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Before the pandemic hit, it would have been hard to imagine working for a company where you hadn’t actually met the person hiring you. Now though, this process has become the norm, so much so that oft...

The bee was adopted as a symbol by the city of Manchester in the 19th century to represent the hard-working nature of the Mancunian people - nowadays the city isn’t home to the same heavy industry as...

While pub trips, foreign holidays, and even getting to the shops became near-impossibilities at times for all of us this past year, such activities have always been inconveniences for disabled people....

At NearU, our main mission is to make flexible working accessible for everyone - no matter their role in the business. Whether you’re a CEO or an entry-level employee, the benefits of hybrid working t...

While the benefits of hybrid working on employee productivity and mental health have been well explored, the question of how this model will affect carbon emissions still remains relatively unanswered...

Did you know Birmingham is one of the greenest in the country? Considering green space has been proven to boost our mood and productivity, which then has an obvious positive knock-on effect at work, w...

By now, we’ve all heard of work-from-home, and of course we know what a centralised office is - but what about hybrid working? If you caught our article last week, you might be vaguely aware of the hy...

Before the pandemic, the idea of an alternative to the office 5 day work week would have seemed pretty unattainable. Office culture has meant that for the better part of a century, productivity has be...