Tag: health



5 Ways to Test your Office Comfort

5 Ways to Test your Office Comfort
Posted on 3 March, 2016 by Chris Grigorovsky under Misc

Offices are everywhere. It’s true. You may be in one right now as you read this. If so, you’re either sitting comfortably with the energy of a thousand-watt bulb or slumped in a room of despair with the energy of a florescent one. Whatever the... Read More

20th Vs 21st Century Offices – How Far Have We Come?

20th vs 21st century offices
Posted on 1 March, 2016 by Chris Grigorovsky under Business News, Industry News

Offices have changed dramatically over the years. What was once the norm in the 20th Century, swiftly became archaic in the 21st Century. Research from the Office for National Statistics said that in an average office career of 50 years, 23.3% of your total... Read More

Five New Year Resolutions to make the Office a Healthier Place in 2015

Posted on 1 January, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Uncategorised

A new year is traditionally about resolutions. Losing weight, giving up smoking or getting more exercise. But if you spend most of your day in an office, improving your well-being can be more about what you ditch than what you do. So here are five unhealthy... Read More

Why Changing Your Desk Could Save Your Life

Posted on 28 November, 2013 by Cliff Goodwin under Business News

Hemingway wrote standing at a desk he had designed himself. Leonardo da Vinci, Winston Churchill and Thomas Jefferson are said to have used stand-up desks. Even modern entrepreneurs like HootSuite chief executive, Ryan Holmes, insists the majority of his... Read More

Five Million Workers take Sick Day due to Stress in Past Year

Posted on 8 November, 2013 by Kirsten Kennedy under Business News

As the economy continues to improve, business confidence has skyrocketed and client orders are once more climbing at a pace last seen before the recession took hold in 2008. However, this increase in demand has placed a great deal of stress on the shoulders... Read More

Could Working Long Hours be Affecting your Health?

Posted on 17 September, 2012 by Kirsten Kennedy under Economy

For many commercial property workers in the current double dip recession, working overtime has become a way of showing how dedicated to their jobs they are, in order to avoid the unemployment line should their employers announce cutbacks in the near future.... Read More

Sickness Predicted by Social Networking

Posted on 5 August, 2012 by Kirsten Kennedy under Misc

We have all been in the position of slowly seeing people in the office succumbing to illnesses such as the cold or flu and wondering nervously when the inevitable will happen and we will become affected by the dreaded winter bug... Read More

Is Being Top of the Office Chain Really Worth It?

Posted on 23 July, 2012 by Kirsten Kennedy under Industry News

We’ve all been in the position of feeling jealous of our boss. A nice, private office, posh company car and the ability to put long lunches down to “networking”- sounds ideal, right?... Read More

Struggling to Shift the Pounds? Blame the Office!

Posted on 15 July, 2012 by Kirsten Kennedy under Industry News

A new study published this week has revealed that women who work in a commercial property office for more than 35 hours a week are more likely to gain weight than their part-time counterparts... Read More

No Wonder our Waistlines are Expanding – Portion Sizes Triple Since the 1950s

Posted on 28 May, 2012 by MOVEHUT under Industry News

A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an online community offering information on health related issues, has found that averaged sized meals have grown in size by three, four or even six times in the last 60 years.... Read More