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Why does hand-washing beat COVID-19?


Hand-washing has been encouraged by the government before any other precaution against COVID-19/novel coronavirus was brought in, and is still recommended as best practise even amongst the recent more extreme measures. It is particularly vital for the many industries and workers who cannot work from home, such as NHS frontline workers, supermarkets, petrol stations and […]

Working from home – attendance management


The recent government advice is for everyone to work from home if possible due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many office-based companies have historically avoided remote working due to anxiety over lack of remote oversight. There are many products available to help with this concern, from collaborative online workspaces, where every edit to a document is timestamped, to […]

Co-working space for SMEs


Bristol Spaceworks, a social enterprise company which serves small and local businesses, has acquired a co-working facility on Wilder Street. The new premises, Redbrick House, enables the company to provide a four-floor co-working space for freelancers, start-ups and small businesses in the city. The site has desks, studio spaces, meeting rooms and a “break-out area”. […]

Cornish company relocates


Fluid Branding, a promotional merchandise company, has relocated its headquarters. The successful company is spread over many different locations, including seven UK offices, Dublin, Amsterdam, Malta and China and with two partnership ventures in the US. It was founded in Cornwall and it has not moved from its roots, relocating from St Austell to the […]

A good reception experience is vital


Customers being put off by unhelpful or unfriendly reception areas is a widespread problem in the B2B sector. When you don’t have a “customer-facing” element to your workplace, it can be easy to slide into functional, unfriendly presentation methods.
 
Another sector which can suffer from this is the small and micro business, which even if they need to speak to customers directly may not have enough staff to “waste” someone at the front desk all day.

Timber group aims to minimise employees’ travel time


Premier Forest Group, a timber company, has opened a new office in Weston super Mare, North Somerset.

This is its eighth UK premises; the others are located in Birmingham, Berkshire, Crumlin, Doncaster, Cornwall and Haverfordwest, plus offices in Ireland.