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Why we need to consider switching to a 4-day workweek — now 

Ideas.Ted

Most were small companies with fewer than 100 people, and they included creative and professional service firms but also software startups, restaurants, factories and nursing homes — industries where overwork is common and deadlines can be inflexible. So far, however, every company has survived a crisis unprecedented in recent history.

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Dave Cairns SVP of CBRE |Unlocking Urban Potential: Repurposing Office Spaces for Sustainable Development

Allwork

Although the counterpoint to that argument is that much like bustling restaurants or things of that nature, sometimes it’s actually not a bad thing for a customer to be turned away because it creates this sort of scarcity that makes them actually want to come back. I think that they stood for something. And it’s massive.

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BCO Awards for Central England continue focus on wellbeing and the environment

Workplace Insight

What are claimed to be the Midlands and Central England’s most outstanding workplaces have been announced, with British Council for Offices Awards going to five office buildings across the region. 103 Colmore Row in Birmingham was crowned Best Commercial Workplace. The project sits in a campus of three buildings, with this c.160,000