Flexible working is the future of business with the majority of employees wanting the freedom to decide when and where they want to work. Working from home, adaptable working hours, coworking space, and meeting rooms are all becoming popular solutions to help employees gain additional flexibility over their work. Knowing what flexible working means for your business, office space and employees is more important now than ever before. Learn how it will shape and improve your business in the near future by getting advice, top tips, and guides about flexible working from the Easy Offices Blog.
The freelance population in the UK is increasingly growing. With every passing year, more and more of us are opting to go down a self-employed job route. In 2001, around 12% of the labour market in the UK (3.3 million people) worked for themselves, according to the Office for National …
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An employee who forms part of a team based in a serviced office can hold a live video conference with their coworkers at a different office, all whilst browsing surreptitiously through Facebook. The internet is a miracle. The problem with having employees spread around the country, or even the globe, …
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Flexible WorkingLong daily commutes, phones constantly ringing and annoying colleagues. Working in an office can have many downsides but also has many advantages, here are just a few; Collaboration Bouncing ideas around the room is much more productive if there is more than one person throwing opinions into the ring. …
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Flexible WorkingWith icy winter months creeping in, working from home may be the perfect solution to avoid disrupted public transport routes, traffic jammed motorways and slippery footpaths. For those wishing to be productive and at the same time, staying in close proximity to family ties, taking the office “home“ should be …
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Flexible WorkingEasy Offices has written a few blog posts on home working and / or flexible working this year. There’s no doubt it’s one of the current industry ‘buzz words’ as more and more companies seek innovative ways to accommodate their staff and create the perfect environment for them to work …
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Flexible WorkingIt’s being widely reported Yahoo’s chief executive Marissa Mayer recently issued an edict that staff are no longer allowed to work from home. An internal memo, allegedly from HR was received by staff instructing those who work from home will be expected to relocate to the nearest office. The memo has …
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Flexible WorkingThese days working from home has become somewhat common place. Widely used groupware technology such as video-conferencing, together with the rise of the virtual office and hot-desking, have helped to make working at home a practical solution for business. The downturn has also played an important role in the home …
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Flexible WorkingVirtual Offices are increasing in demand during the recession. That’s according to leading Virtual Office operator Da Vinci which is now turning over a massive ~3.7m a year thanks, in part, to an increasing trend towards home working during the downturn. Virtual Offices are flourishing as a cost saving …
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Flexible WorkingToday Virtual Offices are big business with more and more companies choosing to invest in Virtual Office packages both in the UK and abroad. Indeed, looking back over the past 12 – 24 months alone, Easy Offices has seen a marked increase in the number of Virtual Office enquiries. So …
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