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A healthy physical environment in a workplace can be a key factor in maintaining employees’ health. A poorly designed workspace can result in lost productivity and disengaged staff, which could potentially lead to a high staff turnover.


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    Government ‘back to work’ campaign is stepped up

    by Jo Faragher 28 Aug 2020
    by Jo Faragher 28 Aug 2020

    The government will begin a campaign next week to urge workers back to offices after claims from business groups that...

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    • Coronavirus
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    Large firms have no plans to bring all staff back to offices

    by Personnel Today 26 Aug 2020
    by Personnel Today 26 Aug 2020

    Fifty large organisations have said they have no plans to bring all of their employees back to the office full...

    • Offices
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    • Hospitality

    Cities suffer as only a sixth return to offices

    by Jo Faragher 21 Aug 2020
    by Jo Faragher 21 Aug 2020

    Footfall in UK cities was just 17% of pre-lockdown levels in the first two weeks of August.

    • Offices
    • Coronavirus
    • Financial services

    Office rents tumble as leading firms back homeworking

    by Adam McCulloch 18 Aug 2020
    by Adam McCulloch 18 Aug 2020

    Leasing activity in the capital has fallen by 57 percentage points: PwC and Schroders revise flexible working policy.

    • Offices
    • Coronavirus
    • Employee engagement

    One in three thinks return to office will be in 2021

    by Jo Faragher 17 Aug 2020
    by Jo Faragher 17 Aug 2020

    One in three British workers believes they won’t be back in their office or other place of work until at...

    • Hybrid working
    • Coronavirus
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    Working at home has led to longer hours

    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Aug 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Aug 2020

    Loss of creative collaboration and working for an extra week a month among findings from pandemic studies of working at home.

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    Thousands of BP staff may switch to remote working permanently

    by Ashleigh Webber 12 Aug 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 12 Aug 2020

    BP is planning to shift almost 50,000 of its employees to remote working as it reviews its office portfolio and...

    • Offices
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    • Flexible working

    TUC issues heat warning for workers at home and in the office

    by Adam McCulloch 10 Aug 2020
    by Adam McCulloch 10 Aug 2020

    High temperatures pose questions of home-working as staff swelter without air conditioning or water coolers and the TUC asks employers for 'flexibility'.

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    UK lags behind Europe on returning to office

    by Personnel Today 6 Aug 2020
    by Personnel Today 6 Aug 2020

    France, Italy, Spain and Germany well ahead of UK when it comes to returning to the office.

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    Return to workplace still urged despite growth in infections

    by Rob Moss 31 Jul 2020
    by Rob Moss 31 Jul 2020

    Employers are encouraged to bring workers back to workplaces if it is safe to do so, even though the government...

    • Offices
    • Coronavirus
    • Latest News

    Is it really the end of the office?

    by Ashleigh Webber 31 Jul 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 31 Jul 2020

    Employees’ desire to continue working from home has prompted many firms to consider whether the office is truly necessary. But,...

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    • Mental health

    Supporting neurodivergent staff in the post-lockdown workplace

    by Matthew Terise and Dr Angela Armstrong 31 Jul 2020
    by Matthew Terise and Dr Angela Armstrong 31 Jul 2020

    Matthew Trerise and Angela Armstrong discuss the challenges neurodivergent people may experience when returning to the workplace post-lockdown, with practical...

    • Offices
    • Coronavirus
    • Latest News

    No plans for face coverings in offices, says Hancock

    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Jul 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Jul 2020

    The government has no plans to force office workers to wear face coverings, the health secretary has said.
    Matt Hancock...

    • Offices
    • Coronavirus
    • Latest News

    Rats and mice add to ‘return-to-the-office’ challenges

    by Adam McCulloch 9 Jul 2020
    by Adam McCulloch 9 Jul 2020

    Empty offices with snacks still left on desks and in drawers a magnet for rodents.

    • Coronavirus
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    Two thirds of furloughed workers to return by September

    by Rob Moss 2 Jul 2020
    by Rob Moss 2 Jul 2020

    Two out of three people currently furloughed through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme could be back at work by the...

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