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Following the flexible worker

Article Abstract:

Changes to the office environment as companies adopt new technologies and change their working practices has presented a problem for producers of office furniture. Office furniture manufacturers are uncertain whether to design new products to suit short-term changes or develop new designs to fit in with the predicted office environment of the future. Office furniture manufacturers need to invest new funds into developing furniture to suit future requirements. Some companies have stopped workers having their own desk or office space which has made furniture design less important.

Office Furniture, Office Furniture (including Fixtures) Manufacturing, United Kingdom

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Keeping in step with occupier needs

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Office furniture manufacturers are facing new challenges arising from changes in workplace practices. Property cost pressures, new social trends and technological advances mean that companies have become flatter and less hierarchical, and are moving away from conventional ways of using space. A growing amount of work is also being carried out away from the office. New ways of working include hot desking, hoteling and homeworking. Some office furniture producers are responding to such changes by offering more flexible furniture which can be reconfigured to suit changing needs.

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Turning tables

Article Abstract:

Designers of office furniture in the UK are responding to new trends in working patterns, with employees becoming much more flexible in their working arrangements and traditional office hierarchies breaking down. Intercraft, part of the Skandinavisk Group, has the Work range, which can be configured to be used in private offices, team spaces and club environments. Colebrook Bosson & Saunders' CPU Cradle allows the CPU to be housed below the desk, while Hot Ice Design's Smart Box is a collapsible file box to move papers between different work locations.

Wood Office Furniture Manufacturing, Wood office furniture, Office furniture, except wood, Office Furniture (except Wood) Manufacturing, Metal Office Furniture

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