Research has found that UK employees waste an average of 40 minutes every day working with less-than-ideal tech, at a cost of £2,100 each, or 21 employee days per year (Sharp, Oct 2016).

Among the time-wasting problems are said to be the average 23 minutes per day spent searching for files on a server, seven minutes each day waiting for printers to warm up and nearly 10 minutes spent waiting for pages to come out of a printer.

It is important to optimise the offices we work in to get the best results to encourage collaboration and creativity, improve morale and well-being, and ultimately increase productivity. Here we take a look at 5 of the key things you should consider when designing or updating your office space.

Tackling the productivity challenge is a recurrent topic and covers areas such as stress management, process simplification, managerial techniques, and work environment. Designing a work space that enables every worker to perform at their best is a first step to provide a better employee experience and thus a higher productivity.

Productivity in the UK might be on the up, but we’ve still some way to go. Many in business and government are still trying to solve the productivity puzzle. From flexible working to breakout areas, read how can we work in our existing environments to support better productivity.