Level up your staff by using games and gamification in the workplace March 25, 2019 Many assume that video games and board games are just a form of entertainment. But what if you could use the psychology behind these games to motivate people? This process is called gamification, and it’s the driving force behind a new industry, with applications ranging from improving health to helping employees adopt a new corporate [...]
Focus On Bow: Young professionals are changing the landscape of Bow, but upsizing proves costly March 22, 2019 Few areas in London have seen demographic change like east London, but even within the East End, Bow has changed a lot in recent years. “There is a definite shift taking place, highlighted by the arrival of a number of independent coffee shops, wine bars and restaurants over the past 18 months or so,” said [...]
We Work poaches Uber’s UK manager Tom Elvidge to serve as COO March 15, 2019 Uber's UK and Ireland general manager has left the ride-hailing app to join tech workspace firm We Work as its new chief operating office for Europe. Tom Elvidge is replacing current COO for Europe, Anthony Yazbeck, who will become COO of We Work International. “WeWork is a truly exciting company that's changing the way we work, live and [...]
ii winter portfolios 2018-19 deliver mega profits March 13, 2019 Four months into this six-month strategy and both our winter portfolios are thriving, writes Lee Wild. Finding a trading strategy that works 100 per cent of the time is the Holy Grail of investing. We’re not claiming to have found it here, and seasonal trading is not for everyone, but there is a statistical anomaly backed [...]
Runway East plugs £1m into 1,000-person startup hub in London Bridge March 7, 2019 London startup workspace provider Runway East has announced plans to double the size of its existing South London hub to accommodate 1,000 workers. Read more: London startup space Tech Hub grabs new Shoreditch venue in City expansion The firm told City A.M. it will spend £1m on the expansion, in response to high demand from [...]
Flexible office rents tumble as London boom fuels more spaces February 24, 2019 Fresh evidence of a boom in the capital’s flexible workspace market has come to light with a report out today that shows a sharp rise in new spaces coming to the market. Growing demand for shorter leases led to more than 150 new flexible office space business centres opening in Central London during 2018, marking [...]
Is your office too cold? It may be affecting your productivity February 13, 2019 As Londoners, we like to complain about the weather – it’s one of our favourite pastimes. In fact, office smalltalk has survived on it for decades. But is it productive? With the recent snow and chilly conditions, February has firmly made its frosty presence felt, so complaints from employees about office temperatures will undoubtedly have increased. [...]
Interiors: Laura Ivill explains why companies and five star hotels are splashing out on experts of the ancient Chinese art form February 11, 2019 The year of the pig has arrived in the City of London. There was a time when only Chinese brokerages celebrated the tradition in the Square Mile, but now it’s a lively fixture across the City. At Asian restaurant Mei Ume, stationed at the Four Seasons Ten Trinity Square hotel near Tower Bridge, which is [...]
Time to appreciate the perks of the job? February 4, 2019 For full-time office workers blinking out of the window onto the cold, grey, concrete City, the advantages that they enjoy over the self-employed might not seem obvious. You daydream about rocking up at one of those shared workspaces at 11am in your jeans, laptop on your back, ready for a self-managed day of freelancing, and [...]
Sharp rise in property values for UK’s top shared office space providers January 28, 2019 The value of property owned by the UK’s biggest shared office providers soared by more than a third last year. In a sign of the growing flexible workspace market, the value of the industry’s top ten share office providers’ property jumped 35 per cent to £13.6bn last year. The new data, released by real estate [...]