happened, just 2.5 per cent of employees surveyed by the ONS ... Feb 25th 2011 Business owners need to put a flexible working policy in place Remote working came to the fore in 2010 and new government rules on flexible working practices are changing the way businesses operate forever. And while remote working and other flexible office space practices have clear advantages, business ... Feb 25th 2011 Unpaid overtime rises as office space cuts take hold Unpaid overtime is on the up in the UK, according to the Trades Union Congress (TUC). New figures from the Work Your Proper Hour Day report said that a record 5.26 million people – including serviced office space workers – clocked ... Feb 25th 2011 Support for office space eco-initiatives on the rise Support for environmentally-friendly office space initiatives is on the increase – particularly in the south of the country. According to new research from office supplies specialist Euroffice, 95 per cent of businesses in the south-west ... Feb 25th 2011 Office space smartphone use could be damaging business security Office space security could be under threat by the rising use of smartphones and other personal computing devices. According to new research from ViewSonic, IT chiefs are becoming increasingly concerned about personal smartphone and tablet ... Feb 24th 2011 All professionals should be aware of cloud computing Flexible working practices are now commonplace in British serviced office spaces. People can check their emails and browse through documents on the way to a meeting on the other side of London and if disaster hits the public transport network ... Feb 24th 2011 Top office space jobs shouldn’t just be open to men Following a lengthy review into the number of women in top jobs in the workplace, Lord Davies – leader of said review – has called for a “step-change” in how roles are filled. He concluded that companies should be setting ... Feb 24th 2011 Talent management to become an office space buzzword Talent management looks set to become the next office space buzzword after PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) claimed it is more important than a company’s bottom line. After polling 1,200 business owners from around the world, PwC found ... Feb 24th 2011 Businesses need to address office space dissatisfaction Workplace morale has taken a huge hit at a large number of businesses in recent times. Thanks to the recession, government cuts and widespread redundancies, even employees who have held onto their posts feel insecure. This feeling of insecurity ... Feb 23rd 2011 Having fun should be top serviced office space priority Having fun should be the top priority in offices and serviced offices around the UK – particularly as the employment and economic situation looks so uncertain. According to business expert and chief executive officer of Maya Asset ... Feb 23rd 2011 Soft skills are a must – even in the ‘techiest’ of office spaces It seems that the stereotypical techie – poked fun at on the popular Channel 4 TV show The IT Crowd – could soon be a thing of the past. According to recruitment specialist CWJobs.co.uk, even the most bafflingly technical office ... Feb 23rd 2011 IT firms are soaking up West End office space The majority of office space being let in the West End of London houses IT and technology industry players. For the first time since the dotcom crash, the financial services sector is renting less office space in this business-focused part ... Feb 23rd 2011 Desktop Virtualisation Balancing Security and Flexibility The modern office space and serviced office has come a long way in the past few years. What started with simple hot-desking has evolved into full-blown desktop virtualisation – which has revolutionised the way office workers access ... Feb 22nd 2011 Flexible working is becoming the norm Flexible jobs are becoming the norm in developed economies – and this in turn is affecting how the traditional office space is being used. According to HR magazine contributor and lecturer in education and economics at the Lancaster ... Feb 21st 2011 London office space is growing in popularity London has not lost its place as a top, global financial centre and demand for office space is still strong. According to the British Council for Offices (BCO), while the economy is still fragile, the recovery is clearly underway and London ... Feb 21st 2011 Recession hit demand for environmentally-friendly office spaces The recent recession impacted upon demand for environmentally-friendly office spaces, but as the recovery gets underway businesses are expected to regain their eco-expectations. Michael Shanks, chief technology office of Ultraspeed, ... Feb 18th 2011 More people are working alone than ever before New research from mobile phone network operator Orange has shown that more people than ever before are working alone. The firm said that thanks to new flexible working technologies – like virtual office environments and mobile broadband ... Feb 18th 2011 Boosting output with office space romances The net is rife with stories about the dangers of romances in office or serviced offices – particularly those that come about under the mistletoe at the Christmas party. But according to Andrew Kakabadse, professor of international ... Feb 18th 2011 Parties in the office space can boost morale Hosting parties in the office space can be a great way to boost employee morale – particularly during tough economic times. According to Vicky Oliver, author of 301 Smart Answers to Tough Business Etiquette Questions, parties can bring ... Feb 18th 2011 Anywhere access ‘the cornerstone of the virtual office’ Anywhere access is the cornerstone of the virtual office and paves the way for entirely mobile workforces. And, according to TMCNet contributor Charles West, it’s not just the office space that is being revolutionised by the uptake ... Feb 17th 2011 Bonuses can create a sense of loyalty in the office Unsurprisingly, new research has shown that creating a sense of loyalty in the office space is best achieved by handing out bonuses. According to an online survey by recruitment specialist CBSbutler, the best way to keep hold of top talent ... Feb 17th 2011 Gender quotas won’t be introduced in UK office spaces Lord Davies of Abersoch has ruled out the possibility that government could set boardroom quotas in the future to address the lack of female representation at the top of industry. According to Lord Davies, who is chairing an investigation ... Feb 17th 2011 Office space stress could be on the rise Office workers in the UK are likely to be under more stress as job security and economic woes take their toll on the British workforce. According to The Work Foundation, looming public sector cuts could flood the jobs market with potential candidates ... Feb 16th 2011 Private sector recruitment looks positive Private sector recruitment looks like it could be on the up and, as a result, office spaces could be set to get a bit more positive. The REC’s latest JobsOutlook survey could be extremely good news for small business owners struggling ... « Older EntriesNewer Entries » (Or jump to page 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829 of 29) Private sector recruitment looks positive