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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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Firstbase is a startup that helps employers setup, manage, maintain and retrieve all the physical equipment their remote workers need to do great work at home For obvious reasons, we have written about a few startups over the last year whose focus is on helping to make remote working easier, more comfortable, and more productive.  There are plenty of pros and cons to having to work from h...
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Huckletree, the leading Coworking accelerator launch new report revealing the experiences and learnings of working from home and the shift in attitudes to returning back to offices... Coworking accelerator Huckletree has just launched a new report revealing the transition to new patterns of working from home and working together in real life. Their State of the Nation: New Work Mindset Report ...
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What does the future hold for the gig economy? Here are five trends care of London-based courier startup Gophr that are set to transform the way we work in 2020... The gig economy is booming all over the world. In Britain, one in 10 adults is now employed in the gig economy - that’s a total of 4.7 million people. Attracted by the flexibility of self-employment a...
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Taking on a new part-time job for a few hours a week can be a great way of supplementing your income, learning new skills, or simply getting away from your first job. But there are prices to pay and learning the arts of moonlighting can sometimes be painful – here are some of the considerations that you might wish to analyse before branching out to fill up your days away from your main job. ...
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Despite the feeling of being just another enormous cliche, the local coffeeshop persists as a mainstay of the rootless worker, the creative, the entrepreneur, who merely wants to escape the isolation and silence of working from home. If you have spent any time working in a cafe or coffee shop, you are probably well acquainted with the many challenges which come along with it- the awkwardnesses...
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