Latest News - Page 26 Categories Our Sector Virtual Offices Sustainability Community Charity & CSR HR Select Category Our Sector Virtual Offices Sustainability Community Charity & CSR HR Sep 28th 2011 UK start-ups use event to attract new talent More than 120 start-up companies are joining forces for the Silicon Milkroundabout event in order to try and tempt the best in recent IT graduates away from the traditional City career route. With at least 500 jobs on offer the event, which has ... Sep 27th 2011 Tax breaks for investors in small companies Investors in small businesses are to have their tax breaks further extended as officials in Brussels have approved plans by the Treasury to expand the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS). This will see a further £100 million in tax breaks for ... Sep 27th 2011 Mobile devices used most by British twenty-somethings The next generation in Britain should be well adept at mobile working if the findings of a recent survey are anything to go by. Out of college students and professionals from 14 countries, Cisco Connected Technology found those from the UK were ... Sep 26th 2011 Mobile working encouraged as part of National Work-Life Week Flexible and mobile working are being brought into focus this week with a series of events as part of National Work-Life Week. The charity Working Families has organised the week which includes a programme of webinars on subjects from communication ... Sep 26th 2011 LV= leads the way on staff engagement with leavers and joiners survey Those in shared and serviced offices may be interested to hear that LV= are launching a scheme which surveys leavers and starters at the company in an effort to improve staff engagement. Joiners will be surveyed a week after starting with the ... Sep 26th 2011 New Barclays clinics to aid SMEs in borrowing Barclays has launched a campaign to boost the confidence of small and medium enterprises, (SMEs) running clinics on borrowing, those in shared offices will be interested to know. The first of the clinics will be held in Manchester in an attempt ... Sep 23rd 2011 Motivating employees in the workplace Business Environment centre manager at Basingstoke, Nicola Parsons, explains how the Hampshire office works to engage employees. Keeping staff happy in the workplace is something that should be a top priority for employers. We all know ... Sep 23rd 2011 Popular gorilla army descends on London A prominent London landmark has been invaded by a multi-coloured gorilla army this month. On 16 September, twenty life-sized gorilla statues – all individually decorated by British artists – were be unveiled in the shadow of Tower Bridge. ... Sep 23rd 2011 Getting the most from your employees David Saul, managing director of Business Environment, leading serviced office operator, explains how engaging with employees can do wonders for a business Keeping staff happy in the workplace is something that should be a top priority ... Sep 23rd 2011 Small businesses hoard cash instead of asking for a loan Small businesses hoard cash instead of ploughing it back into their business due to fears their overdrafts may be slashed, a Bank of England study has found. They also stay away from applying for loans in case their current borrowing provision ... Sep 23rd 2011 Revenue up for small businesses Small businesses have experienced an increase of 16.2 per cent in revenue since 2009, according to a report from Venture Finance. This shows a return to client numbers similar to those pre-recession with the average small business having ... Sep 23rd 2011 Boundaries between work and home life blurred in mobile working world Social media is a useful indicator to show how the lines between private and work lives are becoming more blurred for some, as a new survey shows that seven out of ten employees have ‘friended’ their bosses on Facebook. The Cisco ... Sep 22nd 2011 London is an ideal location for business headquarters There are so many reasons why London office space is ideal, according to the British Council for Offices. Apart from New York there is nowhere else in the world which comes close in terms of being certain to have international companies and the ... Sep 22nd 2011 Free Facebook advertising for SMEs Social networking site, Facebook, is offering £32 in free advertising to as many as 200,000 companies in an attempt to showcase the potential it has to help businesses grow. Setting up a website can be time consuming and expensive for new SMEs ... 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, ... Sep 01st 2011 How businesses can make the most of innovative technology David Saul, managing director of leading serviced office operator Business Environment looks at the latest business technology trends It’s been an interesting year so far for technology, with new gadgets appearing at a rapid pace. New technology ... 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 ... « Older EntriesNewer Entries » (Or jump to page 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435 of 35) Businesses need to include home-based workers in health and safety provisions