Latest News - Page 14 Categories Our Sector Virtual Offices Sustainability Community Charity & CSR HR Select Category Our Sector Virtual Offices Sustainability Community Charity & CSR HR Jul 14th 2014 BE hosts City of London’s Aldgate Project Roadshow BE’s Aldgate business centre is today welcoming representatives from City of London Corporation who will be running a roadshow in the reception area displaying plans for the new Aldgate Project. The City, in partnership with London Borough ... Jul 08th 2014 Happy employees make better workers Employers are increasingly being won over by “a happy, healthy workforce is a more efficient workforce” mantras, according to research commissioned by global firm Steelcase. The office furniture company says that staff wellbeing is soaring ... Jul 07th 2014 Milton Keynes BE workers set for Charity Massage John Holman Therapy Solutions and Business Environment support Rays of Sunshine with charity massage event. On Friday 11th July John Holman Therapy Solutions together with Business Environment will be supporting Rays of Sunshine Children’s ... Jul 01st 2014 Working Brits tell Dolly: ‘You can keep your 9 to 5’ Evergreen star Dolly Parton wowed Glastonbury festival-goers over the weekend. But the 67-year-old ‘9 to 5’ Country singer may have to change her tune, as new research shows that most British workers would rather work flexi hours than the ... Jun 24th 2014 Preparing your SME for auto-enrolment Most of us have seen the ‘I’m in’ prime-time television ads. They publicise the new revolution in workplace pensions with the auto-enrolment scheme. But getting your small business ready for the Government’s new pension reforms may be more ... Jun 17th 2014 Getting older workers on board – and keeping them engaged A record 8.9 million over-50s were employed last year, according to new Government figures. But Pensions Minister Steve Webb says there is still more to be done to encourage older people to stay in work – a move predicted to greatly boost the ... Jun 10th 2014 How to find the perfect business mentor An overwhelming majority of small firms have acknowledged the benefits that a business mentor could bring in a new poll. A mentor is an experienced businessperson who can help you expand trade relationships, profits and sales by offering ... Jun 03rd 2014 New site to encourage better business banking A new Government-backed comparison website will enable small businesses to weigh up the pros and cons of rival banks more easily. The Business Banking Insight (BBI) site reveals ratings for 74 lenders from 5,000 SMES (small and medium enterprises) ... Jun 02nd 2014 BE Supports Positive Action on World Environment Day We are inviting employees and clients to each take three positive eco-friendly steps to help mark World Environment Day on Thursday 5th June 2014. The United Nations’ World Environment Day (WED) is a red letter day in its calendar and the primary ... May 30th 2014 GDP growth Forecasts Upgraded for next two Years The BCC has today (30th May) announced that it has upgraded its growth forecasts for 2014/15 and that UK growth will reach a seven-year high in 2014. With the highest rate of growth since 2007, the BCC has upgraded its GDP growth forecast for 2014 ... May 29th 2014 The New Look 6th Floor @ BE Minories Business Centre (Sneak Peak) It’s not yet finished but we wanted to give you a glimpse of our new 6th floor at 150 Minories. As well as glass partitioning throughout to generate huge levels of natural daylight from all sides you will see our new ergonomically designed ... May 27th 2014 How businesses can cope with football fever this summer It probably won’t have escaped your notice that the World Cup is kicking off soon, and many of your staff will be keen to watch the matches. Although most games are on outside of normal 9-5 hours, law firm Adams & Remers said employers are still ... May 27th 2014 Putting the Sizzle in Sustainability “‘Sustainability’ covers many subjects. It has become a bit of a catch-all word, replacing ‘protection of the environment’, ‘ecology’ and activity around ‘saving the planet’.” ... May 22nd 2014 ‘Business is flourishing’ in Milton Keynes With the UK’s economy growing for the fifth consecutive quarter, Milton Keynes is seeing a surge in demand for office space as businesses regain confidence, says local serviced office provider Business Environment, whose Milton Keynes ... May 20th 2014 Interns Exploited: All Work and No Pay Almost a third (31.60%) of workers feel their interns are exploited Over a fifth (21%) of UK companies aren’t paying their interns Nearly a third of companies