Regional/UK Events

A series of events are currently being devised to take place throughout the United Kingdom which will bring the national agenda to a local level.  If you would like to discuss how your organisation could partner with the IT Forum Foundation in holding an event please click here.

 
The Work Wise UK Concordat
left to right: Phil Flaxton, chief executive, Work Wise UK; Clive Ansell, group strategy director, BT Plc; Susan Anderson, director, human resources policy, CBI; Kay Carberry, assistance general secretary, TUC; Ben Plowden, managing director of communications, Transport for London; Edmund King, executive director, RAC Foundation. 

 

SEE THE LIST OF ORGANISATIONS WHO HAVE ALREADY SIGNED
Work Wise UK and the country took a major step towards becoming one of the most progressive and competitive economies in the world on Monday 22 January. A number of leading businesses and organisations, including the CBI and TUC, signed an agreement pledging the wider adoption of smarter working practices across the UK, to help bring about a workplace revolution. 

"This concordat brings together the signatories in a joint statement supporting the development and implementation of smarter working practices and as an example, and encouragement, to others to do likewise. The goal is to increase significantly the use of these practices by 2011. Such advancements will not only benefit companies, communities and individuals, but the UK economy as a whole, making it more productive and competitive in the global marketplace."


At a launch event at the top of BT Tower in London, several leading organisations became the first to sign the concordat, committing themselves to the wider adoption of smarter working practices.

These initial organisations included:

  • Trades Union Congress (TUC) 
  • Confederation of British Industry (CBI)
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  • BT 
  • Transport for London
  • RAC Foundation 
  • British Chambers of Commerce
  • SCOPE   
  • Association for Commuter Transport
  • Henley Management Centre
  • Technology Means Business

Other organisations are being invited to follow this example and also sign the concordat, demonstrating their commitment to revolutionising the workplace, helping make the UK one of the most competitive and progressive economies in the world.

 

 

Photo Gallery
CLICK HERE to view photographs from the Concordat signing event.

 

 

Sign the Concordat...
If you would like to consider committing to smarter working, and to sign the concordat, please let us have your details by completing the online form.

To view the entire concordat as a pdf, click here


To view the news release about the concordat signing, click here