Guest Blog: How to have a productive January - by Lilli Hender from Office Genie: A desk and office space marketplace.

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Guest Blog: How to have a productive January - by Lilli Hender from Office Genie: A desk and office space marketplace.

It’s been noted that Britain has a bit of a problem when it comes to productivity, the Office for National Statistics estimated we’re 30% less productive than countries such France, Germany, and the US. The beginning of a new year is the perfect time to explore ways to improve this.

If you want to be an effective force in 2016, I have everything from organizational tips to useful apps to help you out. Start January with high levels of productivity and you’ll set a great example for yourself for the months to come. 

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Guest Blog: Can working from home help reduce air pollution? - Experts say maybe. By Liliana Sanchez, Communications Assistant, Survey Bee

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Guest Blog: Can working from home help reduce air pollution? - Experts say maybe. By Liliana Sanchez, Communications Assistant, Survey Bee

We have gathered some valuable insights from the environmental experts on reducing air pollution in the UK. 

The UK has been struggling with the air pollution problem over the past years. Despite the important regulatory efforts, the problem remains unsolved and it continuously threatens both the public health and the environment.

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Guest Blog: It's world paper free day! Are you paperless? By Rowan Jameson, managing partner of business services, Telefonica UK

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Guest Blog: It's world paper free day! Are you paperless? By Rowan Jameson, managing partner of business services, Telefonica UK

At O2, this week it’s all been about paperless working. Monday saw the launch of a 6 week paperless initiative. On Wednesday, we shared the four stages of going paperless.

And today is World Paper Free Day. The Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM) is behind this movement. They, like O2, have vowed to reduce the amount of paper they use to be more efficient, collaborative and sustainable.

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Guest Blog: The growth of extreme commuting times puts a strain on health and happiness - by Frances O'Grady - General Secretary - TUC

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Guest Blog: The growth of extreme commuting times puts a strain on health and happiness - by Frances O'Grady - General Secretary - TUC

As autumn starts to bite we may start to feel a bit sorry for ourselves. Many of us are already travelling home from work in the dark, and as the year wears on we will lose the light in the morning as well.

The average two-way home-work journey is 55 minutes per day for UK employees (Source: ONS Labour Force Survey), that’s enough to make most of us grateful by the time that Friday comes around.

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Commute Smart Week Provides a Great Opportunity for Savvy Employers to Think About Workplace Culture and Smarter Working - By David Lennan - Chairman - Work Wise UK

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Commute Smart Week Provides a Great Opportunity for Savvy Employers to Think About Workplace Culture and Smarter Working - By David Lennan - Chairman - Work Wise UK

Here we are again, after a decade of promoting Smarter Working practices and helping hundreds if not thousands of organisations small and large to introduce modern working practices, we still find that many organisations are not embracing all that technology can offer and still require people to be present at their desks, even during Commute Smart Week! 

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