treat interns unfairly, according to a study by serviced office provider Business ... May 20th 2014 What workers want from their dream office Carlsberg don’t make offices, but if they did you’d perhaps expect a rooftop garden football pitch or even a walk-in wardrobe to make getting ready for Friday night drinks easier. We’ve all got our own idea of a dream office ... May 20th 2014 Business Environment client Donates winnings to Charity In an extraordinarily magnanimous gesture, the winner of Business Environment’s client extranet Football Challenge, has donated his entire winnings to Bristol charity, the Jessie May Trust. Bristol Temple Meads client Jeremy Hutchinson, ... May 13th 2014 Pros and cons of BYOD A growing number of small businesses are adopting a BYOD (bring your own device) policy to save them time and money. But opinion is still divided on how beneficial it is. According to a recent survey from Dell, security breaches cost UK organisations ... May 12th 2014 Confidence matters Authors of The Confidence Code, a book recently published in the USA looking at The science and art of self-assurance – what women should know, have stated that evidence suggests that as we still strive for equality in the workplace, women are ... May 06th 2014 5 ways of using your office space to motivate staff Facebook, Google and Apple don’t just lead the way when it comes to tech. Their offices are also trailblazing, aimed at motivating staff and keeping them contented. And the best is yet to come, with all of them due to open employee-centric ... Apr 29th 2014 5 tips for tackling stress in the workplace Stress could be costing business bosses dear in long-term employee absences, a new poll suggests. Nearly half of UK businesses (45%) rated mental health illness and stress as the primary reason behind staff long-term sickness. A further ... Apr 22nd 2014 A guide to the International Festival for Business What is it? The summer sees a “must-go-to” festival that’s not to be missed … and there’s always football’s World Cup in Brazil too. Liverpool is staging the first-ever International Festival for Business (IFB). Where ... Apr 15th 2014 Could Windows XP’s demise open window of opportunity? It would be easy for millions of small firms worldwide to think that the demise of Windows XP has left them up the technological creek without a paddle. Many of them were left scratching their heads after Microsoft discontinued technical support ... Apr 10th 2014 Sister’s Doing it for Themselves, Not Each Other Women are just as likely to face discrimination in the workplace from other women as they do from men, according to a recent survey by serviced office provider Business Environment. An independent survey of 1,500 people found that more ... Apr 10th 2014 Green office = productive employees? The next time one of your employees complains that they’re too hot, or screen glare is giving them a headache, you might want to take it more seriously. New research has found that an environmentally-focused workplace leads to greater employee ... Apr 07th 2014 New City offices for Business Environment Multi-award winning serviced office provider Business Environment has today moved in to new offices at 150 Minories, EC3. The move will enable more efficient operations across a single floor in a more modern office facility. Just yards from ... Apr 07th 2014 City office towers top list of Londoner’s favourite buildings Writing in the Evening Standard on Friday (4th April) Mayor Boris Johnson conceded that London’s skyline must evolve to accommodate a population that by the end of the decade will have reached 9 million people and by 2030 will have risen to 10 ... Apr 01st 2014 Five ways to treat your workers A happy worker tends to be a more productive worker. With that in mind, how can you ensure your staff come to the office each day with a smile on their face? A treat courtesy of the boss every now and again is likely to do wonders for morale and doesn’t ... Mar 27th 2014 Is the office tea run a thing of the past? According to UK charity, The Royal Voluntary Service, the humble office tea run could soon be a thing of the past. In the frantic world of the office worker, most would say that they simply haven’t the time to make a cuppa for a colleague. To coincide ... Mar 25th 2014 Giving your office the ultimate spring clean If the state of your personal workspace speaks volume about how organised you are as a person, imagine the impression that an entire office can give about your company. Daily office mess, disorganised files, a canteen pin board that hasn’t ... Mar 18th 2014 SMEs ‘missing out’ on