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World’s largest four-day work week trial finds few companies are going back

The UK data strongly confirms the findings of smaller trials whose results were released in December, of companies based in the US, Ireland and Australia

Better work-life balance when remote working, survey says

Working from home offered by 93% of employers

Hibernia Reit wins award for safe, healthy offices post-Covid

The International Well Building Institute introduced the Rating to guide employers on best practice, to mitigate risk during the pandemic

Ian Guider: Staying at home has implications for the economy

A return to full normality will be hard to achieve if desks continue to lie empty in offices

Pair of D2 period buildings likely to spark investor interest

Nos27 and 28 Herbert Place have been well maintained as offices over the past two decades and would also be attractive as a residential letting opportunity

Office politics: how to handle the return to shared spaces

Businesses are keen to start bringing employees back into offices, whether full time or for just a few days a week. Yet with vaccination status arising as an issue both staff and employers will be looking to government to provide guidance

This Working Life: Hybrid working requires a rethink of our office spaces

While full remote working is not sustainable in the future, we’ll never go back to the way we used to work, and our workspaces need to be adapted to reflect that

Interest in commercial property picks up but new lettings are still slow, Hibernia Reit says

An increase in investor and occupier interest in office space has ‘yet to be reflected in take-up figures’, according to property group

How do we accommodate the office of the future?

Covid-19 and sustainability awareness are changing Ireland’s commercial property market

Dublin office market operating more freely in Q2, says Lisney

Third lockdown continues to have impact on office sector with transactional levels light at just 15,100 square metres, report shows

Almost €1.5bn invested in commercial real estate in Q2

Figure brings six-month total for year so far to €2.7bn, a 59 per cent rise on same period in 2020

Brewhouse on track for completion in October 2021

The first phase of a major urban regeneration on the site of the former Smithwick’s brewery in Kilkenny will provide a new, high-quality office space for the city

Grade-A office and retail plan for Belfast city centre

Chancery House on Victoria Street is to be redeveloped in a €11.6m project which aims to provide flexible options for indigenous businesses

Dublin’s Capel Building suites on sale for €3.45 million

Offices in mixed development in the city centre, adjacent to O’Connell Street, Henry Street and the Four Courts offer opportunity for investors

Future of the office is secure, say experts

Despite the havoc wreaked by the Covid-19 pandemic on the office sector over the last 16 months, industry figures are now upbeat about its prospects, due to the rapid pace of vaccinations

Former Ericsson HQ on market for €10m

Boole House in Dublin 4 is now in vacant possession and likely to attract both investors and owner occupiers

Is hybrid a new work perk or a recipe for misery?

As the economy starts to reopen, many large tech companies are allowing staff to work from home permanently, while others plan for staff to return to offices for at least part of the week. Should you follow suit?

How to manage: Resolving simmering conflict is important as we return to work

Poor conflict management can affect profits, productivity, employee engagement and talent attraction, but one way to prevent this is by reframing conflict as resolution waiting to be found

How to manage: Now is our chance to create a new way of working

While the shift to remote working was sudden, we now have the opportunity to plan, making conscious decisions as to how we will work in the future

Remote control: adjusting to work in a changed society

Three people whose careers were disrupted by the pandemic reveal how they’re preparing to adjust to post-lockdown working life