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Nov 27th 2020

BE Offices achieves Best Places to Work in Property status for 4th consecutive year

BE Offices announces that it has once again been recognised by Property Week, the leading real estate industry publication, as one of the best places to work in property. For the fourth consecutive year BE has been selected as one of only 28 real ...

Nov 24th 2020

How to stay motivated at work this winter

Find your get-up-and-go in a low-tempo season. Don’t leave your energy levels in the dark as the nights draw in. Wake up early
It may seem like the most difficult thing to do on a cold morning, but setting an earlier alarm will mean you’re out of ...

Nov 19th 2020

Celebrating International Men’s Day with the boys of BE

Men are in a minority at BE Offices but between all of them, including our front of house security guys, they have over 692 years of service to the company, spanning over a quarter of a century. Today we celebrate them all and thank them for their ...

Nov 18th 2020

What business leaders can learn from the Great British Bake Off

The Great British Bake Off is much more than mouth watering entertainment. Every episode is a lesson in diligence and complex management skills. Season 11 of the 2020 Great British Bake Off will reach boiling point next week when the final airs ...

Nov 10th 2020

What superhero would make the best colleague?

With Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D returning for its final series on 13 November we ponder the question: Which caped crusader would make the best co-worker? Join us as we critique superhero CVs… Spider-Man
Spidey would make a great addition ...

Nov 04th 2020

Staying positive and motivated in a second lockdown

7 top tips on how to stay motivated and positive as we enter lockdown: the sequel. It feels a bit like Groundhog Day as we start a second lockdown. We were spoiled with the weather throughout the last one, making an enormous difference to our outlook, ...

Oct 28th 2020

IOD survey finds most businesses are set to resume office use post-pandemic

Business leaders plan a return to the office long-term despite remote working revolution. According to a recent survey of 958 business leaders by the Institute of Directors, notwithstanding the shift towards home working, most businesses ...

Oct 22nd 2020

Only 15% of employees want to work from home full time

Research commissioned by the British Contract Furnishing Association reveals that in a post-COVID world, while workplaces will not ‘return to normal’, most companies are against their employees working from home permanently. ...

Oct 13th 2020

Simple exercise ideas to improve your mental health

Step away from the desk and improve much more than your fitness. World Mental Health Day on the 10th October reminded us to work on our wellbeing as well as our office-based deadlines. Here we run through five physical activities to boost your ...

Oct 06th 2020

CBRE survey says the office is here to stay

Workforce sentiment study finds 61% of respondents will return to the office in the future for community and collaboration. COVID-19 sent us all home this year to establish WFH set-ups in potentially challenging home environments. For some ...

Sep 23rd 2020

Red socks, a saxophone and singing with Supertramp

How I found myself singing with the Lord Mayor of London and the saxophonist from Supertramp 22nd September 2020, City Giving Day, dawned bright and full of promise, but for me it wasn’t the early start it would have been in previous years, ...

Sep 21st 2020

BE supports Mind to help combat loneliness

BE Offices is looking to combat loneliness through the power of coffee – the very thing that gets us going in the morning and gives us a break from our computer screens during the day. Whilst we are all painfully aware of the obvious effects ...

Sep 15th 2020

Google boss says collaboration works better in the office

Google announced back in July that their staff will work from home until July 2021 at the earliest, however, the technology company has since warned that in the long-term remote working is expected to be detrimental both to the culture and productivity ...

Sep 14th 2020

How to recognise signs of stress amongst your remote workforce

Times are tough and it’s never been more important to keep an eye out for your staff’s wellbeing. Look out for these tell-tale signs to see if your WFH team is feeling the strain. Slipping standards
Have you noticed a usually high-performing ...

Sep 09th 2020

The many benefits of returning to the office

As the UK opens up for business, we look at the reasons why managers and their employees are keen to get back in the workplace. Some 60% of UK employees would return to work immediately if they could, according to a survey from financial services ...

Aug 27th 2020

The top 5 qualities all great business leaders share

What do all the best bosses have in common? What defines a great manager? Read on for five key character traits that separate the great from the good… Resilience
While no one wants to work for an emotionless robot, a good team will always need someone ...

Aug 18th 2020

The rise and rise of video calls

Following on from our recent feature on Eric Yuan, Founder and CEO of Zoom, we take a look at the data surrounding the meteoric rise of video calling. Almost half of the UK’s workforce have worked from home during the lockdown. We take a ...

Aug 18th 2020

A safe return to your workspace

The BE Offices’ teams are delighted to be welcoming back clients and staff to our workspace. Our facilities teams have worked hard to implement all the necessary precautions to make our workspace COVID-secure. The benefit of having ...

Aug 11th 2020

5 reasons you should be cycling to work

Are you ready to join the cycling revolution? From improvements to your health to saving on your commute, we take a look at some of the top reasons to swap cars and public transport for a cycling helmet… Roads are getting safer for cyclists
Many ...

Aug 06th 2020

Five minute business profile: Eric Yuan

We discover the story behind Eric Yuan and Zoom, the pandemic’s biggest business success story … Who is he?
Eric Yuan is the founder and CEO of Zoom, the video conferencing company that became a household name as the world lived and worked in lockdown. ...

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