Flexible Working

The Flexible Working archive. Articles and guides regarding flexible work arrangements such as working from home, hybrid work patterns, and changing hours of work. Also includes updates on legislation and codes of practice around this topic.

News

The most flexible small business in Britain revealed

Last year SmallBusiness.co.uk and flexibility experts Timewise ran a competition to find out the UK’s most flexible small business. And the winner is…

Business Technology

Online meetings in the construction industry

Here, we look at the fast-paced construction sector and how it is suited to an online meeting option.

News

Small business owners plan to work through their holiday

Three quarters of UK small business owners work throughout their holidays, with almost half spending as much as three hours per day on such tasks, research finds.

Office & home working

Small business and flexibility: Friend or foe?

Here, we look at how small businesses are driving a change in culture towards flexible working.

Business Technology

Bring your own device: The advantages for small businesses

Neil Atkinson discusses the merits of allowing employees to use their own technology in the workplace.

Work life balance

How I balance work and home life as an entrepreneur

E-commerce expert Simon Horton talks about how he manages to balance work and home life as an entrepreneur running his own business.

Employing & managing staff

A business owner’s view on flexible working legislation

Ben Wilson of e-cigarette company Freshcig gives his opinion on the new laws to enable more consideration of flexible working patterns.

News

Positive response for flexible working legislation

The extension of the right to request flexible working hours to all staff has been welcomed by a prominent HR trade body.

Employing & managing staff

Flexible working to get more flexible from June

New employment rules will mean the right to request flexible working will be extended to all employees with 26 weeks service from June 30th.

Office & home working

A virtual office, but with real benefits

How virtual offices meet the demands of smaller businesses.

Office & home working

The remote entrepreneur: Running a successful business from the middle of nowhere

In this piece, brought to you in association with .co.uk, the number one domain for British business, we explain how utilising your website and working remotely, or employing staff that do, could help improve efficiency and save your business money.

Office & home working