Work Wise UK Mark of Excellence Launched

UK Skills Envoy and former director general of the CBI, Sir Digby Jones, launched the new Work Wise UK Mark of Excellence at the Work Wise Summit on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at the QEII Conference Centre in London MORE

Work Wise UK Concordat

Many of the UK's leading organisations from the public, private and third sectors have signed up to the Work Wise Concordat, pledging to encourage the adoption of Smarter Working Practices. To find out about the Work Wise Concordat and how to sign up click here

 

Latest News

 

 news TRANSPORT FOR LONDON TO LAUNCH CORPORATE

Transport for London has announced the London launch of Corporate - A new way to work. This initiative aims to explore the pivotal role that transport has to play in your business approach to climate change through interactive conferences dealing with innovative solutions. MORE

 

 news NEW RESEARCH BACKS SMARTER WORKING

A paper, recently published in the Journal of Applied Pyschology, suggests that working from home and engaging in other types of Smarter Working practices have an overall beneficial effect on both worker satisfaction and measured performance. For more information click here.

 

 news ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT REPORTS ON ISSUES AFFECTING SUSTAINABILITY IN THE UK

Action or Aspiration? Sustainability in the British workplace is an Economist Intelligence Unit briefing paper, investigating what firms in the UK are doing to implement a culture of sustainability within their organisations. Download a copy here.

Work Wise Week
Less than two weeks until Work Wise Week 2008
SEE HOW YOU CAN WORK SMARTER DURING WORK WISE WEEK

Work Wise Week 2008 will be launched with National Work from Home Day, Thursday 15th May. Media events during the Week will cover the many aspects of smarter working practices and unlike in previous years, will end with the Work Wise Summit 2008 on Wednesday 21st May, which will again be held at the QEII Conference in Westminster, London. 

To see highlights of last year's summit click here 

 

Employers Get Wise to Smarter Working
LEADING ORGANISATIONS UNITE TO CREATE A SMARTER WORKING SOUTH EAST

Senior executives from across the south east attended the launch of Work Wise South East at Farnham Caste, Farnham on Wednesday 16th April. Phil Flaxton, chief executive of Work Wise UK, was joined by senior representatives from the partners of Work Wise South East including South East of England Regional Development Agency (SEEDA), the South East England Regional Assembly, NHS South East, BT, British Gas parent, Centrica, and First Great Western, to launch the new regional initiative.MORE

 

Work Wise Around the UK
Following on from the establishment of Work Wise North East, Work Wise UK  continues to promote the adoption of Smarter Working Practices throughout the Great Britain. As part of this roll-out throughout England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, we are pleased to announce the launch of a number of new programmes including, Work Wise London (launched on 12th November 2007), Work Wise East (30th November 2007) and Work Wise South East, to be launched on 16th April 2008.

The vanguard group for Work Wise South East, which consists of BT, SEEDA, South East Regional Assembly, NHS South Central, NHS South East Coast, Centrica, First Great Western and Work Wise UK have commissioned a report entitled 'Creating a Smarter Working South East Region', which is available here.

Work Wise UK is currently bringing together vanguard group members for the other regions and consituent countries to roll-out their regional and national programmes.

To access the dedicated sites for each region, please click on the links below;

Work Wise East
Work Wise South East
Work Wise London
Work Wise South West
Work Wise West Midlands
Work Wise East Midlands
Work Wise Yorkshire and the Humber
Work Wise North East
Work Wise Wales
Work Wise Scotland
Work Wise Northern Ireland

Private, public and third sector organisations who are interested in being in involved these programmes should contact Work Wise UK. 

 

Call for Organisations to Join Work Wise West Midlands
As part of the UK-Wide Work Wise Campaign, we are continuing to expand the regional and devolved adminstration programme and are now looking for progressive organisations in the West Midlands to become Strategic Partners of Work Wise West Midlands. MORE

 

Transport for London and Work Wise UK Publish Guide on Smarter Working to Reduce Commuting in London
To help manage demand on the capital's transport network, Transport for London has teamed up with Work Wise UK to produce a, sixty page, Smarter Working Guide to support employers with practical guidance on creating, implementing and improving smarter working within their organisations. Click here to download your free copy.

 

 

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