01 / Introduction

A quiet revolution has been taking place in the UK office market. Behind high-tech facades, building systems have been getting increasingly smart – creating unprecedented opportunities for employers to interact with their staff and the workplace itself, using data to improve building management and enhance user experience.

Smart office buildings are also increasingly configured to share data with tenants. This gives occupiers much more control over their workplace environment as well as large volumes of management information.

The opportunity presented by relocation has also been transformed by the hybrid working revolution. Arcadis, for example, has pledged to reduce its global office footprint by 30% and is empowering employees to work in ways that best suit them. This personalisation of work style is fast becoming a critical aspect of employer brand. This means that many more issues need to be thought through as part of an office move, including how a business aims to support people as they alternate between working remotely and in the workplace, and how technology and systems can make this seamless.

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