Latest News - Page 3 Categories Our Sector Virtual Offices Sustainability Community Charity & CSR HR Select Category Our Sector Virtual Offices Sustainability Community Charity & CSR HR May 18th 2022 5 reasons to move your office along the Elizabeth Line The year is 2008. Manchester United has won the Champions League in Moscow. Gordon Brown is Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Wall-E is making waves at the cinema. Oh, and the Crossrail Act has finally received royal assent! 14 years and ... May 11th 2022 Clean and tidy office: Happy, productive workforce Having a tidy office may seem like common sense, but it’s far more important than simply being able to find the things you need. A clean and tidy office not only impacts on workplace organisation, but it also affects employee motivation, ... Apr 25th 2022 BE Offices appointed by Straidorn Properties to manage Custom House in Belfast, set to be Northern Ireland’s first WELL-Certified building BE Offices today announces it has signed a joint venture partnership with the family owned Straidorn Properties to create and manage its new flexible workspace offering at the iconic Custom House in Belfast. The deal will see BE Offices managing ... Apr 12th 2022 BE clients get on their marks for the annual BE Offices Easter egg hunt What could be better than being invited on an egg hunt around your office building to make your day at work more egg-citing? BE Offices will have their clients on the hunt this week, searching for mini chocolate eggs to indulge in, and also on a ... Apr 11th 2022 Working from home: The real expense Many people have been working from home since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020. Despite restrictions having been lifted, a government survey in January revealed 36% of UK residents were continuing to work from home, rather ... Apr 05th 2022 What the science says about work from home attire and productivity Much has been written about the impact of working from home on levels of productivity, not so much about what we’ve all been wearing. Two years ago, our lives were turned upside down with the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic. Office-based ... Mar 29th 2022 Three indicators that you’re working too much Working from home has heralded longer working hours for many, but overworking can lead to health problems and loss of productivity. In a salaried role, earnings are for the job you do within the required hours of work and not the numbers of hours ... Mar 21st 2022 Fake it until you make it: why a virtual office is great for digital nomads Don’t have a proper office address? Don’t worry! If you’re a digital nomad, faking an office is easier than ever. Being a digital nomad can be great for exploring the world, but can be tricky if you’re trying to present a professional front. A ... Mar 21st 2022 BE Offices supports Move for Mindfulness Week in aid of The Samaritans BE Offices have partnered with running app Lupa to support Move for Mindfulness Week in aid of The Samaritans. Lupa, the world’s smartest running app built to run with you and mindfully guide you to your goals, whatever they may be, combines ... Mar 16th 2022 BE Offices offers introduction to self defence class for clients BE Offices continues to take care of the wellbeing of their community and have invited clients to take part in an ‘Introduction to Self Defence’ workshop later this month. The session will be hosted by martial arts coach Jack Grattan, who started ... Mar 08th 2022 What is hybrid working? Hybrid working is here to stay but what is hybrid working? Hybrid working existed long before COVID-19 sent us all home in March 2020, but in a post-pandemic era it has been adopted as normal practice for many businesses. Employers who were previously ... Feb 28th 2022 BE Offices keep their community sweet this Pancake Day The most indulgent day of the year is here again! The one date in the calendar when you can absolutely eat the same dish for breakfast, lunch and dinner – without guilt or shame, a day devoted entirely to eating pancakes! Pancake Day, or Shrove ... Feb 24th 2022 Research suggests young workers may suffer from long-term remote working Many Gen Z workers have never experienced office life, and some believe they never want to, but researchers say this could adversely impact both their professional and personal lives. A growing number of young employees are yet to experience ... Feb 15th 2022 5 reasons to celebrate being back in the office Almost a month after the work from home guidance was dropped we celebrate the many benefits of being back in the office and hybrid working. While office life will never be the same again after the rise in popularity of hybrid working, there are ... Feb 07th 2022 Boosting