Physical and mental implications of going into the office

With government restrictions easing, slowly the UK is making its way back into their workspace. While customer facing businesses such as retail will need stringent Covid-19 protection plans, how will the humble office space fair in this new landscape?

Many FM businesses, especially back office support functions such as helpdesk, are moving back to their buildings and focus needs to be on both safety and staff wellbeing.

While many are waiting to ride out this transition period to see what the ‘new normal’ will look like, it’s important to learn from this time of lockdown and bring positive lessons into the workspace on a permanent basis. This is an opportunity to improve, future proof businesses as well as improve staff wellbeing.

Are you struggling to source Infrared thermometers or PPE?

The safety of our customers and colleagues is paramount and that’s why we have joined forces with Nuby & Dr Talbots to provide Infrared thermometers (at well below RRP) which meet all appropriate UK certifications and can be shipped in high volumes within relatively short time scales.

"Upon deciding to relocate back to the North East after 24 years and recently being working overseas; 300 North have been incredible in locating me in a solid position of work in Gateshead. Their understanding and help with my situation of being back in the UK was great. After working with several agencies over the years 300 North are by far the most professional."

"Theresa has recruited me for a couple of roles in my career and I have always found her to be extremely polite, honest, professional and have excellent skills and judgement with suiting the right individual to the correct role.
I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Theresa for sourcing candidates for your business or speaking to her about potential opportunities she may have to further your career."

"I wanted to say thank you directly for your help and support through this process. You were always incredibly helpful and professional but with a deft personal touch that I really appreciated enabling me to trust your valued input along with good empathy for what I was going through."

300 North Statement on Covid-19

As the world continues to navigate the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, we want to provide reassurance to our clients, candidates and our wider network in the FM & Construction sectors, that 300 North remain fully committed to supporting you.

Earlier in the year we were delighted to become an official supporter of Smart Works Leeds, a charity that supports getting unemployed women into work. Since then we’ve been busy raising money for Smart Works by cycling many miles in the run up to International Women’s Day, and attending the powerful ‘Reigniting the Fire’ Smart Talks event.

At 300 North, we like to feel on fire about the issues and causes we're passionate about.

Well it certainly has been a whirlwind couple of weeks hasn't it! The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been felt in every corner of business & society all throughout the world. From the outset, the wellbeing of our team, our clients, our workers and market colleagues has been of utmost importance.

At 300 North, our team has been working remotely since the 17th March as we have always been set-up to do so. Thankfully for us there was little change allowing us to immediately continue our normal service. Of course we have truly missed the physical presence of our team and our peers but we’re finding new ways of working and socialising and benefitting at the other side from spending time with our families. We’re choosing to make the most of this time, press the pause button on other aspects of life, enjoy the small things and looking forward to sunnier days.

We want to send a message of support from our team to yours, to let you know we are here if you need us. From a business perspective, we appreciate that everyone is facing different hurdles and it may be particularly challenging for you and your colleagues at the moment. Please be assured that we are here and ready to support and help you in any way that we can. We are in contact with all of our clients and contractors, checking in on their health and wellbeing on a regular basis.

We are also keen to help ensure the continuation and safe working environments of buildings, estates and facilities that we support. We would encourage our colleagues on critical infrastructure sites to get touch if they need help with maintaining staffing levels at this challenging time. We are already working to support our Hospitals, Schools, Local and National Government sites, MOD, Fire and Utilities among others – please get in touch with us if you can offer help or need further resources for your teams.

We hope that you are all safe and well, and continue to be so.

From all the team at 300 North

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300 North are delighted to provide this guest blog, written by Baskar Sundaram at Bacchu RAIN, market development and strategic research specialists for the built environment. We would like to thank Baskar and his team for providing these insights to our clients and candidates in the Facilities Management sector.

The team at 300 North like to do our bit for the community. Every year we take on a new challenge to raise money for a local charity or one that is close to the hearts of our team. Throughout 2020, to support our wellness and charitable aims, we are raising money through a number of sport and health based initiatives to support Smart Works Leeds.

The Smart Works mission is to help unemployed women regain the confidence they need to find success at job interview, secure employment and transform their lives. The service harnesses the transformative power of clothes and confidence. By providing interview coaching and donations of high quality interview clothing, the Smart Works charity are able to change the trajectory of another woman's story.