Well they’re calling it the BIG FREEZE and with temperatures barely hitting zero and languishing well below for weeks on end the Arctic conditions gripping most of Britain are some of the worst for 30 years. With no sign of an immediate return to more clement conditions this spate of intense cold is causing problems for almost everyone the length and breadth of the British Isles.

With schools remaining closed after the Christmas break, transport systems paralysed and much of British business at a standstill many people are opting or else being instructed to Work From Home. For many, getting into the office and carrying on working life as normal is not an option.

Of course there’s nothing new in people working from home but with new technology such as readily available broadband Internet access remote working is an increasingly important part of modern business life. More than 3.5 million people already work from home in the UK, that’s over 12% or one-in-eight of the population – an increase of 600,000 since 1997. It is estimated that 60% of new businesses start from home and that 2.1m small businesses generating nearly £4 billion business a year are based at home.

There’s a lot more to working from home than meets the untrained eye and the more progressive and forward thinking companies realise all too clearly that working from home successfully means more than just being sat in your pyjamas at the dining room table tapping away on a laptop. People who work to maximum effect do so with organisation, using the right equipment, in the right working environment and with proper support from their companies. A successful home office needs planning and proper execution. Take the ergonomics, the environment for example. Without a proper working space, a suitable desk, chair, cabling system and I.T. arrangement you will waste both time and money. The whole exercise may be rendered futile all for the sake of a little planning.

A company like CMD, experts in efficient and productive working environments can save all manner of fuss and false economy by helping organisations get things right first time round.

With transport emissions reported to account for over a fifth of the UK’s carbon footprint and workers collectively wasting almost 5 million hours a day commuting why not use this cold snap as an excuse to closely consider the many cost, efficiency and environmental benefits of a proper home working environment for your staff?

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