HR
5 June 2023
Office Space in Town is delighted to announce we have recently raised £2,000 for the Good Companions Cuppa Lunch Club in Northampton. Karen Hone, General Manager at our Northampton Business Centre, first posed the idea of supporting the Good Companions through her own volunteering efforts. The club was formed in late 2016 by Karen Smith – a lady wanting to make a difference and whose prior redundancy forced her to take action on an issue close to her heart - loneliness.
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HR
29 March 2023
In every office there’s at least one person with a desk that everyone looks at in fear and leaves it with a small desire to sneak back and tidy it, becoming the office equivalent to the shoemaker and the elves.
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HR
17 March 2025
Low productivity has been a consistent issue for the British economy since the 2008 financial crisis. Between 2010 and 2015, UK productivity growth was 0.2 percent a year and recent research puts this at costing the UK economy £4bn in lost output.
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HR
19 August 2024
Supporting employee mental health is becoming a priority among businesses. Even before Covid-19 stress, anxiety and other mental health related issues were driving workplace absence. In the UK, 70 million working days were lost each year, costing approximately £2.4 billion in lost productivity annually.
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HR
17 June 2023
The average office environment now accommodates up to four generations: Baby Boomers (1944-1964), Generation X (1965-1979), Millennials (1980-1994) and Generation Z (1995-2015). Each generation has grown up in differing economic, social and cultural contexts and are therefore often assumed to have differing approaches to, and aspirations of work.
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HR
17 April 2023
With World Mental Health Day yesterday, Niki Fuchs, Co-Founder and Managing Director of OSiT, explores the increasing role of technology in helping businesses support their staff's wellbeing, in this recent article with HR Review.
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HR
17 April 2023
The average UK office employee will spend 10,000 days at work. With so much of this time inside an office, it is no surprise that the physical environment of the office can take its toll on physical and mental wellbeing.
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HR
20 October 2020
October is Menopause Awareness Month. After years of stigma workplaces are finally getting on board with the fact that menopause is not a ‘women’s issue’ to be brushed under the carpet and instead needs to be acknowledged as something which affects all employees, female an
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