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UK businesses lose 330m+ hours a year due to poor office conditions

As UK return-to-office mandates rise, new research reveals the impact of office environments on employee productivity with 71 per cent of UK workers losing time to office distractions – adding up to 330m+ hours a year or 170,000 years of ...

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JLL research shows lower workplace satisfaction for frontline workers compared to office-based employees

As hybrid work policies continue to evolve for office-based employees, research from JLL has found a significant portion of the workforce faces entirely different workplace challenges. JLL’s Workforce Preferences Barometer research on The Forgotten Workforce reveals that frontline workers, including ...

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Sodexo’s Circles elevates employee and guest experience

Sodexo’s premium workplace experience and employee engagement service, Circles, has launched its Hospitality Operating System (HOS) to elevate service delivery and the employee and guest experience at every client site. Now live at pilot sites and rolling out to additional ...

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WORKTECH Index launched to help companies improve experience

The future of work is ever-evolving, but one question keeps shaping these changes as they unfold: magnetise vs mandate – how do we get employees back into the office? Mandates for workplace attendance are being implemented across a wide variety ...

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HubStar acquires Spica Technologies

HubStar, an industry leader in dynamic workplace solutions, has acquired Spica Technologies, a UK-based pioneer in workplace experience and IoT technology. As hybrid work volatility continues to reshape corporate real estate strategies, organisations are under pressure to build a robust ...

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UK employees call for action on excessive office noise

Excessive office noise is driving stress, frustration, and lost productivity and UK employees are demanding change, according to the findings of a new white paper published by specialists in acoustic finishes, Oscar Acoustics. The report ‘Shaping Future-Ready Workspaces For The ...

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The human touch

Charles Hammersla – Key Account Director for ISS Facility Services on the role of human-centric design in FM We typically spend over 90 per cent of our time indoors, and facilities managers are central to ensuring that buildings are clean, ...

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Circles UK & Ireland listed on four of the UK Best Workplaces lists

Circles UK & Ireland, Sodexo’s employee concierge and workplace experience services business, has been recognised in four of this year’s prestigious UK’s Best Workplaces lists, securing a ranking for the second year in three of the categories – ‘Women’, ‘Wellbeing’ ...

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Poor workplaces are costing the UK economy £71bn a year

Research by facilities transformation company, Mitie, highlights how physical workplace factors are central to colleague satisfaction, talent retention and boosting productivity levels. A new report ‘The Productivity Reset: Why the Workplace Must Change‘ published by Mitie reveals employers could help ...

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Global WELL adoption experiences unprecedented growth

The global shift toward people-first places has fuelled a 12-fold increase in WELL since 2020—now shaping roughly $2 trillion in assets. Global growth and adoption of the International WELL Building Institute’s (IWBI) WELL Building Standard (WELL) has surged to more ...

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