How work from home could be denting London’s GDP EMPLOYMENT The new work-from-home era has inflated London’s GDP by over £8bn, as outdated measures of regional growth have warped official calculations. When adjusting for where people actually work from, rather than where their jobs are based on paper, the size of London’s economy falls by 1.4 per cent, data from Cebr has revealed. This pushes [...]
Working from home back in vogue for SMEs facing cost crunch SME Funding Ongoing funding challenges for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are beginning to cause some business owners to sacrifice the way things work. New research by Nucleus Commercial Finance suggests SME confidence in stalling – now sitting at an average 40.1 out of 100, where a reading under 50 represents a slip in confidence – due [...]
The tide is finally turning on working from home – and so is the evidence editorial It’s an open secret. We all work a little less hard when we work from home. Anecdotally, we’ve all heard someone quip, “it’s alright, I’m working from home tomorrow”, as they make a beeline for the bar to order the fourth round of drinks during a midweek evening pub session. But now there’s a new [...]
Working from home? Your staff are probably relying on ChatGPT November 28, 2023 Remote workers are secretly using AI - particularly ChatGPT - to gain an edge of their competitors and free up their time during the day. Eventually, we all will be, writes Eliza Filby
Banking giant warns of bonus cuts if staff work from home too often November 22, 2023 A banking giant has demanded slow to return staff get back to the office - and bonus packages will be cut if they work from home too often
The appeal of the City continues to defy the work from home shift – but we cannot be complacent November 13, 2023 Far from the doom and gloom predicted, the Square Mile continues to hold appeal for visitors and workers alike, Chris Hayward writes.
The winners and losers of London’s work-from-home economy: The City, the Wharf and the Burbs September 17, 2023 The pandemic may have ended, but the lasting work-from-home culture has changed how people splash their cash – and invariably it’s on a Thursday now. Empty restaurants, but heaving happy hours in pubs, is the perhaps biggest shift for the hospitality sector as consumers change their habits to meet a new work-life balance. A new [...]
Half of UK workers would turn down pay rise to keep working from home March 12, 2024 Just over half of UK workers would forgo a pay rise in order to not work from the office full time, according to a new survey.
AI will grab jobs from people working from home first, warn Oxford professors September 18, 2023 Artificial intelligence (AI) is more likely to replace the jobs of people working from home, a study by two Oxford professors has warned. Work that can be done remotely is the most susceptible to automation, Oxford University AI academics Carl-Benedikt Frey and Michael Osborne have suggested in a draft paper. And AI is less likely [...]
Britons dump working from home as soaring energy bills chase workers back into the office October 24, 2023 Recent research reveals that the cost of living crisis and soaring energy bills are pushing workers back to the office.