Cutting costs as a start-up or small business can be difficult, especially since profits tend to be reinvested back into the business, leaving little left for rent. This problem can get more dramatic in the winter months when office spaces must be heated. The Telegraph says that the average British startup spends £22,756 in its …
Covid crushed demand for office space across the globe. Employee sentiment towards working in offices shifted and a surging demand to work from home seemingly still remains. According to a recent Microsoft study surveying 31,102 workers, employees’ biggest demand is flexibility. 52% of those surveyed asserted hybrid or remote work was core in remaining in …
Coming up to the 2 year anniversary of the initial coronavirus outbreak, we evaluate the five key ways that office spaces have changed since Covid started and what we can expect for the future of offices. Demand for the office space The demand for office space has fluctuated dramatically over the last two years …
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With the country still uncertain about how to proceed, many companies are torn between summoning staff back to the office or letting them continue to work from home. What is clear is that the future of the office space has been changed significantly due to the events of the coronavirus pandemic. Here are some trends …
At the start of the pandemic, as remote working became the norm, there was a huge increase in literature supporting the productivity of the remote worker. However, to what extent is that a myth? Is Working from Home More Productive? The simple answer is no. In a study by The Manifest, only 30% …
The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated underlying mental health problems for many in what has been an unprecedented mental health crisis. Part of this is due to the extended time spent working from home. The Office as an Important Social Hub There is a wealth of literature to support how many employees have experienced …
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The novelty of remote working has worn off, and the many negative long-term effects of remote working are becoming more apparent as many workers long for a return to the office. The Productivity Peak There has been a vast amount of conflicting findings about the productivity, or lack thereof, of working from home. …
As the government aims to get people back to work as soon as possible, and nationwide vaccines being rolled out, with a slow transition starting around June 2021 and the return to the office could be on the horizon before the end of 2021. Remote Working Up until now, only essential workers have been …
Rent suspensions and rent write offs are negotiations between tenants and landlords by which rent is reduced or postponed due to extenuating circumstances. Due to the many pay cuts and redundancies caused by Covid-19, many tenants are struggling to pay rent. This includes commercial tenants needing to pay office overheads. Coronavirus Pandemic The events …
Despite the current lockdown measures, there are still a number of offices that remain open and are key to the continued running of the businesses. Although the UK government has asked households to stay home and whilst covid cases are starting to settle down, there is no reason that offices cannot be in use and …
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Research from Randstad – a HR services company – has revealed that over a third of UK remote workers reported to have missed commuting to work. Randstad UK questioned those that had been working remotely for nearly a year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, asking how they now viewed commuting and attending physical …
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The tonic brand Fever Tree has announced that it will build a bar within its London office as it declared that their employees will never return to working full-time in the office again. Fever Tree’s Co-founder and Chief Executive, Tim Warrilow, said that the company plans to adopt a flexi-working approach, whereby a hybrid of …
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