Updated Wednesday, June 7, 2017 Working from home is more popular than ever in the UK, but it’s not for everyone and massive companies such as Yahoo and HP have taken the decision to reduce or even cut out flexible working completely. The trouble is, employees have come to expect flexible working, which means it […]
The UK is a pretty unstable place right now – as we outlined in our last blog, the snap general election, and the ongoing confusion over any Brexit deal means the future is uncertain for UK-based businesses and their employees. This means that you, as a business owner, need to be tuned in than ever into […]
Flexible working is more common in the workplace than ever before – it’s even enshrined in legislation, following the introduction of new flexible working laws in 2014 – but reports that the traditional nine-to-five is dead appear to be well wide of the mark. According to a survey from Britain’s Healthiest Workplace, almost three quarters (73%) of UK […]
We’re predicting 2017 will be the year remote working really takes off as advances in mobile technology and changing lifestyle needs mean more and more workers will say goodbye to the traditional nine-to-five. As we discussed here, if your business is to undergo a successful digital transformation, then remote working needs to be at the centre […]
Can employees be trusted to work from home? It’s the age old question that bugs any employer who offers, or is thinking of offering, flexible working to any of their employees. Of course, all the evidence suggests that employees who are able to work from home and fit their job around other commitments are not only happier […]
Working from home has never been more popular – at the last count the number of people working remotely was some 4million and rising – and while evidence suggest remote workers are happier and more productive than their office-based contemporaries, we reckon it’s all about getting the balance right. That’s because even if individual workers are more productive […]
Are you always turned on? OK, let’s put it another way – do you have trouble switching off from work? Most of us, at one time or another, will have had occasions when we can’t switch off from work – usually when we’re up against some tight deadlines or just have a mountain of work […]
Have you heard the one about the housewife who earns up to £75,000 a year working from home? How about the one where you double your salary by working just ten hours a week -from home?! What about the old classic where you can pick up £3,000 a week – while working at home?! If […]
Home workers are more productive than those who are stuck in the office from nine-to-five, according to research from the London School of Economics (LSE). The findings showed that those who work from home are grateful for the flexibility and the time saved through missing the daily commute is put back into work – proving that getting up […]
The UK is home to some 4.2 million home workers – a 30% rise on the number who were working from home at the turn of the millennium – and the reasons why it’s taken off so much over the past decade are wide and varied. The economic downturn has played a part – some […]