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HOW THE PANDEMIC WILL ACCELERATE TRENDS TOWARDS A HYBRID WORKPLACE MODEL

While the global pandemic has thrown up questions about the future of offices and workspaces, it’s also placed the importance of future-proofing workforces into sharp relief. 

The UK has a steep hill to climb to recover from the Covid pandemic. Social value is core to how we will implement this recovery and the Social Value Act is central to our government’s approach.

We’ve reached an extraordinary point in Workplace. Everyone has a vision of what the workplace should become post-pandemic.

The need to expand skillsets in an ever changing environment has never been more important.

It’s critical to recognise that we all share the responsibility for minimising infection and contamination in the workplace. Now everyone has a role to play supporting the cleanliness and the prevention of spreading infection in the ‘new normal’.

The global pandemic has forced us to rethink the way we live our daily lives, both at home and at work, accelerating some of the trends that had started shaping up way before 2020.

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