productivity with pizza What better excuse to eat pizza than National Pizza Day, celebrated annually on 9th February. National Pizza Day is an opportunity to officially enjoy one of the most popular and iconic dishes in the world, a day which has become enshrined in ... Feb 01st 2022 BE Offices leads the charge with low carbon ambitions Leading flexible workspace provider takes great strides along the path to a carbon neutral future. The UK government recently set the world’s most ambitious climate change target to reduce emissions by 78% by 2035, which has put increased ... Jan 24th 2022 New rules spur a return to offices End of work from home advice sees commuters flock back to London offices. The first Monday since work from home guidance was dropped has seen a huge increase in commuters pouring in to central London. Trains were reported as being ‘rammed’ ... Jan 18th 2022 Top managerial skills that make you a great boss Good management skills are key to a successful career regardless of your role within an organisation. Management skills are often discussed in the abstract, but what are they in reality? Broadly speaking, management skills can be defined ... Jan 12th 2022 Community wellbeing with Happy Minds at Work BE Offices continues to focus on the wellbeing of its client community with a lunchtime virtual Desk Meditation and Chair Yoga workshop. Hosted by Happy Minds at Work on Monday 24th January, BE Offices clients are invited to participate in ... Jan 05th 2022 Stepping in to the New Year BE Offices invites clients to start the year off right by signing up to the “Stick To It” Step Challenge! With community at the heart of all we do, we’ve invited our clients to sign up to a 3-week community challenge to help ease into healthy ... Dec 07th 2021 London retains title as world’s leading destination for tech talent looking to relocate Boston Consulting Group survey finds UK capital is still the world’s most attractive destination for relocating tech talent. A survey by global management consultancy firm Boston Consulting Group has revealed that London has retained ... Nov 29th 2021 Future-proof your business with a climate action strategy In the wake of the recent COP26 (Conference of the Parties – the decision-making body of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change), it has never been more important for individuals and businesses alike to reduce their carbon emissions. ... Nov 18th 2021 Celebrating International Men’s Day at BE Offices The men at BE Offices, including our front of house concierge and security personnel, have given over 700 years of service to the company since it was founded in 1993. This International Men’s Day, 19th November 2021, we celebrate them ... Nov 04th 2021 BE Offices shortlisted for ‘Service Innovation’ award Flexible workspace provider announced as finalist for Flexible Space Association ‘Service Innovation’ award. BE Offices are delighted to have been recognised once again by the Flexible Space Association in their annual ... Oct 21st 2021 Five workplace myths that impact motivation Higher pay is not the only way to increased productivity and more motivated employees. Our work lives are impacted enormously by obvious and subtle ideas of the correct and incorrect ways to work. Many of these ideas are myths but this in no way ... Oct 14th 2021 BE Offices shares climate action journey at London Business Week Invited to speak at the event as a result of BE’s involvement in the Mayor of London’s Business Climate Challenge in Southwark, our CSR manager shared BE’s net zero journey with fellow SMEs. As climate action gains momentum ... Oct 08th 2021 BE Offices partners with Planet Mark for sustainability workshop Continuing our hybrid events programme, this week we ran a virtual sustainability workshop in partnership with Planet Mark, to learn more about what business can do to help address climate change. All businesses have a part to play in tackling ... Sep 29th 2021 BE Offices celebrates its 10th Macmillan Coffee Morning BE Offices, &Offices, Headspace and BE.Spoke clients help raise in excess of £1,300 for Macmillan’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning 2021 marks a decade of involvement for BE Offices in the annual Macmillan World’s ... Sep 22nd 2021 London takes No. 2 spot among best places for start-ups to thrive UK capital city ties in second place with New York among the top 140 international ecosystems for start-ups. London and New York are snapping at the heels of Silicon Valley as the best places for startups to prosper according to a report published ... Sep 16th 2021 BE Offices shortlisted for Property Awards 2021 in health and wellbeing category BE Offices is delighted to have been shortlisted for a new award in the annual Property