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Co-working spaces have boomed since the pandemic and the associated normalisation of hybrid working.

These businesses offer a sensible solution that makes good economic sense to businesses that want to reduce their overheads. If your staff aren’t in the office for even 3 days a week, you can see why getting rid of the office entirely and instead renting a desk somewhere, no-strings-attached, might be tempting.

But this has created a new market, and these co-working spaces are competing. One of the benefits of this competition is new trend: the hotelification of the office.

With many workplaces now adopting the hybrid model of working, it is key to ensure that employees are provided with equipment that best suits their environment.

Features that allow workspace satisfaction in changing environments or settings, such as size or ease of use, have become increasingly important. Equally, we see an even bigger need for technology which allows you to stay productive wherever you are.

In the new norm of hybrid working, it has become even more important than ever to ensure that we are productive wherever we are working.

It is particularly important to ensure that all your needs are covered by products that enable you to work smarter, regardless of where your workspace is on any given day. In a situation where many employees are splitting time between locations, it is vital that equipment offers features which allow transitioning between office and home to become easier.

At Banner, we are proud to work with Lenovo to offer a range of solutions that allow you to work smarter. We take a look below at some options to make sure all your workplace needs are covered.

With the Pandemic ensuing turbulence on work life for the past 15 months, a return to pre-pandemic office life is becoming a more frequent discussion these days.

However, it’s suggested that buzz words such as ‘hybrid’ and ‘flexible’ working will still be around for a long while…

With the mass becoming remote workers throughout the pandemic, it doesn’t mean the end of the physical office is upon us. Predictions are that offices will become more hub-based locations for remote workers to meet and collaborate, which means technology will become key to success. These tech-centred spaces will require the usual suspects (Microsoft Teams, Zoom, etc) paired with hardware that makes the workspaces interactive and connectable. This switch in working dynamic will require seamless working between locations to ensure productivity is never compromised.

After a few false starts, spring has officially sprung. That means longer days and more sunshine, warmer weather, and more time spent outdoors.

But if you’re one of the approximate 28 million people in Europe who suffer from allergies, this time of year might also mean congestion, watery and itchy eyes, runny nose, sneezing, irritated skin, and general discomfort.

The GDPR, or General Data Protection Regulation, which came into effect May 2018, has drastically transformed the digital landscape.

Chances are, it has also affected how your workplace secures paper data, handles cybersecurity, and protects user information. 

But when it comes to remote work, employees are left guessing. In fact, HRZone’s 2020 report on HR trends found that 57% of employers didn’t have a formal remote work policy.*

So how does the GDPR apply to remote workers? Can you even remain compliant while working from home? This is what we’ll answer in this short post. 

The concept of digital transformation has many components but put simply, it is fundamentally deploying the use of technology to change the way people do things to streamline efficiencies.

Digital transformation was a buzzy trend before the COVID-19 pandemic, but it has had a resurgence of interest in light of the changes to the workplace in 2020 with organisations adopting new digital tools and process to better support remote work.

With the last 12 months totally changing the way we work; flexible working has now become a hot topic within the workplace.

If your team wants to continue working flexibly, you can help them get there by giving them the right tools to do so. Work isn’t somewhere you go, it’s something you do. So however (or wherever) you need to work, there’s a Jabra product that can help you get the most out of your day.

Jabra have spent years developing a world class portfolio of devices to enable productivity. Their range of headsets, speakerphones and video conferencing tools have been meticulously designed and engineered to support you – so whether you’re working from home, or from your smartphone, or need to take meetings where you are, we’ve got you covered.