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
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MORE PEOPLE THAN EVER WORKING FROM HOME According to research by the TUC nearly 3.5 million people already work from home in the UK - 12.2 per cent or one-in-eight of the population - an increase of 600,000 since 1997. The highest proportion of home workers is in the South West with 15.7 per cent, followed by Eastern England with 14.4 per cent. The lowest is in the North East with 9.3 per cent, followed by Scotland with 9.4 per cent. MORE
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
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.
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National Commute Smart Week will run from Sunday October 26th until Saturday November 1st. Subsequent to the clocks going back, many commuters will be faced with the prospect of travelling both to and from work in the dark. But there is a better way. The call for Commute Smart Week is for employees to try out smarter working practices for themselves over the winter, not only to avoid the dark, but also to see the impact it has on the transport networks. MORE |
Plans to make the North East the smartest working region in the UK have taken a leap forward thanks to a cash boost from One NorthEast. The Regional Development Agency will support the flagship Work Wise North East campaign, which encourages employers and employees to adopt innovative working practices, with £154,000 of funding over the next two years. MORE |
Defra Awarded Work Wise UK Mark of Excellence
The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has become the first government department, and public sector organisation, to be awarded the Work Wise Mark of Excellence.
Environment Secretary, Hilary Benn, was presented with the accreditation for his department at the recent Work Wise UK Summit, at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, by Phil Flaxton Chief Executive of Work Wise UK.MORE |
Work Wise Summit Defines Smarter Working Agenda for 2008
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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WORK WISE WEEK 2008
The Work Wise UK Summit on Wednesday 21st May marked the end of Work Wise Week 2008. Featuring an impressive line-up of keynote speakers and delegates, this year's Summit, held at the QEII Conference Centre in Westminster, demonstrated how the UK has moved from the justification to the actualisation of Smarter Working Practices.
To view the Summit Agenda click here
To view the Speaker Biographies click here
Work Wise Week 2008 launched on Thursday 15th May with National Work from Home Day. Media events during the Week covered the many aspects of smarter working practices and unlike in previous years, ends with the Work Wise Summit 2008 on Wednesday 21st May, which is again being held at the QEII Conference in Westminster, London. |
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, 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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