Offices

HSBC is to downsize its global HQ as hybrid working arrangements remain popular. It is set to move to a new office in late 2026.

Andrew Mawson discusses presence bias and how organsations with hybrid working models can eliminate it.

Successful hybrid working arrangements avoid getting caught up in policies and treat people as individuals, experts have said.

Hybrid working is often hailed as important for the inclusion of disabled employees, but it is only successful if organisations challenge themselves to do better.

Nearly one in five people in the UK suffer from 'misophonia', a strong negative reaction to common sounds usually made by other people, researchers have found.

Employees tend to go into the office between Tuesday and Thursday, according to an analysis of mobile phone data.
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Henley School of Business has produced a list of New Year resolutions to help the jobsworths, clockwatchers and rule-breakers to collude in their own demise.

As cost cutting becomes more likely, Lucinda Pullinger discusses the opportunity that flexible office space provides to business.

Consulting firm PwC will close most of its offices to employees over Christmas to save on energy costs.

Go to work – it's warmer there; don't go to work – your employer has turned off the heating. I know – buy a hot desk!

A new report finds that the office space 'sweet spot' for productivity and wellbeing is 10-12m² per worker.

Hybrid working research by JLL shows that employees need areas in the office for focused work they might otherwise do at home.

A Leeds University Buisness School report offers some tips for developing hybrid working policies and highlights the trade-offs.

Tesco and office space firm IWG team-up to trial a scheme in a suburban London supermarket.

Julia Hobsbawm tells Chris Taylor about how time has been called on offices as 'palaces of presenteeism' and the need for HR to 'kill some darlings'.