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 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

 

 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.

Work Wise Week
WORK WISE WEEK COMES TO AN END
Monday 18th May marked 'smarter travel day' and the end of Work Wise Week 2009.

The week, organised by smart working campaigner highlighted how working practices, such as working from home and flexible working, and alternative ways of travelling can improve the productivity of employers and employees and see tangible financial gain. MORE

For more information about what happened click HERE

To see information about last year's Work Wise Week, click HERE.
 

 

2009 Work Wise Summit Moves to November
This years Work Wise Summit which was to be held on Tuesday, 19th May, has been moved in order to take place during our Commute Smart Week. This high profile campaign will run from the the 1st to the 7th of November and the exact date of the Summit will be announced shortly on this website www.workwiseuk.org

 

STAFFSHARE NOW AVAILABLE TO SME SKILL BUYERS
As a result of the successful registration of many charities and third sector organisations, StaffShare is now allowing SMEs to register as users to take advantage of undeployed resource.

Organisations with less than 40 staff are invited to register as StaffShare users by clicking here and then clicking on the Join button. They will then be able to search for specialist skills with a view to bringing in staff on a short term basis. MORE

 

NEW SMARTER WORKING CHAMPION FOR SOUTH EAST
Dr Yvonne Doyle, regional director of public health and medical director of the Government Office for the South East and the South East Coast Strategic Health Authority, has been appointed chair of Work Wise South East.

Work Wise South East promotes smarter working practices, such as flexible working, working from home, mobile and remote working, in the South East. MORE

 

WORK WISE IDENTIFY HOME-WORKING SCAMS AND HOW TO AVOID THEM. CLICK HERE FOR PDF.

 

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.

 

 

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. 

 

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. 

 

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