Tech-savvy Gen Z, born between 1997 and 2015, are now entering the workplace … and if businesses are going to attract the best young talent they need to make sure their offices appeal

Businesses are keen to maximise employee retention, in order to minimise the disruption of losing an experienced team and having to replace them, not to mention the time it can take to train someone new and for them to get fully up to speed.

Are you looking for a friendly local pub to enjoy a pint or two with colleagues at the end of the week, a fun bar for drinks with the girls, a restaurant where you’re guaranteed a good meal or somewhere a bit different to take someone special who you want to impress?

A 2023 study by Compass Group found that in the UK workers are taking less than 33 minutes per day for their lunch break, and 10% admitted to taking no breaks at all during their working week. Yet 73% of UK workers claimed taking a lunch break makes them more productive.

Humans are not designed to sit for long periods of time. Unsurprisingly, spending upwards of seven hours at a desk, five days a week, takes its toll on our bodies. We need to move.

Our Cardiff office centre was the scene of a roundtable event hosted by the Flexible Space Association (FlexSA) celebrating a boom within the Cardiff flexible office space sector.

There’s been a definite shift towards a return to the office recently. Several high profile companies have been in the press this year, as they start to change the working from home practices that started during the pandemic and call their employees back to the office - whether full time or on a more flexible or hybrid working basis.

Did you know, on average, UK workplaces generate around 12.5 million metric tonnes of waste every year?