Three in four Brits want hybrid work to cope with cost of living crisis August 10, 2022 Three in four British workers want hybrid work to cope with the cost of living crisis gripping the country. Employees want their employers to offer flexible hybrid working as inflation surges to record levels of 9.4 per cent in the country, a survey by hiring software company Greenhouse found today. As the cost of essentials [...]
Demand for hybrid work sends IWG plc revenues soaring August 9, 2022 Strong demand for hybrid working sent revenues of IWG (International Workplace Group) plc surging in the first half of 2022. The global workspace provider reported revenues of £1.29bn, a 23 per cent rise from 2021’s first half as demand for flexible, hybrid working rose and inflation around the world climbed. IWG’s revenue grew more than [...]
Here’s The Best Day And Time For A Meeting August 8, 2022 As work reopens and many of us have adopted a hybrid schedule where we are at home a couple of days a week and in the office for another two or three days, the issue of how to hold an effective meeting has become a bigger and bigger problem. When everyone was at home at [...]
Empty offices due to hybrid work cost 9 in 10 businesses in London around £190,000 per year August 5, 2022 The poor use of physical office space – as a result of the increased uptake of hybrid working – costs 88 per cent of all London businesses around £190,000 on average per year. London businesses whose employees work in the office two to three days per week are taking a big financial hit by leaving [...]
A surge in freelancers has redefined flexible labour more than staff working from home August 5, 2022 The word flexibility is now unfailingly associated with remote and hybrid working, when really it means so much more when it comes to employment. Whether removing the commute, more family time or greater control over working hours, it boils down to independence. Pandemic restrictions gave the working population a taste of this independence. But the [...]
Vast majority of UK businesses struggle to get staff back into the office as workers demand flexibility August 4, 2022 Three in five UK business leaders are struggling to get employees back in the office, with younger workers in particular seeking flexibility and better workspaces. In fact, two-fifths seeking a new workspace to reflect their changing office needs, according to new research shared exclusively with City A.M. this morning. infinitSpace found that more than a third of [...]
Toyota to leave UK if government bans hybrids July 31, 2022 Toyota has threatened to stop manufacturing in the UK if the government goes ahead with its plans to ban the sale of hybrid cars from 2030. The marquee told government officials the ban would constrain “manufacturing, retail and other business activities” as well as “future investment.” “If the government adopts an SZEC [significant zero emission [...]
Online searches for shared workspaces more than double as more Brits move towards hybrid working July 27, 2022 Interest in companies providing shared workspaces continues to rise as businesses look for new approaches to hybrid working. In fact, online searches for ‘WeWork’ more than doubled (up 144 per cent) in the first six months of 2022 compared to last year, while searches for ‘Workspace’ rose by nearly a third (32 per cent), as [...]
64 per cent of all City roles now listed as remote: Brits embrace hybrid working as Google searches go through the roof July 26, 2022 Demand for hybrid working has risen since the pandemic with remote employees seeing more productivity at home. In fact, to meet demand, 15 per cent of the UK workforce has gone hybrid, with 64 per cent of all roles in the City of London listed as hybrid working. Analysis of over 890,000 job advertisements has [...]
Office attendance continues to climb – and it helps if you’ve got a Pret nearby July 25, 2022 Office attendance is up by a third compared to January, new data from workplace provider IWG shows. The group also said its data contained evidence that having a branch of Pret a Manger nearby might boost attendance at work. The group said that there had been major hikes in visits to its office and co-working [...]