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Although guidelines say that we can return to the office, many businesses are choosing to go with a Hybrid Working Model - which allows teams to work from the office and home in equal parts. If you are going to be using a remote working model in the future, you will want to consider how to facilitate virtual team building to keep teams engaged and connected.  Being in an office environment encourages you to become a strong...

One of the best ways to grow on social media is by posting consistently and interacting with your audience. To make this easier, a social media content calendar is vital, as it allows you to schedule posts to save time and effort, as well as being able to identify what content is planned for when.  What is a Social Media Content Calendar?  This is a calendar to organise and schedule your content across your social media platforms, and...

Whilst offices have been shut down during the Coronavirus pandemic, many businesses have turned to remote training for their workforce - and with over 6 million UK workers are on the government’s furlough scheme, businesses remain responsible for providing a duty of care, and they are looking at how their furloughed employees can remain engaged, to be in the best shape for their return to work.  So what are the advantages of remote training for staff? Continue...

Team meetings often get bogged down with the all familiar question of ‘what are you working on today?’, which although may be helpful, can be very time consuming. What’s more, your team should already know what the rest of their colleagues are working on, and Kanban is a great way to do this.  What is Kanban?  Kanban is a visual method for managing work and tasks, to maximise efficiency. When your team uses Kanban, it helps to reduce...

Along with lots of other businesses in the country, Siren Search has transitioned to Work From Home, to help keep our team, and others, safe and healthy. For us, it’s a chance to show how we trust the team, because unfortunately a lot of businesses don’t feel they can do this. What’s more, working in Marketing and using tools online to operate, means that we can operate 100% capacity remotely as we would in the office through...

If you’re local to Birmingham City Centre, then you’ve probably seen the tall building being built on Newhall Street.  The former John Madin’s Natwest Tower, which has been empty since 2003, is being transformed into a 26 storey building, making it the Highest new office building under construction outside of London. What Will the Building Have? The building will consist of 20 floors of office space, ground floor and top floor restaurants, a Winter Garden and 18th Floor Terrace,...

We’ve all suffered from the post-lunch slump, finding it hard to gain motivation and counting down the hours till 5pm. It can be made even worse if you’re stuck between the same 4 walls all everyday, and can feel like inspiration is a thing of the past.  But did you know that The Coffee Shop Effect is actually a very real thing?  Simply walking into a new environment will help your motivation levels to increase, and once seated...

The iconic Louisa Ryland House will soon be opening its doors as a new, revamped office block - part of the WeWork group. The 12-story Victorian building will be a versatile workspace, with forward-thinking design, and the grade II listed building will open as offices in Spring 2020.  The History of Louisa Ryland House  Built in 1879, the building was originally separated into three - the Medical Institute, the Board School Offices and the Parish Offices.  The building is...