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Our editorial board comprises a specialist group of leading industry figures who, in conjunction with the oen editorial team, identify the main drivers of the industry helping to produce regular, thought provoking opinion pieces on the latest issues, challenges and developments.
Making the visitor experience count
Friday 14th Sep 2018Let’s set the scene. You’ve pulled up to the offices of the company you have your morning meeting with. You make your way to the building’s entrance and walk into a lobby with a waiting area, an unmanned reception and a guest sign i...Read More...
Only 35% UK managers trained to spot mental health issues in the workplace
Tuesday 11th Sep 2018Nearly half (45%) of managers in the UK workforce have never received training to equip them with the skills needed to spot mental health issues. A study made by Viking found that only 17 per cent of UK managers feel ‘very confident&...Read More...
10 office hacks to improve back to work productivity
Monday 10th Sep 2018As the summer weather starts to dwindle and we all flock back from our sun-soaked vacations, it usually proves difficult to get back into the swing of things, as you find yourself sitting back at your desk and wondering just what it was you did on a ...Read More...
How to get a better work-life balance
Wednesday 5th Sep 2018Recent research has shown that two thirds of British employees are not happy with their work-life balance, yet as the workplace becomes increasingly competitive and the financial stresses of living in the city are on the rise, more of the p...Read More...
How to design a work place for millennials
Tuesday 28th Aug 2018We’re currently in a period where it’s possible for businesses to have four different generations in their workforce - silents, baby boomers, generation X and millennials. Having said that, the largest working generation is now the millen...Read More...
How video meetings can transform mobile working
Monday 20th Aug 2018According to the Office of National Statistics, half of the UK workforce will work remotely by 2020. But despite the many benefits of doing so, the main disadvantage of working away from the office is the lack of human interaction. Jamie Coombs,...Read More...MPU1
DURABLE asks, is it time to implement ‘lean’ practices?
Wednesday 15th Aug 2018As businesses we are always striving to make improvements where we can, whether it be to increase customer satisfaction, boost profits or increase staff efficiency. According to DURABLE UK, implementing ‘lean management’ into your working...Read More...
Sports Direct acquires House of Fraser
Friday 10th Aug 2018Following today’s news (Friday 10th August) that Sports Direct has purchased House of Fraser for £90m, GlobalData is urging Mike Ashley, Sports Direct’s billionaire owner,to transform House of Fraser to make it a success. ...Read More...
Businesses must embrace the digital workplace or risk being left behind
Friday 3rd Aug 2018Organisations that do not have right infrastructure in place to support flexible working will simply be outpaced by savvier competitors. This is according to M-Files, commenting on new research from Ingram Micro Cloud and Microsoft, wh...Read More...
British workers investing in technology for pets whilst they’re at work
Wednesday 1st Aug 2018British pets are now being entertained and fed from home while their owners are at work using the latest smart technology according to new research. The survey of 1,007 UK adults carried out by gadgets and technology e-tailer, Laptop...Read More...
How businesses can recoup £11bn from failing office equipment
Monday 30th Jul 2018In a recent report it was revealed that around £11 billion is lost by UK businesses each year due to failing office equipment. This figure was the result of a study of over 1,000 UK office workers and based on employment data fro...Read More...
Poundworld’s failure to differentiate from other discounters led to high street demise
Wednesday 25th Jul 2018Poundworld, which is set to disappear from the UK high street by early August 2018, must look to its own failures, and in particular its failure to stand out from other discounters, to explain its demise. This is according to data and analytics compa...Read More...MPU 2
Millennials positive about future of print in the workplace
Wednesday 25th Jul 2018Millennials are less sceptical about print than other age groups and believe paper documents will continue to play a significant role in the future workplace, according to the latest market insight study from print industry analysts, Quocirca. ...Read More...
Eliminating the mobile risk of GDPR compliance
Wednesday 18th Jul 2018Whilst businesses have been doing everything they can to change and alter their policies in time for the GDPR deadline, there is one main area that is easily overlooked, the area of mobiles. It is important to remember that GDPR i...Read More...
8 ways to optimise space in your office
Monday 16th Jul 2018With commercial rents increasing, office space is shrinking and more business owners are faced with the problem of how to best optimise their smaller space. Here, Mark Brown, Director, Lismark Office Products Limited discusses how to c...Read More...
Authentication essential for protecting data within print fleet
Monday 16th Jul 2018The growing network of connected Internet of Things (IoT) devices, combined with big data, has created a data explosion that is fuelling a drive towards data becoming the new currency. As more organisations recognise this, it’s important that t...Read More...
How to boost employee’s productivity in an open plan office
Wednesday 11th Jul 2018According to a recent Harvard study, workers in open plan offices have 70 per cent less physical interactions with other colleagues, making teams less collaborative as the majority choose to email each other than bringing the conversation face to fac...Read More...
Customers turning their backs on businesses with bad tech
Wednesday 4th Jul 2018New research among more than 2,000 UK adults, commissioned by Studio Graphene, has revealed just how important good online and mobile technologies are to business success. The survey examined how discerning the public is when decidin...Read More...MPU 3
Fresh Relevance survey identifies how to gain repeat custom
Monday 2nd Jul 2018In its 2018 Loyalty Forecast, Fresh Relevance, the real-time personalisation platform, identified the four pieces of the loyalty puzzle, breaking down the touchpoints that create repeat customers, including: Convenience, Expe...Read More...
Engaging the best DDoS defence practices
Friday 29th Jun 2018DDoS attacks are getting more sophisticated, more frequent and bigger than ever before. The systems that are most common in enterprises today cannot keep up with the constantly evolving DDoS threats because many use old technology. It is therefore im...Read More...