Week Awards. Covid has shone a spotlight on health and wellbeing, so this new award aims to celebrate an organisation or individual that has done the most ... Sep 09th 2021 What to expect when you return to the office Office life changed exponentially during the pandemic so what should you expect when you return to the workplace? This week saw a flood of workers returning to offices with the Evening Standard reporting figures from Transport for London ... Aug 31st 2021 Why we need to get back to the office (and it’s not for our employer) After such a long time away from the office, we’ve become accustomed to our home-working routines and some of us would be happy to continue with this way of working, but is this isolation from our colleagues helping our wellbeing? Some ... Aug 22nd 2021 Manchester takes top spot as the UK’s most entrepreneurial city In what was an extraordinarily challenging year for businesses, entrepreneurs the length and breadth of the UK fought back with a 59% increase in company registrations in 2020. Instant Offices have analysed Companies House data together ... Aug 11th 2021 The importance of face-to-face communication Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet have all been essential to us maintaining communication with our teams, colleagues and family over the last 16 months. But, whilst these platforms have certainly provided a lifeline, and will indeed ... Jul 30th 2021 BE Cleaning Services achieve top safety accreditation BE Offices’ in-house cleaning team has been awarded accreditation from Alcumus SafeContractor for achieving excellence in health and safety in the workplace. Alcumus SafeContractor is a leading third party accreditation scheme ... Jul 21st 2021 BE Offices’ largest ever team supports the 2021 Great City Race 60 runners representing clients and staff from BE Offices, Headspace Group, BE.Spoke and &Offices take part in the Standard Chartered Great City Race In what was BE Offices 14th consecutive year of participating in the Great City Race, ... Jul 15th 2021 The billion-pound digital nomad In 2019 techpreneur Johnny Boufarhat launched Hopin, an online conference-hosting platform. Starting out with just six employees, he now employs more than 650 people. Of Lebanese origin, Boufarhat, who was born and raised in Australia ... Jul 14th 2021 The evolution of the office as a place to work As lockdown restrictions ease and people start to return to their offices we look at the evolution of the workplace. It’s easy to think of the office as a modern invention but the word ‘office’ derives from a coming together ... Jul 08th 2021 City of london Corporation’s Culture Mile partners with BE Offices BE Offices are providing free-of-charge office space to the City of London’s cultural district Culture Mile, this summer as part of the Lord Mayor’s Culture and Commerce Taskforce Create in the City initiative. Chaired by the Lord Mayor of ... Jun 28th 2021 Is working from home working for your business? Increasing numbers of businesses call time on working from home and recall their workers to offices. Apple, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs are among the many high profile businesses bringing their workers back to offices having ... Jun 15th 2021 10 ways for your business to help improve air quality Air quality is not just an environmental issue, but an important health issue which affects us all. Air pollution causes up to 36,000 deaths every day in the UK and has been recognised by the World Health Organisation and the UK Government ... Jun 11th 2021 BE Offices partners with The Youth Group BE Offices is delighted to announce its partnership with The Youth Group, a UK organisation which supports millions of young people across the world into meaningful employment opportunities by helping them gain new skills and by providing ... Jun 07th 2021 How to keep on motivating your team during 2021 – and beyond Navigating the challenges posed by COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic hasn’t been easy for anyone. So, continuing to keep your employees motivated during what remains of 2021 and into 2022 will be vital to achieving your organisation’s ... Jun 04th 2021 Apple eyes workers back in the office by September The tech giant is looking to a return to the office by September for employees according to an all-staff memo sent this week. In the memo, chief executive Tim Cook wrote that staff are expected to return to their desks for no fewer than three days ... May 27th 2021 JP Morgan set to welcome staff back to the office in June JP Morgan has informed UK staff that an increasing number of them will be required to return to the office from next month as restrictions start to ease. In a recent memo seen by Financial News, the global bank