New research by leading flexible workspace platform, Hubble, reveals that businesses still haven’t ‘solved’ workspace, years after the post-lockdown working shakeup. A survey of 200 leaders found that 88% of CEOs want employees in the office more; two thirds planning changes to their workspace setup in the next 12 months. Hubble reveals that businesses are […]

New research released today shows a lack of planning and investment in hybrid working is threatening to derail a widespread successful return to the office. The research, conducted by Opinium for Ricoh Europe, polled 3,000 office workers across the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain. It found they remain cautious about returning […]

Analysis of Google Search data by online salary calculator Income Tax UK has revealed a monumental shift in jobseekers’ preference in terms of their new job. Having the leverage of a near-record-low unemployment rate, professionals are looking at combining lifestyle, family, and career, enabled by the growing popularity of full remote jobs, and four-days work-week schemes. Remote jobs interest […]

Organisations looking to stem the tide of the ‘great resignation’ shouldn’t rely on flexible working options alone to retain their top talent. New research reveals that working from home (WFH), flexible working hours and even four-day work weeks, won’t necessarily be enough to keep employees’ resignations at an expected level. Cloud HR software provider CIPHR […]

By Jürn-Christian Hocke, Interim Head of Faculty of Arts at Berlin School of Business and Innovation (BSBI) Before the pandemic forced companies and businesses to move most of their work remotely, there were (generally very widespread) concerns about the home office among both staff and management. You would idle away all your time and not […]

Despite the change in government guidance, many businesses are looking to continue working from home to avoid spending money on expensive office spaces. A new report shows that businesses with fewer than 50 employees are saving nearly £4,000 a month in rent and running costs when employees work from home. A survey of 1,000 small […]

Research conducted by finance guidance and comparison website Forbes Advisor has found that customers on a standard variable rate tariff (SVT) are set to experience a 25% (£29) increase in their monthly energy costs, compared to the same time one year ago. This would take the monthly bill up to £144 for the winter months, […]

After a year and a half of working from home, many workers admit they’ve found themselves working from some unusual spaces in an effort to find some peace and quiet during the workday. In a new poll of 2,000 individuals who have worked from home throughout the pandemic, 41% share that they have found themselves […]

For many businesses, the past 18 months have represented a huge shift in the way they operate. As a result, we’re now in a world of hybrid and flexible working. This move to flexible working has been hailed as a step forward for health and wellbeing in the workplace. But it has also ignited a […]

According to new research, more than a third (34%) of people working from home in the UK have surreptitiously turned off their camera during a work video call and sneaked away to receive a home delivery. It rises to nearly half (42%) of people under 35. One in five (18%) have exited a work call […]

With more of us working remotely than ever before, Premier Inn has surveyed over 1,000 working professionals to reveal the most endearing (and frustrating) behaviours displayed by colleagues while working from home.   The survey revealed that many workers have actually found their colleagues more endearing since the move away from the office, with three quarters (75%) of workers reporting that their colleagues showed endearing behaviours at least once a […]

With more than 13.5 million workers having returned to their place of work for at least one day a week, more than four million say that they do not feel entirely safe doing so, according to new research by Direct Line Life Insurance. Some 5.5 million workers would work from home permanently if given the […]

According to the new 2021 Unisys Security Index, concerns in the UK around internet security (including computer viruses and hacking) are at the highest level in the 15 years that Unisys has been running the study. The report, which examines security attitudes of 11,000 consumers globally including 1,000 from the UK, also shows a particular […]

Working from the comfort of your couch may actually boost your confidence — seven in 10 Americans said they’ve become more confident since working remotely, new research suggests. In a recent survey of 2,000 Americans who’ve worked remotely during the pandemic, seven in 10 said they find it easier to request more paid time off from […]

Specialist recruiter, Randstad has revealed that one in six Brits (17%) are working from home because they are unable to access fuel to make their daily commute. In a poll of 439 jobseekers who were asked ‘are rising energy prices and fuel shortages affecting your appetite to work from home?’, it was also revealed that […]

Only four out of ten people (42%) working from home do so from a home office, with the remainder working from the kitchen or dining room (21%), their lounge (19%) or their bedroom (17%). Only 32% of people say working from home is more productive, compared to 36% who say they are more productive in […]

With a diminishing talent pool, employers need to rethink the workplace to retain staff, according to Will Kinnear, director at flexible workspace specialist Hewn. He says: “The UK’s workforce was called back to the office, to return to business as usual for the start of the school year; for some this has been a welcome […]

New research  by Ricoh Europe reveals that employers are failing to invest in technology to maintain productivity across their remote workforce, despite concerns about their output. More than 18 months since the Coronavirus pandemic took hold across Europe, forcing businesses to adopt remote working practices, just over a third (36%) of employers say their organisation […]