Office Genie news

  • Mar 05

    Entrepreneur mentorship scheme launched

    by Peter Ames

    Lloyds Banking Group and School for Startups have teamed up to provide support for young businessmen and women. The business finance startup programme was announced earlier this year. It is aimed at......

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  • Mar 04

    Office happiness levels remain consistent

    by Peter Ames

    Recent research has discovered 42 of office workers are content with their job; around the same level as last year. The survey, carried out by recruitment firm Office Angels, found only a slight increase......

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  • Mar 01

    Boring offices dampen creativity claims report

    by Peter Ames

    Recent research has confirmed the suspicions of many frustrated workers by finding boring offices can have a negative effect on creativity. A survey of 2,000 office workers, carried out by Overbury, discovered......

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  • Feb 26

    Survey finds flexible workers are more productive

    by Ciaron Dunne

    Recent research has discovered workers who are encouraged to be flexible with their working hours and location feel they are more productive. A study of 2000 UK office workers and 400 managers, carried......

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  • Feb 25

    Daily commutes exhausting employees

    by Peter Ames

    Long journeys, poor roads and poor driving from other commuters are causing British workers to arrive at work ‘frazzled’, a recent report has claimed. A whopping seven out of ten respondents to......

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  • Feb 22

    London firms forced into office moves

    by Peter Ames

    Increasing rents, a lack of space, and the high cost of buying and managing property are forcing businesses in the capital to consider an office move; according to a recent report. The report, carried......

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  • Feb 21

    SMEs must be protected from rising energy prices

    by Ciaron Dunne

    The Federation of Small Businesses FSB has called upon energy regulator Ofgem to offer small businesses protection from rising energy costs. This comes as measures to protect households from increasingly......

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  • Feb 20

    Taxpayers stand to save £62 million as civil servants hot-desk

    by Peter Ames

    British taxpayers could save millions as a government department relocates to an office in which hot-desking and flexible working will be standard practise. Hundreds of employees at the Department for......

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  • Feb 19

    SME-lending initiative injects £1.1 billion into struggling economy

    by Chris Marling

    The Enterprise Finance Guarantee EFG scheme has boosted the dwindling UK economy by over £1.1 billion, according to independent research. The scheme, introduced in May 2010 as a means of helping......

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  • Feb 18

    Hardy SMEs staying strong

    by Peter Ames

    Open University research has shown a small group of small businesses around one in ten are not experiencing any business problems despite turbulent economic times. The Open University’s Quarterly......

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