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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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    HR franchise drives roll-out of domestic abuse policy

    by Jo Faragher 29 Mar 2021
    by Jo Faragher 29 Mar 2021

    A businesswoman who was forced to take leave to attend a court case against her abusive partner is calling for more employers to introduce domestic abuse policies.

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    Call centre denies webcam monitoring claims

    by Jo Faragher 29 Mar 2021
    by Jo Faragher 29 Mar 2021

    A major call centre company has refuted claims that specialist webcams will be fitted to check up on employees while...

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    • Offices
    • Financial services

    Santander to close branches and cut office space

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Mar 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Mar 2021

    Santander has announced it is to close 111 branches across the UK, with 840 staff being affected by the closures.

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    Business leaders rethink office space reduction plans

    by Ashleigh Webber 24 Mar 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 24 Mar 2021

    Organisations appear to be scrapping, or rethinking, their plans to cut their use of office space post-pandemic, according to KPMG.

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    Numbers commuting to work goes up despite hybrid working plans

    by Jo Faragher 19 Mar 2021
    by Jo Faragher 19 Mar 2021

    Over half of UK employees travelled to work last week for the first time since June 2020, according to the Office for National Statistics.

    • Hybrid working
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    BP office staff to spend 40% of week working from home

    by Ashleigh Webber 9 Mar 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 9 Mar 2021

    BP has announced a new hybrid working model for when lockdown restrictions are lifted.

    • Hybrid working
    • Financial services
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    Goldman Sachs CEO pushes for return to the office

    by Jo Faragher 25 Feb 2021
    by Jo Faragher 25 Feb 2021

    Remote working is an ‘aberration’, according to Goldman Sachs boss David Solomon, and needed correcting in order to safeguard collaboration.

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    Is it enough to be Covid-secure?

    by Steve Herbert 22 Feb 2021
    by Steve Herbert 22 Feb 2021

    With restrictions possibly being reduced in the weeks and months to come, employers are turning their thoughts again to how...

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    Managers pushing employees into workplaces, says TUC

    by Jo Faragher 12 Feb 2021
    by Jo Faragher 12 Feb 2021

    One in five working people are still going into work some or all of the time, according to a poll...

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    Staff don’t expect to return to office before June

    by Ashleigh Webber 11 Feb 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 11 Feb 2021

    Office workers across Europe do not expect to return to the workplace until at least the summer, according to a survey.

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    How do we benchmark employers in the Covid era?

    by Jo Faragher 3 Feb 2021
    by Jo Faragher 3 Feb 2021

    Best employers and ‘great place to work’ lists used to focus on funky workplace perks, but what place do they...

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    The post-lockdown office: Mark Kass talks to Oven-Ready HR

    by Chris Taylor 29 Jan 2021
    by Chris Taylor 29 Jan 2021

    ‘Social entrepreneur’ Mark Kass, takes us through the highs and lows of operating a co-working and business centre operation during...

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    More Covid-19 outbreaks in offices than any other workplace

    by Ashleigh Webber 29 Jan 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 29 Jan 2021

    There were more than 500 confirmed or suspected Covid-19 outbreaks in offices in the second half of 2020.

    • Offices
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    Aviva to close offices in hybrid working plan

    by Adam McCulloch 21 Jan 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 21 Jan 2021

    Aviva has announced the closure of offices across the UK alongside plans for an expansion of flexible working.

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    Why building resilience should be a priority in 2021

    by Francoise Woolley 12 Jan 2021
    by Francoise Woolley 12 Jan 2021

    Facing a landscape of coronavirus restrictions until spring at the earliest means building resilience among employees should be top of the agenda for business leaders.

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