Guest Blog: The homeworking message is gradually getting through, now its time to pick up the pace - By Frances O'Grady - TUC General Secretary

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Guest Blog: The homeworking message is gradually getting through, now its time to pick up the pace - By Frances O'Grady - TUC General Secretary

The TUC has been part of the Work Wise UK campaign for smarter working since it began ten years ago. Real progress has been made during the course of the campaign. New figures published by the TUC today show 800,000 more people work from home on a permanent basis compared with a decade ago, taking the total to 4.2 million. In 2005, 12.0 per cent worked from home but by 2015 the figure had risen to 13.7 per cent.

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Guest Blog: Work Wise UK - Celebrating ten years of success - By Michael Hardware - Chelgate

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Guest Blog: Work Wise UK - Celebrating ten years of success - By Michael Hardware - Chelgate

Chelgate was retained to handle public relations and public affairs for Work Wise UK from its launch in May 2006 through until 2011. It was an interesting assignment as it focused on changing working practices which have been engrained since Victorian times: working nine-to-five in a central work location is the way we have always done it.

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Guest Blog: Smarter working in the Czech Republic - trends and new challenges - By Jakub Heikenwalder

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Guest Blog: Smarter working in the Czech Republic - trends and new challenges - By Jakub Heikenwalder

In 2011 the subject of teleworking and smarter working started to be discussed in the Czech Republic and projects were identified with the objective of assessing what the possibilities were for the implementation of new ways of working. I was lucky to be connected to some of these projects and have the opportunity to meet many interesting people and hear their experiences. One of the most important things for me was meeting and cooperating with Phil Flaxton from Work Wise UK.

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Guest Blog: A good work-life balance means cutting the commute, not the hours - By Richard Morris - Regus

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Guest Blog: A good work-life balance means cutting the commute, not the hours - By Richard Morris - Regus

It’s official: we in the UK are working longer hours than ever before[1]. And while more hours at work don’t necessarily diminish people’s sense of well-being, what does matter is choice. All-important is the sense of having some flexibility over when, where and how long we work, allowing us to juggle work, family and leisure. We all feel better if we have some control over our schedules and time allocation.  

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Guest Blog: Forget 'WFH'; why 'working anywhere' is the new norm - By Andrew Millard - Citrix

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Guest Blog: Forget 'WFH'; why 'working anywhere' is the new norm - By Andrew Millard - Citrix

What did ‘working from home’ mean when you started out? For some of us, working from home means simply that – the ability to fulfil all the basic functions of being at your desk from the comfort of your own kitchen or living room. Working from home has long been acknowledged as having social and economic benefits (helping keep those unable to tackle today’s often punishing commutes in gainful employment on their own terms and helping families work flexibly around children’s schedules).

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