Your office may be equipped with the most up to date technology, the latest office furniture and situated in the perfect location, but if you want to hold a big event, such as a conference, you might need to think about outsourcing to a different location to be able to cater for a large number of delegates.
BT office furniture has provided a quick guide to 5 of the best conference locations!
Say goodbye to the infamous gloomy grey skies of winter. Believe it or not, the early morning sunshine creeping up behind the clouds can only mean one thing, Spring is upon us.
The arrival of Spring often gives people the initiative to clean up some of the clutter and reorganise their homes and workspaces. Why not keep in line with the seasonal changes by giving your office a spring clean with some new office furniture and accessories?
It is fine to have an eclectic mix of furniture in your home, but in a commercial property, it’s important to maintain some kind of uniformity. This doesn’t necessarily mean having everything exactly the same, but simply choosing a style and sticking to it. Some great office styles are based on different aspects or features of the office itself:
Due to today’s modern technology, enormous amounts of people are spending most of their working hours behind a desk in an uncomfortable office chair. Because of this deskbound lifestyle, more and more individuals are becoming overweight, out of shape, and developing other health problems.
Although a sedentary lifestyle causes health problems in itself, an uncomfortable office chair causes a completely new arena of problems. Hours upon hours in a chair without ergonomic features brings about back problems, neck pains and just overall body aches from bad posture.
The rise in mobile communications and the 21st century paradigm of being able to do ‘everything on one computer’ means that less people are working in paper cluttered offices - bureaucracy is becoming a thing of the past. In today’s organisations employees rarely require more than an office desk, an office chair and a computer to do their work.
In a recent article in the Independent , journalist Roger Trapp makes some interesting insights regarding how advancements in ICT are revolutionising today’s office designs and office furniture choices. The result of this trend being that work spaces are becoming increasingly minimalistic and open plan. more…
Fans of the TV hit series 24 may have been disappointed at the beginning of the new series as they find that their hero Jack Bauer, played by Kiefer Sutherland, is now a retired devoted grandfather. But as always, it doesn’t take long before he is back in the action to do what he does best - fight assassins and terrorists. In season eight we also find that the New York branch of CTU (the Counter Terrorist Unit) has been re-formed and looking extremely shiny, clean and futuristic.
That’s right according to a recent article in the Daily Mail when it comes to decorating; forget black, white and pastels. When you think office furniture – think stylish silver, metal, slate and stone, grey is this season’s hottest colour.
With unexpected snowy conditions, recurring tube and bus strikes and the pressure to use greener transport modes, there is now a need to find new and alternative ways to get into the office. In this blog post we look at different ways to get to work - including green commuting, extravagant travel and snowy options and of course some fictional alternatives too….
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The UK recession has hit spending on household items particularly hard, and the discretionary element of home furniture purchasing is no exception. Some of those people considering an upgrade to their home will defer their spending until they feel more confident about their finances.
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So what makes a good office location? It may be an amazing office building or an unusual location, an address to impress or perhaps windows with breathtaking views. Having an office in a great location usually means that your business has made it and it can be an important factor to impress potential clients or attract the best work force. Our list of the 10 best (and some unusual) office locations takes us all around the world and beyond.
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