Benefits of Online Technology The internet and new technologies offer a wealth of opportunities to small firms, but many are failing to take advantage and are missing out on economic returns of around £18.8 billion as a result, according to a new report. The study, which ... Mar 14th 2014 Six ways the internet has boosted businesses This week saw the world wide web turn 25 and while on a personal level, it’s difficult to imagine what life would have been like without Facebook, online shopping and search engines, it is arguably businesses which have gained the most from Tim ... Mar 13th 2014 Superhero Abseil for free on BE’s Super Saturday Business Environment supports children’s charity Rays of Sunshine in joint fundraising/PR opportunity. On Saturday 29th March up to 80 people will abseil down Business Environment’s Wembley office at No 1 Olympic Way. The majority will ... Mar 13th 2014 Keeping your homeworkers motivated The benefits of allowing staff to work from home are well-known; it helps them achieve a better work/life balance, it can help boost productivity and even save businesses money in the long run. However, having your workforce scattered across ... Mar 10th 2014 Staff Motivation Matters – Demotivated, Disengaged Staff David Saul, Managing Director of leading serviced office operator Business Environment, explains the importance of motivating your employees. As the man who inspired one of the most successful and valuable companies in history, you can’t ... Mar 10th 2014 Sunday Times Top 100 Employer for Seventh Year Running! Business Environment, one of the UK’s foremost serviced office operators, has been named one of the country’s ‘100 Best Small Companies to Work For’ by the Sunday Times for the seventh consecutive year. In a year which saw hundreds of companies ... Mar 07th 2014 Women are winning the battle but losing the war in the boardroom As the broadcast industry comes under fire for cultivating an environment where women feel forced to change their demeanour, serviced office provider Business Environment polled 1,500 UK workers to examine how the rest of the nation fares. ... Mar 05th 2014 Does your company look after its employees? Does your company have employee wellbeing programmes in place in order to help boost productivity and lower absence rates? Everyone knows that stressed out, over-worked staff members are not going to be at their optimum during the business ... Mar 03rd 2014 Top 5 office drinks Do you often find yourself at work reaching for a can of Red Bull before the clock has even struck midday? Or perhaps you lose count of the number of cups of coffee you have to get you through the day? Well there are much better drinks to choose when ... Feb 27th 2014 Women over 50 ‘struggling to further their careers’ Older women in the workplace are struggling to balance their careers with their responsibilities at home, according to a report by the TUC. One of the main reasons why they are failing to achieve the best of both worlds is because of what the TUC ... Feb 26th 2014 Misperceptions held over ‘technology-led change’ Bosses in the UK may be overestimating the speed at which their business is able to keep up with technology. This is the claim made by a new report, which reveals there are strong misperceptions within companies regarding response times to new ... Feb 25th 2014 Small business need to stand up for themselves Size matters: David Saul, Managing Director for Business Environment discusses the often unfair lack of recognition given to SME’s by policy makers Try a quick test. What first comes to mind when you hear the word “business”? I’d be ... Feb 24th 2014 Top 5 tips for your company website In the competitive environment of the world wide web, your company website needs to make sure it’s getting everything right to stand out from the crowd. With an increasing proportion of business now taking place via the internet, the ... Feb 21st 2014 How to go green in the office For many businesses in the 21st century, becoming more eco-friendly is high on the priority list. There are many reasons for this – a greater level of environmental awareness, wanting to impress clients and the financial implications, ... Feb 20th 2014 Working women numbers ‘the highest since records began’ There are now a record number of women working in the UK, according to new government figures. A report released by the Office for National Statistics has shown the female employment rate currently stands at 67.2 per cent – the highest ... Feb 20th 2014 The Office Desk Location Hierarchy It is widely accepted that the open-plan office originated in