Over half of City workers think they will have changed jobs by this time next year June 6, 2016 Cuts to bonuses and stagnant salaries are causing many workers in the Square Mile to consider jumping ship. As a result, more than half of City workers do not believe that they will be doing the same job in a year’s time, research released today indicates. The poll, conducted by recruitment firm Astbury Marsden, suggests that [...]
The key to a good meeting: Why you need to start doing things on the move May 23, 2016 We all know what it’s like. A meeting is called and you can see at least an hour disappear from your day. Unfocused meetings are a drain on productivity, with research estimating that only 44 per cent of meeting time is actually valuable to a business. What’s more, the average office worker spends nine hours each [...]
WhatsApp’s new desktop app is about to ruin workplace productivity May 11, 2016 As if an Internet full of listicles, cat videos, Twitter storms (and perhaps the odd bit of news) weren't enough of a distraction while you're trying to get some work done, there's a new diversion from the daily grind coming to your desktop. Messaging app WhatsApp is escaping the confines of your smartphone and has now arrived on Windows PCs and Apple Macs [...]
Barclays wants young people to learn real life skills, so it’s putting them in a virtual reality box in lieu of work experience April 20, 2016 You simply can't underestimate the importance of work experience. Most employers will tell you that a short internship in a real life office does far more than a university course in preparing you for the working world. Keen to show young people what a real workspace is like, Barclays has launched a virtual reality "LifeSkills Pod" for students at Lister [...]
Corporate co-working: How big firms can benefit April 15, 2016 You may already be familiar with the basic concept of co-working – shared office clubs, which provide businesses with the flexibility to grow at their own pace and a community to readily tap for business leads, assistance and ideas. Once the preserve of freelancers and startups in deepest Shoreditch, today co-working clubs can be found [...]
Boris Johnson delays public hearing over £800m Bishopsgate Goods Yard development after opposition to plans April 14, 2016 Boris Johnson has delayed a decision over £800m plans for a towering high-rise scheme in London's East End, which opponents have warned would "destroy the heart of Shoreditch". The Bishopsgate Goods Yard site, a joint venture between Hammerson and Ballymore, has faced fierce opposition from Hackney Council and campaign groups including More Light More Power on the grounds that [...]
Proptech: Accelerator Pi Labs moves out of Tech City to partner with housing start-up The Collective April 6, 2016 So much for the benefits of being based in Tech City. Pi Labs, property-focused tech accelerator aimed at helping start-ups become the next big thing, has decided to ditch east London altogether after announcing a deal with property firm The Collective that will take it to Bloomsbury instead. Pi Labs, set up two years ago by Cushman & Wakefield [...]
How innovation is transforming the property industry March 29, 2016 A wave of innovation is transforming Britain’s property industry. A younger generation of motivated millennials in their early to mid 20s is coming in, looking at the traditional ways that companies have been doing things and recognising that demand has moved on and people want something different – and increasingly more social – from real estate. [...]
Five radical ideas for the new London mayor’s to do list, including car-sharing, devolution and the green belt March 15, 2016 In the fifteen years since five million Londoners chose Ken Livingstone as their first directly-elected mayor, Greater London has been transformed. The capital’s population has grown by one-fifth, and today London’s reputation as a global centre for finance and business is complemented by world-class universities, a rapidly expanding visitor economy, and growing tech, creative industries [...]
What does your desk say about you? The five workplace personalities March 8, 2016 What do your colleagues think when they look at your desk? We teamed up with the director of Space Works Consulting Lily Bernheimer to run through the secrets of office desk psychology. Clutterer Cluttered, chaotic, colourful: this is the desk of an extrovert. Extoverts are excitement seekers and get easily bored without stimulation, so they [...]