Productivity

As many SMEs say “yes” to a return to the office, the BCC's Stuart Morrison discusses what it means for productivity and retention.

BCC finds 9% of SMEs say employees have left because of requirement to return to the office or onsite working.

UK employees estimate that they lose 68 minutes a week to unproductive tasks relating to their poor workspace.

Research shows how productivity takes a dip during the summer months, and not just because team members are on holiday.

Consulting group McKinsey has advised firms to maintain investment in entry-level roles for young people after evidence emerged that the rise of artificial intelligence had seen a reduction in headcount. 

The factors that are driving return-to-office mandates are less to do with productivity and more to do with investor pressure and the desire for more control.

Technology on its own cannot solve the UK's productivity issues. Only properly aligned leadership and a new mindset when it comes to using AI will achieve that, argues Molly Sands.

World Productivity Day is marked by the sniffing of lemons, CVs for bots and the imminent arrival of a novel all about an HR manager who isn't what she seems …

UK workers have been warned that they are too slow to change, and enjoy their comfort zones rather too much.

Task-masking is less about rebellion and more about a breakdown of trust, so how can managers address it?

Workplace stress is the silent productivity killer. But the solution shouldn’t be just about ‘fixing’ the individual. It’s about fixing...

Falling public sector productivity could drive up labour costs by more than £5 billion by the end of this decade, a forecast suggests.

More than half of workers (53%) waste up to two hours a day simply trying to find information critical to...

A mini-heatwave has enveloped the UK and HR has come up with another word in its unceasing battle with low productivity. Are the two developments linked?

AI could add £400bn to the UK economy by 2030 through increased productivity but only a small proportion of this boost would occur unless the country embraced the new technology