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Excessive noise is a "major sticking point for hybrid workers", affecting job performance, states a new study.

A news round-up of stories in the FM sector

Novus Property Solutions has been awarded three hospital-based contracts across the North West and Midlands, boosting its five-year growth strategy.

Wales should lead the way in exploring how a four-day working week could boost productivity, wellbeing and the economy, says the Welsh government.

Not all workers are satisfied with working from home, with a growing number of those in the UK planning to take advantage of flexible work arrangements by working overseas, according to a study.

The UK is in a productivity crisis, lagging behind many other G7 nations in workforce output but most employers do not think this is due to hybrid working, according to research. 

The future of employment will be determined by “shifting generational needs and growing demands for greater choice will be key drivers in the race for talent”, according to a major study on workplace trends.

Reduced working hours and more flexible working time arrangements, such as those used during the Covid-19 crisis, can benefit economies, enterprises and workers, and lay the ground for a better and more healthy work-life balance but also have downsides, says a report by a United Nations agency.

A greater proportion of employees would prefer to work in the office with flexible hours (51%) than work from home with structured hours (41%), according to a survey. 

An analysis of mobile phone data shows that a typical week in the office now runs from Tuesday to Thursday.