Guest Blog: The growth of extreme commuting times puts a strain on health and happiness - by Frances O'Grady - General Secretary - TUC

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Guest Blog: The growth of extreme commuting times puts a strain on health and happiness - by Frances O'Grady - General Secretary - TUC

As autumn starts to bite we may start to feel a bit sorry for ourselves. Many of us are already travelling home from work in the dark, and as the year wears on we will lose the light in the morning as well.

The average two-way home-work journey is 55 minutes per day for UK employees (Source: ONS Labour Force Survey), that’s enough to make most of us grateful by the time that Friday comes around.

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Commute Smart Week Provides a Great Opportunity for Savvy Employers to Think About Workplace Culture and Smarter Working - By David Lennan - Chairman - Work Wise UK

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Commute Smart Week Provides a Great Opportunity for Savvy Employers to Think About Workplace Culture and Smarter Working - By David Lennan - Chairman - Work Wise UK

Here we are again, after a decade of promoting Smarter Working practices and helping hundreds if not thousands of organisations small and large to introduce modern working practices, we still find that many organisations are not embracing all that technology can offer and still require people to be present at their desks, even during Commute Smart Week! 

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Guest Blog: A good work-life balance means cutting the commute, not the hours - By Richard Morris - Regus

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Guest Blog: A good work-life balance means cutting the commute, not the hours - By Richard Morris - Regus

It’s official: we in the UK are working longer hours than ever before[1]. And while more hours at work don’t necessarily diminish people’s sense of well-being, what does matter is choice. All-important is the sense of having some flexibility over when, where and how long we work, allowing us to juggle work, family and leisure. We all feel better if we have some control over our schedules and time allocation.  

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