Office relocation 'can be stressful for staff'

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Published on 15-06-2011

Companies undertaking office relocation projects have been advised to involve their staff in the move as the process can be highly stressful for workers.

Phil McCabe, a spokesman for the Forum of Private Business, said businesses should take into account the impact a move can have on worker relationships, ensuring that departments that work closely together are able to continue to do so in any new office space.

He commented: "There has to be a bit of thought that goes into the planning of how you set your office out in order to maximise the effectiveness of the company into departmental work."

Paul Edwards, chair of the British Council for Offices' Environmental Sustainability Group and head of sustainability at Hammerson, recently said that businesses could make savings both in terms of cost and emissions by updating their lighting solutions to more efficient products.

He noted that improvements in technology in recent years means that firms could be saving up to 35 per cent on their lighting bills simply by updating the type of bulbs they use.

Posted by Adrian Norman