Business leaders diligently pursue productivity – after all, a productive workforce is what keeps the cogs of the corporate wheel turning.  Naturally, businesses are required to be productive in order to remain competitive and ultimately make profit. But how important is creativity in this process? In short, is creativity as important to businesses as productivity?

The digital age has brought with it a whole host of new opportunities for businesses. There are so many incredible products on the market, all promising to make your office more efficient and productive.

There is no better, more appealing word for someone in a business venture – from a large organisation to a sole trader – than productivity. With employees spending just 45% of their working day on primary job duties, many issues plague the productivity of a business, and some are more avoidable than others.

With the sun shining brightly in a cloudless blue sky, there is nothing quite like a hot summer’s day to boost happiness and make us feel on top of the world.

Whilst we all love the hot weather, we have to admit when we’re huddled in an office or meeting space all day, hot weather can be energy-zapping and draining. Fortunately, there are certain steps we can take to eradicate the counter-productivity of working when it’s hot outside, prepare business meeting rooms for the hot weather, and to keep meetings productive.

Here are our top tips on staying productive in meetings during hot weather...

• The dating game of the business world: Recruitment

  Recruitment is crucial for any business. Without the right workforce a business would limp along and eventually grind to a halt. With the right employees behind a brand, firms can thrive, develop and prosper. It’s a bit like the dating game of the business world, get it wrong and you’re left frayed and frustrated, get it right and you’re buzzing, buoyant and excited about the future.

  Though hiring the right people isn’t easy and takes time, money and effort. If you’re an employer wrestling with the often precarious world of recruitment, you may find the following advice useful to help iron out recruitment problems and generate employment success.

From the ‘big cheese’ in his/her office having little to do with the humble workforce, to the ladies swooning over the latest hunky recruit in the sales departments, offices by their very nature are full of clichés, jokes and puns. As flexible office space continues to snowball in prominence and popularity, so too do the jokes and jibes about this modern form of office space. Carrwood Park takes a look at 13 of the ‘punniest’ flexible office space puns you can find.