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Top Tips for Workplace Safety on World Day for Safety and Health at Work

Every year on 28th April, the International Labour Organization (ILO), a United Nations agency commemorates World Day for Safety and Health at Work. .

Nicola Trivett 9 min read

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Workplace Happiness: Basic Design & Fit Out Solutions

What are the key features in workspace design and fit out that can help workers increase their focus and that can make them feel more valued? Read on for some of our insights..

Nicola Trivett 12 min read

Tips for Creating a Workplace that Enhances Employees' Wellness & Wellbeing

“Wellness is the complete integration of body, mind, and spirit – the realisation that everything we do, think, feel, and believe has an effect on our state of well-being.” – Greg Anderson (Author of “The 22 Non-Negotiable Laws of Wellness”) Why Businesses are Embracing Wellness and Wellbeing in the UAE & Globally Companies around the […].

Nicola Trivett 8 min read

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2019 Sustainable Office Fit Out & Design – Top 5 Trends

A Reflection on 2018 Trends In January 2018, we reviewed what we thought was going to be the most important sustainable office fit out trends of 2018. Our predictions turned out to be prescient and many of the projects we initiated or completed during 2018 incorporated the three main trends identified: The Smart (er) office […].

Nicola Trivett 8 min read

Workplace Productivity Puzzle

Workplace Productivity Puzzle: Can it be solved? Why are the advanced economies of the world not performing better in terms of workplace productivity than before the global financial meltdown in 2008? Are productivity levels the greatest economic question of the post-industrial world? Despite the economic rebound, employers feel that workers are not as productive as […].

Nicola Trivett 4 min read

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How the Co-working Revolution is Influencing UAE Office Fit Out

1. How We Work Now: The Co-working & Collaborative Space Trend Co-working is the new path of melding life and work in a sustainable fashion. It is the global linchpin at the intersection of real estate, technology and community, which will shape the way we work in the future. – The Coworker Lab [1] Co-working is more than a […].

Nicola Trivett 14 min read

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Top 7 Sustainable Workplace Practices

Sustainable Business will (probably) Save the Earth The international community, though they seek to demonstrate a consensus on climate change and global warming through various agreements, the real work of minimizing and reversing environmental damage will be in the hands of national governments and businesses. Governments, like the forward-thinking government of the UAE, will be […].

Nicola Trivett 13 min read

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A New Office Fit Out Provides Organisations an Opportunity to Implement Change

The Only Thing That Is Constant Is Change -” Heraclitus Change is Essential, Inevitable & Unavoidable in Life & in Business Increasing competition, globalisation, technological changes, financial upheaval, political uncertainty, changing workforce demographics, and other factors are forcing organisations to change faster and differently than ever before. [1] Change is not only inevitable in every […].

Nicola Trivett 16 min read

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Environmentally Sustainable Workplace Fit Out Saves Money: How to Stay Cool & Cut Costs

Some don’t like it hot Dubai isn’t the hottest place on earth, although sometimes it feels that way. The Independent online newspaper has a list of the top 10 hottest places on earth, some of which, are virtually uninhabitable by humans and no, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) isn’t anywhere on it. [1] Death Valley, […].

Nicola Trivett 15 min read

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Sustainable Workplace Fit Out and Certifications: Why it Matters for Your Business & Employees

1. The Green Building Revolution in the UAE The UAE is one of the highest energy consumers per capita in the world. The extraordinary economic growth of the country since the 1960s, a growing and more urbanised population, changes in lifestyle and work habits, a construction boom, as well as a relatively low subsidised energy […].

Nicola Trivett 19 min read

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Category: Insights

Top Tips for Workplace Safety on World Day for Safety and Health at Work

Workplace Happiness: Basic Design & Fit Out Solutions

Tips for Creating a Workplace that Enhances Employees' Wellness & Wellbeing

2019 Sustainable Office Fit Out & Design – Top 5 Trends

Workplace Productivity Puzzle

How the Co-working Revolution is Influencing UAE Office Fit Out

Top 7 Sustainable Workplace Practices

A New Office Fit Out Provides Organisations an Opportunity to Implement Change

Environmentally Sustainable Workplace Fit Out Saves Money: How to Stay Cool & Cut Costs

Sustainable Workplace Fit Out and Certifications: Why it Matters for Your Business & Employees