Wise Week 2012

13th to 19th May 2012 is the 7th consecutive year of Work Wise Week, once again featuring the hugely successful National Work from Home Day, on Friday 18th May.
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Work Wise Week 2012 Updates

Thursday, 17th May

Blog Article
CEO of ACAS, John Taylor, takes a short break from tanker drivers and pensions to guest blog about the changing nature of work, on day 5 of Work Wise Week 2012.

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News

Turning potential business disruption to advantage through Flexible Working

AOS Studley, the real estate and workplace consulting company has published a White Paper aimed at helping organisations to ensure business continuity during the Olympic Games. It contains research data as well guidance on how to implement a shift to flexible working.

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Work Wise Week 2012 Begins

Work Wise Week 2012 begins today, 13th May 2012. Returning for the 7th consectutive year, the week once again features the hugely successful National Work from Home Day on Friday, 18th May.

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Commute Times Add Up To 5 Extra Weeks Work A Year

Employees spend nearly 200 hours a year travelling to and from work – adding up to around five weeks extra work – according to a TUC analysis of official statistics published today (Monday) to mark the start of Work Wise UK’s Commute Smart week (14-18 November).

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Blog

Guest Blog: The Changing Nature Of Work

John Taylor. CEO, ACAS

In the midst of all of the hype and headlines about the Tanker Drivers’ dispute and Public Sector pensions, being asked to reflect on the ever evolving world of work is a welcome respite.

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Guest Blog: The Question Is: Y Work?

Richard Stephens. Co-founder, StaffShare / Owner, DirectionGroup
Clearly the Y generation want to work in different ways; BUT how does that impact on today's workplace and employers wanting to utilise the skills of this bright and technologically astute new generation?
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Guest Blog: Technology Is Changing The World We Work In - Embrace The Change

Simon Curry. CEO, Powwownow
The revolution of technology within business has made it possible for the way we work to completely change. The adaptation of things such as the smartphone, tablets and high speed broadband and Wi-Fi now allows you to be on the go 24/7 and choose your working patterns. You don’t have to be bound by the 9am-5pm drudgery of office working and commuting. Instead, this technology allows you to stay in touch with colleagues, suppliers and customers all around the world, whenever and wherever you are.
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Services & Initiatives

Work Wise Week

Our annual awareness campaign to get the UK working smarter.

Commute Smart Week

Why travel in the dark – when you can commute smart.

Consulting

Smarter Working Consulting and Training Solutions now available from Work Wise UK

Sustainable Workplace Plan

Does your organisation have a Sustainable Workplace Plan yet?

Case Studies

Wish.co.uk

'Experience day' website Wish.co.uk uses Powwownow conferencing facilities to enable flexible and remote working for its staff, suppliers and agencies across 4 countries. [pdf]

Penguin Books

Recognising the need for change and a refresh of the workplace, Penguin Books sought to design and implement a strategy to reduce space and occupancy costs. [pdf]

BSkyB

As part of plans to expand their main site in west London, BSkyB were required to produce a travel plan that encouraged significant changes for the people based there. [pdf]

GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline have realised significant business benefits from the implementation and continued development of the travel plan it introduced when it moved into its new HQ. [pdf]

BAA

As the UK's largest employment site, with over 315 organisations and 72,000 staff based there, Heathrow Airport faces unique challenges. [pdf]

CAFOD

In a bid to encourage staff to consider using public transport or cycling to work rather than using their car, CAFOD signed up for Transport for London’s (TfL’s) free workplace travel planning service, A New Way to Work. [pdf]
"A growing number of employees want more flexibility about when and where they work. In a recent government survey some five million people said that they wanted to switch to flexitime or homeworking. Employers who can meet this demand for different ways of working will gain valuable benefits in terms of improvements in recruitment, motivation and productivity." - Brendan Barber, TUC General Secretary

"The nature of work is changing, and UK business needs to come out of the dark ages and realise that it cannot continue to use working practices that originate from the 19th century. It needs to modernise, change its approach, retrain its management, and understand the benefits of new smarter working practices." - Lord Jones of Birmingham