Hybrid working is healthier, data reveals Hybrid working is making it easier for people to take care of their health and wellbeing, data shows. Despite fewer walks to and from work and lunch-time strolls, staying at home to work on a few days a week isn’t impacting our physical activity levels. Data, gathered by Banner, shows […]
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Week Commencing 27/02/2023 – In The News
Calls for building regulations to include mandatory sprinklers in hotels to improve safety Two men who died in a hotel fire would have survived if sprinklers had been installed, an inquiry has found. The incident at Cameron House Hotel near Loch Lomond, Scotland, in 2017 also saw three others treated at hospital. The Fatal Accident […]
Week Commencing 20/02/2023 – In The News
Survey shows office noise hampering focus A new study into employee productivity by Oscar Acoustics has found that offices are struggling to deal with the demands created by hybrid working, with excessive noise at the heart of employee grievances. The survey, which quizzed 500 senior management workers found that booming office noise has become a […]
Week Commencing 30/01/2023 – In The News
A third of employers fail to measure the impact of sickness on their business, research shows A third of employers are failing to record the impact sickness absence has on their business, research has shown. Data by Group Risk Development (GRiD) shows that although 85% of employers record the sickness absence of their staff, only […]
Week Commencing 09/08/2021 – In The News
IPCC Report Casts Somber Outlook on Global Warming A report released this week by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has said that human activity is changing the climate in unprecedented and sometimes irreversible ways. The landmark study warns of increasingly extreme heatwaves, droughts and flooding, and temperature limits agreed under the Paris […]