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Office-based start-ups grow 3.5 times faster than their remote contemporaries

New study reveals young start-ups with predominantly office-based staff grow three and a half times faster than comparable organisations who are working remotely. There is still much debate and strong feelings about the pros and cons of ...

Top management lessons from the Great British Bake Off

The Great British Bake Off final might just seem like a cake competition, but in reality, it’s a complex recipe of management skills and diligence… With the 2022 Great British Bake Off under way, we take a look at the recipe for success that has ...

5 reasons to move your office along the Elizabeth Line

The year is 2008. Manchester United has won the Champions League in Moscow. Gordon Brown is Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Wall-E is making waves at the cinema. Oh, and the Crossrail Act has finally received royal assent! 14 years and ...

BE Offices keep their community sweet this Pancake Day

The most indulgent day of the year is here again!  The one date in the calendar when you can absolutely eat the same dish for breakfast, lunch and dinner – without guilt or shame, a day devoted entirely to eating pancakes! Pancake Day, or Shrove ...

Research suggests young workers may suffer from long-term remote working

Many Gen Z workers have never experienced office life, and some believe they never want to, but researchers say this could adversely impact both their professional and personal lives. A growing number of young employees are yet to experience ...

5 reasons to celebrate being back in the office

Almost a month after the work from home guidance was dropped we celebrate the many benefits of being back in the office and hybrid working. While office life will never be the same again after the rise in popularity of hybrid working, there are ...

Boosting productivity with pizza

What better excuse to eat pizza than National Pizza Day, celebrated annually on 9th February. National Pizza Day is an opportunity to officially enjoy one of the most popular and iconic dishes in the world, a day which has become enshrined in ...

BE Offices leads the charge with low carbon ambitions

Leading flexible workspace provider takes great strides along the path to a carbon neutral future. The UK government recently set the world’s most ambitious climate change target to reduce emissions by 78% by 2035, which has put increased ...

New rules spur a return to offices

End of work from home advice sees commuters flock back to London offices. The first Monday since work from home guidance was dropped has seen a huge increase in commuters pouring in to central London. Trains were reported as being ‘rammed’ ...

Top managerial skills that make you a great boss

Good management skills are key to a successful career regardless of your role within an organisation. Management skills are often discussed in the abstract, but what are they in reality? Broadly speaking, management skills can be defined ...

Community wellbeing with Happy Minds at Work

BE Offices continues to focus on the wellbeing of its client community with a lunchtime virtual Desk Meditation and Chair Yoga workshop. Hosted by Happy Minds at Work on Monday 24th January, BE Offices clients are invited to participate in ...

London retains title as world’s leading destination for tech talent looking to relocate

Boston Consulting Group survey finds UK capital is still the world’s most attractive destination for relocating tech talent.

A survey by global management consultancy firm Boston Consulting Group has revealed that London has retained ...

Future-proof your business with a climate action strategy

In the wake of the recent COP26 (Conference of the Parties – the decision-making body of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change), it has never been more important for individuals and businesses alike to reduce their carbon emissions. ...

Celebrating International Men’s Day at BE Offices

The men at BE Offices, including our front of house concierge and security personnel, have given over 700 years of service to the company since it was founded in 1993. This International Men’s Day, 19th November 2021, we celebrate them ...

BE Offices shortlisted for ‘Service Innovation’ award

Flexible workspace provider announced as finalist for Flexible Space Association ‘Service Innovation’ award. BE Offices are delighted to have been recognised once again by the Flexible Space Association in their annual ...

Five workplace myths that impact motivation

Higher pay is not the only way to increased productivity and more motivated employees. Our work lives are impacted enormously by obvious and subtle ideas of the correct and incorrect ways to work. Many of these ideas are myths but this in no way ...

BE Offices shares climate action journey at London Business Week

Invited to speak at the event as a result of BE’s involvement in the Mayor of London’s Business Climate Challenge in Southwark, our CSR manager shared BE’s net zero journey with fellow SMEs. As climate action gains momentum ...

BE Offices partners with Planet Mark for sustainability workshop

Continuing our hybrid events programme, this week we ran a virtual sustainability workshop in partnership with Planet Mark, to learn more about what business can do to help address climate change. All businesses have a part to play in tackling ...

BE Offices celebrates its 10th Macmillan Coffee Morning

BE Offices, &Offices, Headspace and BE.Spoke clients help raise in excess of £1,300 for Macmillan’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning 2021 marks a decade of involvement for BE Offices in the annual Macmillan World’s ...

London takes No. 2 spot among best places for start-ups to thrive

UK capital city ties in second place with New York among the top 140 international ecosystems for start-ups. London and New York are snapping at the heels of Silicon Valley as the best places for startups to prosper according to a report published ...

BE Offices shortlisted for Property Awards 2021 in health and wellbeing category

BE Offices is delighted to have been shortlisted for a new award in the annual Property Week Awards. Covid has shone a spotlight on health and wellbeing, so this new award aims to celebrate an organisation or individual that has done the most ...

What to expect when you return to the office

Office life changed exponentially during the pandemic so what should you expect when you return to the workplace? This week saw a flood of workers returning to offices with the Evening Standard reporting figures from Transport for London ...

Manchester takes top spot as the UK’s most entrepreneurial city

In what was an extraordinarily challenging year for businesses, entrepreneurs the length and breadth of the UK fought back with a 59% increase in company registrations in 2020. Instant Offices have analysed Companies House data together ...

The importance of face-to-face communication

Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet have all been essential to us maintaining communication with our teams, colleagues and family over the last 16 months. But, whilst these platforms have certainly provided a lifeline, and will indeed ...

BE Cleaning Services achieve top safety accreditation

BE Offices’ in-house cleaning team has been awarded accreditation from Alcumus SafeContractor for achieving excellence in health and safety in the workplace. Alcumus SafeContractor is a leading third party accreditation scheme ...

BE Offices’ largest ever team supports the 2021 Great City Race

60 runners representing clients and staff from BE Offices, Headspace Group, BE.Spoke and &Offices take part in the Standard Chartered Great City Race In what was BE Offices 14th consecutive year of participating in the Great City Race, ...

The evolution of the office as a place to work

As lockdown restrictions ease and people start to return to their offices we look at the evolution of the workplace. It’s easy to think of the office as a modern invention but the word ‘office’ derives from a coming together ...

City of london Corporation’s Culture Mile partners with BE Offices

BE Offices are providing free-of-charge office space to the City of London’s cultural district Culture Mile, this summer as part of the Lord Mayor’s Culture and Commerce Taskforce Create in the City initiative. Chaired by the Lord Mayor of ...

Is working from home working for your business?

Increasing numbers of businesses call time on working from home and recall their workers to offices. Apple, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs are among the many high profile businesses bringing their workers back to offices having ...

10 ways for your business to help improve air quality

Air quality is not just an environmental issue, but an important health issue which affects us all. Air pollution causes up to 36,000 deaths every day in the UK and has been recognised by the World Health Organisation and the UK Government ...