Grant Thornton debuts next generation hybrid office
One of the UK’s leading business advisory firms is leading the way in the workplace evolution as it reveals a new futuristic office in Oxford for its Thames Valley team.
Workplace Wellbeing
The Great Return to Work: Tips for Safe and Secure Post-Pandemic...
As rush hour traffic returns to pre-pandemic levels and bosses call time on working from home, Stockport-based and photo ID card specialists Digital ID share a handful of expert tips to help formulate your plan, ease re-entry anxiety and safely manage employees and visitors on their return to the workplace.
More hybrid working to bring 3.8 million Brits into employment
Hybrid working could bring nearly 4 million people “locked out” from work such as parents, carers and disabled people into the workforce and enable part-time workers to work more hours adding £48.3bn to the UK economy each year, according to a major new study by Virgin Media O2 Business and the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr).
UK’s recovery plans must address gender inequality as four out of...
Gender equality must be at the heart of the UK’s green and fair recovery, according to a new PwC report that underlines the extent to which women’s career progression and opportunities continue to be disproportionately hampered by the pandemic.
Employers urged to give staff the tools they need for the...
A third (36%) of UK employees who work from home say they are more productive in the office, with 42% saying it’s because they have better equipment at work.
Workers to gain right to request flexible working from first day
Following the news that staff in the UK are set to gain the right to request flexible working from the first day in a job, Philip Richardson, partner and head of employment law at Stephensons Solicitors LLP has provided the below legal comment:
Most office workers will never return full time
In response to the very recent findings that ‘most office workers will never return full-time’, please see below an expert response from Sridhar Iyengar, Zoho, who provides some key business tips to preventing a remote/hybrid working strategy from going stale.
Toyota Staff Create Allotment at Epsom HQ to Serve up Fresh...
In August, a team from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew visited Toyota’s Eco-HQ Surrey to assess the progress of the company’s principle of working in harmony with nature.
Further government funding supports phase II R&D lab conversion at The...
The Oxford Trust, the local charity encouraging the pursuit of science and enterprise, is to commence the second phase of its conversion of dedicated high spec laboratory facilities at its Wood Centre for Innovation in Headington, Oxford, following £0.2 million additional Local Growth Fund support, secured by the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP).
Re-imagine your workspace, transform your business, inspire your teams, and change...
Are you pondering the permanence of working from home, rethinking your office requirements? We’re here to help you explore your workspace options, balancing cost, productivity, and wellbeing.
Toxicity | Mike Talks Business
Whilst toxicity in a business feels horrible when it happens, it can also lead to change.
Building Great Teams | The Innovation Toolkit
In this episode of The Innovation Toolkit, a series exploring tools to help businesses face the challenges of a post-COVID world, Stephen Spencer is joined by Megan Carter as they discuss the fifth part of the POSITIVE Compass tool: T for Teams.
Meeting Etiquette: Face to face meetings set to become extinct
During the pandemic the work environment has changed for so many employees across the country. As employers move forwards with their new norms, a new survey has revealed that face to face meetings could become extinct.
What will your workplace look like when employees start to return...
People are no longer being asked to work from home now restrictions have been lifted in England.
‘Hot Officing’ Launches at Monument Park
In a world of hybrid workplaces, and a reluctance to return to the office full time, one Oxfordshire business park introduces rurally located offices to hire by the day