has advised staff that they should ... May 20th 2021 BE Offices welcomes the RH Lord Mayor of London to its Barbican business centre BE Offices were delighted to welcome the RH Lord Mayor of London, William Russell to their Barbican business centre this week as part of a series of events to mark the reopening of indoor hospitality, cultural and heritage institutions based ... May 11th 2021 Supporting staff as they return to the office As we approach the next stage of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s ‘roadmap’ out of lockdown, more and more employees are returning to the office, and for some this could be anxiety-inducing. While many of us are only too glad to be reunited ... May 04th 2021 5 indicators that you are a high performer… …and that now is the time to push for promotion. You’ve been in the same role for years. Your job title hasn’t changed since you joined the company and there are no signs that your business card will be getting updated any time soon. You are well ... Apr 30th 2021 How can my freelance business benefit from a virtual office? If you’re unsure whether your next office should be virtual, our list of business benefits should help make up your mind. Build your business by making the right impression, saving costs on a physical workspace and getting help with call answering. ... Apr 29th 2021 BE Offices furthers commitment to net zero status BE Offices has taken another step on its road to net zero status with 81% of its entire portfolio now powered by renewably sourced electricity. The company made a conscious decision as far back as 2018 to convert all centres, over which it has ... Apr 20th 2021 How to celebrate Earth Day Need some inspiration for eco-friendly ways to celebrate the environment either in the office or at home? Thursday 22nd April marks the 51st Earth Day and if there is one positive thing this pandemic has done, it is that it has brought many of ... Apr 12th 2021 80% of employees say working from home has had a toll on their mental health Millions of people continue to work from home as we further navigate our way safely out of the pandemic, but a study from Nuffield Health has revealed that 80 percent of the British workforce feel that working from home has had a detrimental effect ... Apr 06th 2021 Zoom-free Fridays introduced by Citigroup CEO Citigroup’s new CEO cites the ‘relentlessness of the pandemic workday’ as ‘simply not sustainable.’ Jane Fraser, the new CEO of international investment bank Citigroup has reportedly put a stop to video ... Mar 29th 2021 Is the working from home tide turning? KMPG survey suggests bosses are turning against home working Today marks the end of the ‘stay at home’ messaging, with the lifting of some of the lockdown rules which have kept us housebound for so long. For many it will mean a return ... Mar 23rd 2021 BE Offices achieves gold Investors in People accreditation BE Offices has been awarded the Investors in People ‘We invest in people, gold’ accreditation’ marking a decade of Investors in People recognition for the company The multi-award-winning flexible workspace operator ... Mar 16th 2021 London retains its ‘most desirable place to work’ title London retains its ‘most desirable place to work’ title International career locations survey reveals London’s third consecutive top spot According to a survey compiled by an alliance of global recruitment companies, London ... Mar 11th 2021 CBRE report predicts long-term growth for Central London office space market Despite talk of a new hybrid approach to office working/working from home, commercial real estate specialists CBRE predict sustained future growth. One of the most dramatic outcomes of the Covid-19 pandemic has been the way in which we work, ... Mar 08th 2021 What you might not know about International Women’s Day As we celebrate the ladies of BE Offices, &Offices, Headspace Group, &Meetings and Auriel Property Management, we check out some perhaps little-known facts about International Women’s Day. International Women’s ... Mar 02nd 2021 Canary Wharf boss says people are ‘tired of working from home’ A boss at Britain’s largest office and retail complex declares working from home has led to people feeling ‘fatigued’ resulting in an eagerness to return to the office. Head of strategy at Canary Wharf Group’s head ... Mar 01st 2021 How to be an indispensable freelancer All businesses desire to establish mutually beneficial, long-standing relationships with clients, and its no different for freelancers. The gig-economy has skyrocketed during the pandemic with huge numbers of workers turning to freelancing, ... « Older EntriesNewer Entries » (Or jump to page 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435 of 35) How to be an indispensable freelancer