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Remote working with a difference - Jarvo is a startup enabling homeowners to share workspaces within their neighbourhood which remote professionals can book out by the day. One third of the UK workforce still works from home, months after the lockdowns have lifted. For many, this is a good situation - crawl out of bed in the morning 10 minutes before shift (not advisable), make some coffee, and...
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The lowdown on Fleex, the startup that helps companies provide remote employees with all they need to make working from home more comfortable Anyone who is used to working in an office and has suddenly been forced to work at home for around a year now has likely felt the effects of an unsupportive or too-hard chair, hunched over with a laptop on your knees, bad lighting, or even missing necessa...
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Jayne Harrison, Head of Employment Law at Richard Nelson LLP shares some thoughts on striking the balance between working from home or returning to the office... As the government switches back to a “work from home” message across the UK, many employees will be relieved, if recent surveys highlighting many employees do not believe it is safe to go back to work are close to the mark.&n...
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The recent Coronavirus pandemic has proved that many roles can be done from home, making it easier than ever for workers to request this practice in the future.It has also caused chaos for many companies and their staff, with many struggling to make ends meet and facing the possibility of hunting for a new role in these challenging times.If you’ve lost your job because of the pandemic and ...
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As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a great many of the working population is now working from home. Jonathan Courtney, founder and CEO of AJ&Smart and author of the newly-released The Workshopper Playbook, shares three tips to eliminate busywork and stay productive in lockdown...  As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a great many of the working population is now workin...
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How teams can work together effectively while working remotely. Guidance and advice for project managers and teams on working from home and staying engaged and productive. For obvious reasons, there are many more people working from home than usual at the moment. While it is quite common for most of us to work for part of the time away from the office, the scale of what is happening at the m...
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Thomas Taylor, Director of Net Lawman writes for Startacus on an assortment of legal issues that affect the UK small business and startup owner, whether it is starting that business or even growing or scaling it! From the laws regarding disclosure of information about your business, what makes a legal agreement binding, through to the legal considerations on who makes the decisions in your compan...
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"9 to 5 is dying, let’s celebrate"Stephen Canning is Management Consultant, a councillor at Essex County Council and a Startacus member with some insight to share. In this post written exclusively for Startacus, Stephen states why the 9 to 5 working culture is dying and why we should be celebrating. Agree / Disagree? Read on... "In recent times, there has been an increasing tr...
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