Businesses struggle to develop staff remotely June 9, 2021 Over a third of businesses have struggled to train staff remotely during the global pandemic, a new survey suggests. The UK Government plans to remove restrictions so more people can return to the office from 21 June but the survey results suggest business leaders are still split over the future of working practices. Senior decision [...]
Calls for policy to help remote workers strike a balance between home and work life June 3, 2021 The government has been urged to introduce a policy to help remote workers strike a better balance between work and home commitments. The British Chambers of Commerce, the Mental Health Foundation and trade union Prospect have all joined the conversation, with the latter calling for a ban on out-of-hours emails. Jane Gratton, head of people [...]
Number of Brits on furlough falls by 1.3m to lowest level this year June 3, 2021 Furlough numbers have dropped to their lowest level this year, as those needing the scheme fell to 3.4m. Official figures published today showed that 1.3m fewer employees accessed furlough across March and April, with the biggest falls in workers aged 24 and under. Since the start of the pandemic, more than 11.5m employees have been [...]
UK firms set to slash office space in pivot to hybrid work June 3, 2021 UK firms appear ready to take the leap to hybrid working despite being unconvinced by the productivity benefits, new research today suggests. Data from PwC shows that major employers are set to reduce their office portfolio by up to 9m square feet, equivalent to 14 Walkie Talkie buildings, due to the pandemic. Of the 258 [...]
Exclusive: In the office full-time? No thanks, say 86 per cent of tech professionals June 2, 2021 As restrictions continue to lift and companies prepare to bring employees back to the workplace, many workers don’t want to return to the office full-time. Technology professionals are no exception. In fact, 86 per cent of them want a work from home arrangement after the pandemic, according to a survey by tech job market platform [...]
Business chiefs warn ministers not to end free workplace Covid testing June 1, 2021 Business leaders have urged UK ministers not to end a scheme that provides free workplace Covid tests. Companies have insisted that the tests are crucial to plans to fully reopen the economy later this month, according to the Financial Times (FT). Firms have been able to claim free testing kits from the government since April, [...]
Exclusive: Three-quarters of London firms set for office return by September May 26, 2021 Almost three-quarters of London businesses are planning a return to the office by September, a new survey by Addison Lee has revealed. Of the 142 firms asked by the taxi firm, 74 per cent said that they would be making a return to their workplace over the coming months. And more than half of these [...]
Lack of workplace flexibility will prompt a third of workers to leave, survey shows May 26, 2021 A third of UK employees would look for a new job if their company did not allow flexible working, according to a new survey. Findings from UK consultancy Barnett Waddingham, which surveyed more than 2,000 workers, showed that hybrid working has become imperative for employee retention. Of the 33 per cent who would seek a [...]
Less than half of small businesses will ask staff to return to the office full-time May 25, 2021 Fewer than one in two of small business owners plan to advise their staff to return to the office after 21 June, when government restrictions on home working will be lifted, according to new survey results. Financial services company Hitachi Capital Business Finance polled over a thousand UK-based small business owners to find out how [...]
The hybrid working gap: The young, broke and single prefer the office May 24, 2021 Older workers are more likely to prefer hybrid working models than younger people. Half of employees aged 18 to 24-years-old want to return to the office full time, compared to just 29 per cent of over 55s, according to a survey carried out by Totem, an employee engagement and culture app The survey showed that 66 [...]