Lazy Britain is now addicted to mediocrity
The education system has never been in better shape. The labour market is operating at peak performance. And given that the world has never been more peaceful,…
City-centre pubs and cafes suffer as part-time working from home persists
Pubs, cafes and restaurants in city and town centres stand to lose £3bn of spending a year as office staff continue to work some of the week…
Most expensive seaside towns revealed as working from home sends prices soaring
Working from home has caused the average price of seaside properties to increase by more than £22,000, a new report by Halifax has found. The switch to…
Fed up of your home office? Why not renovate your garden shed
2022 sees many of us continue to work from home, due to companies maintaining a flexible working attitude. Therefore, the way we think about our home work…
How to renovate your garden shed into an affordable office pod in 2022
2022 sees many of us continue to work from home, due to companies maintaining a flexible working attitude. Therefore, the way we think about our home work…
Working from home tax break to cost 25 times more than expected
An increase in home working benefits introduced at the start of the pandemic will cost the Government nearly £250m over five years, 25 times more than ministers…
How to renovate your shed into a garden office pod on a budget in 2022
2022 sees many of us continue to work from home, due to companies maintaining a flexible working attitude. Therefore, the way we think about our home work…
How to renovate your shed into a garden office pod on a budget
2022 sees many of us continue to work from home, due to companies maintaining a flexible working attitude. Therefore, the way we think about our home work…
Who’d want to be an employer in Britain today?
Workers and businesses have adapted to new ways of working during the pandemic with astonishing speed and alacrity. Where previously it was believed that only 15 per…
How to build your own home garden office pod on a budget for spring summer 2022
Prefab structures that can save on time and costs are similarly in hot demand: the homeware brand Bert & May, known for its covetable patterned tiles, also…
Costs of working from home overtake commuting for one in five
A third of home workers reported higher food costs and broadband costs have risen for almost a quarter of respondents. These bills are scheduled to climb sharply…
Gym chain backed by Rishi Sunak’s wife to call in administrators
A gym chain backed by Rishi Sunak’s wife is on the verge of collapse after suffering “extraordinary” challenges during successive lockdowns. Digme Fitness, in which the Chancellor’s…
Is the four-day week too good to be true?
Watching closely (and bullishly confident it will be the latter) is a couple some 11,000 miles away in a penthouse apartment in Auckland. Together, Andrew Barnes and…
Militant HR departments are the new trade unions
Poking fun at the absurdity of office life via a mockumentary set in Slough was a brilliant idea for a TV show. The Office, which first aired…
Should we call in sick with a cold in the post-Covid world?
The safest thing to do, then, is to take a PCR test to confirm whether your cold-like symptoms are Covid. However, even if the test comes back…
Permanent switch to flexible working risks women falling behind in the workplace
He says: “If you just think about it in terms of WFH, then you’re only talking to that proportion of the population who have jobs which permit…
‘My staff want to work from home – is it wrong to force them to come to the office?’
Dear Moral Money, I own a small business that does strategic communications for a number of mid-sized companies. I have eight full-time employees, most of whom have…
Office culture cannot survive under attack from government flip-flopping
Such reticence is understandable. A recent study from consulting giant McKinsey concluded that about a fifth of the population could work remotely three days a week, though…
What working from home does to your brain
Over the past few months, we’ve been creeping back to the office, navigating packed commutes to our desks and in-person meetings. The rise of the omicron variant…
Longer holidays and a four-day week won’t end workplace misery
That should not be difficult. After analysing 12,000 diary entries provided by 238 employees, Harvard researchers concluded in 2011 that what seem like mundane work moments can…
Take it from a mother, working from home is a disaster for women
While some may have winced at the Prime Minister’s rambling speech to the CBI, I couldn’t help but sympathise. I’m intensely familiar with what it’s like to…
Atom Bank moves staff to a four-day week – without cutting wages
A digital lender has become the first UK bank to move to a four-day week, marking the clearest sign yet of a permanent shift in working habits…
7 pieces which will upgrade your ‘working from home’ wardrobe
Hoop earrings, £38, anthropolgie.com Finally, if nothing else, you could put on some statement earrings to add interest to your next video-conference look. They don’t have to be expensive;…