2021 has been a year of contrasts- from last winter’s lockdown to ‘back to work’. Having transitioned out of lockdown, we look at the growing role of serviced offices in providing solutions to post-lockdown working. We’ve always run an innovative business. We have been around......
This blog is about the importance of a balance of personalities and abilities in any team. It concentrates on the Belbin theory of team members. A Belbin ‘Team Role’ is one of nine clusters of behavioural attributes identified by Dr Meredith Belbin’s research. We outline......
This is a post- or blog- about post. Because despite the move to all things virtual, physical post remains an important factor to consider for any modern business. Setting up or running a small business means having to decide what you’ll do about physical post,......
It’s already July. We’ve had the “hottest day of the year” at least three times already. The ‘quiet month’ of August is just around the corner. Here are our tips on how to get through summer months when you work at a desk (in an......
There will always be days when you haven’t had enough sleep or stress is wearing you down. Some days, you can’t even pinpoint the reason why your energy seems so low. It sounds like a strange parallel, but just like investment markets or sales, your......
The founder of Zoom, Eric Yuan, is exhausted! The 51-year-old Chinese-born American entrepreneur has been making headlines for his Zoom fatigue. He’s recently been quoted stating: “I’m so tired of that… I do have meeting fatigue”. The comments came after a video conference of the......
If you worked in an office, life really changed for you during lockdown. It was looking like the change was permanent; a YouGov poll in November 2020 found half of the respondents wanted to work from home every day or most days. But the tide......
Lockdown has led to an unprecedented rise in home working. Tracksuits and leggings, freedom from commuting, the flexibility to get household jobs done between (or even whilst on) work calls, unlimited snacks on demand………it all sounds like the perfect set-up, now magically available to junior......
As we transition out of lockdown, we look at the growing role of serviced offices in providing solutions to post-lockdown working. We have always run an innovative business, constantly adapting to the changing needs of our clients. We have been around since the financial crisis......
The thought of public speaking can be very daunting! Very few of us really relish the prospect, but in today’s business world, despite all the technology around us, it is just as necessary a skill as ever. Take a few tips from the experts on......
How can it possibly be the end of September 2020? In some ways, we feel like someone pushed a large “pause” button on reality and we have been waiting for movement. This must be how an animal feels like a new season dawns and it’s......
With 3.6 billion social media users worldwide (46% of the population), the importance of using social media within your business is rapidly growing. I’ve been working as a social media & marketing assistant for Mantle Ltd and our sister company Mass Information Systems, for the......
I have never been so glad to own dogs. Every single day my dogs go to the front door and insist that I take them out for a walk. They have been completely unaware of the pandemic unfolding around them, completely blasé about social distancing......
We’re based in a vibrant little market town in Berkshire, so clearly we’re already sold on the idea. Everyone knows there is less pollution, more greenery and a lot more community spirit, but what are the solid business reasons to base your business in a......
This week we’ve put together a short blog about walking. It’s something we all do out of necessity but we don’t often do it more that we need to, and we certainly don’t often think about it in much depth! Here are 4 benefits to......
