FMJ’s recent podcast hosted by Sara Bean features a group of workplace experts who discuss the elevated essentials for the workplace that help improve wellbeing, increase staff retention and meet ESG credentials Getting the basics right to create a comfortable ...
Read More »Majority of office workers would refuse a job that doesn’t offer remote or hybrid working
New research has revealed that three-quarters of people would turn down a job that doesn’t offer hybrid or remote working, while flexi-working is also preferable to a four day week. With large businesses such as Amazon, Boots and JP Morgan ...
Read More »UK firms push for in-office presence to boost engagement, contradicting a leading benefit of remote work
The trend of flexible work models is gradually shifting, as almost two-thirds of UK companies (60 per cent) have implemented a formal policy that requires employees in the office for a minimum number of days a week. That’s according to ...
Read More »Back and forth
More companies are mandating office days or even tracking the working locations of their employees. Rachel Houghton of Business Moves Group digs into some of the factors at play when creating a hybrid work policy It seems that the hybrid ...
Read More »UK office attendance is up but desk provision has shrunk finds AWA research
Just 13 per cent of UK organisations are considering downsizing, suggesting that most may have reduced their real estate as far as they can according to the latest Hybrid Working Index from global workplace management consultancy AWA. UK offices provide ...
Read More »Beyond the Office: Implementing a Global Remote Working Policy
By Loraine Perkins Owner / Co-Founder, DSE Assessments Ltd The notion of ‘remote working’ is not uncommon these days. Many, if not most office-based businesses offer some form of hybrid / flexible working to some, if not all their workforce. ...
Read More »Putting people first
With hybrid working patterns now firmly embedded into the workplace culture, front of house increasingly uses digital solutions to help meet fluctuating demands, but can this still provide a human touch in the guest experience? Sara Bean reports Four years ...
Read More »Supporting a hybrid workforce, do smaller estates hold the answer?
New flexible working regulations came into effect on 6 April 2024. While some employers are attempting back-to-office mandates, others are incentivising workers to come into the office for at least three days a week. With FMs tasked with enhancing facilities ...
Read More »Less than 30 per cent of firms expect their workforce to be fully in-person over the next five years
This is according to new research by the British Chambers of Commerce Insights Unit and technology firm Cisco. A survey of over 1,000 businesses, of which 96 per cent were SMEs, found 27 per cent of respondents predict their staff ...
Read More »Hybrid working patterns continue to flourish around the world, finds JLL study
Employees globally are spending just over three days in the office on average, meaning leaders must now consider how to meet new expectations around work and where it’s done, suggests a new JLL report, Is hybrid really working? Creating a ...
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