Germany in the 1950s. The office landscape – Bürolandschaft – concept led to the banishment of the once-popular exam-hall style rows of desks to make way for a less regimented approach ... Feb 17th 2014 Train satisfaction survey results reveal need for improvement The reputation of the UK’s train network has taken a bit of a battering recently, with the weather certainly pulling no punches in disrupting services across the country. However, it appears as though the companies operating the rail ... Feb 13th 2014 Be my Valentine? BE Talks Loving your Customers It’s hard to walk into a shop at this time of year without stumbling over a proliferation of hearts, roses and declarations of love. And whether you embrace Valentine’s day and all that it stands for or remain cynical about its over-commercialisation, ... Feb 11th 2014 Top 5 business mistakes Navigating your business on the road to success can be quite the minefield. There are many pitfalls to avoid – some more obvious than others. While sometimes the difference between a positive outcome and a negative one can be entirely ... Feb 10th 2014 How to manage your virtual team In an age when remote working is increasingly becoming the rule as opposed to the exception, it’s no longer uncommon for a business’ team to be spread out across cities, countries and even continents. The power of the internet ... Feb 07th 2014 The end of the office desk phone? While it may have been the mainstay of every shared office for as long as any of us care to remember, the humble desk phone could soon be a thing of the past, according to new research. A study carried out by internet service provider Timico found ... Feb 06th 2014 Lack of preparation to blame for collapse of 81% of SME business sales According to a survey published today (5th February) by James Caan’s finance business, Bluebox Corporate Finance, 81% of SME business owners tried and failed to sell their businesses in H2 2013 with 83% citing lack of preparation as a major ... Feb 05th 2014 Job satisfaction and promotion ‘not the same thing’ for women It has been claimed that initiatives promoting gender diversity are not achieving what they were set up to do and are focusing on the wrong priorities. Research conducted by IBM firm Kenexa has suggested that workplace schemes designed to ... Feb 03rd 2014 Is Spending too long in the Office bad for Your Health? Nazia Ahmed, Director of Human Resources for serviced office provider Business Environment looks at how our working life is contributing to the UK’s obesity crisis It has been estimated that UK office workers spend five years of their ... Feb 03rd 2014 70,000 new broadband connections coming to Devon and Somerset Businesses and homes in Somerset and Devon are set to benefit from superfast broadband access by the summer. BT has revealed it expects to complete its project to connect 70,000 properties in the area by July. The £94 million initiative will ... Jan 30th 2014 BE completes largest serviced office refinance in recent years Business Environment has completed the refinancing of twelve of its properties, concluding the largest deal of its kind in the service office sector since before the credit crunch began. The agreement, worth £110.129m and made with a consortium ... Jan 30th 2014 So much for female solidarity: many women discriminate against members of their own gender, survey finds Women face almost as much workplace discrimination from other women as they do from men, according to a new poll by serviced office provider BE Offices The study, based on an independent survey of 1,500 people, found that a fifth (20.1 per cent) ... Jan 28th 2014 Workers ‘unhappy’ with work/life balance, says study Half of all UK workers experience an “uneven” balance between their work life and home life, according to new research. Two-fifths (40 per cent) of female respondents to the survey by Tilda revealed they have to rely on caffeine ... Jan 23rd 2014 BE Live on Sky News We were delighted to welcome Sky News into our buildings yesterday to film a series of interviews with our teams about their views on Pensions and Savings. We were on live on Sky News at 11:50 & 1:20 and they also created an indepth feature ... Jan 22nd 2014 Top 5 tablets for business Businesses looking at ways to operate more efficiently and take advantage of the mobile working potential and convenience offered by tablets should consider the features they want alongside budget before selecting the model they require. ... « Older EntriesNewer Entries » (Or jump to page 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435 of 35) Top 5 tablets for business