BUSINESS INSIGHT

When did you last make a major mistake at work? Getting it wrong may feel awful in the short term but it can ultimately help you succeed in business.

Bank loans are an important source of funding for any business, helping to fulfil orders, employ staff or finance patent protection applications. This guide uses a handy acronym to help you fully prepare for a loan application and maximise your chances of receiving capital.

A quick Google of "productivity at work" will bring up a host of articles listing the ways successful people manage their time; organise their day; fit work into their busy lives. But what about the space you work in? How can that be designed to increase productivity?

In this article we break down what a profit and loss account is, how to prepare one and what it means for your business.

We spend much of our day at work. How can we get the most out of it? Find out what a cleverly designed workplace can do for us, from enhancing productivity to boosting our wellbeing. Workspace talks office design with the experts.

Calculate how much office space you need, per person or per amenity, with our comprehensive guide.

Remote workers of London, unite — you have nothing to lose but your coffee chains

Turn on, tune in and take care with these five mindfulness apps to help you slow down and restore calm when work goes into overdrive. Here are five self-help tools every worker should have at their fingertips.

Why every business and its employees should find their purpose in life and reap the rewards

We’ve all seen the #Instaready desk and Pinterest worthy office – but can it be made a reality? From the right lighting and seating plan to desk ornaments, let us show you how.

In today’s Workspace environments, rows of clunky computers have given way to co-working areas; in-trays are now inboxes; and we stamp our feet if the Wi-Fi takes more than a few seconds to upload on our digital devices when we wander round the office. Today’s office and studio spaces are wired differently, with an attitude that the space between your walls is as important as the space between your ears.

Architecture is a complex and creative industry. To succeed in starting and running your own business you need to be able to keep the whole picture front of mind and obsess about the detail.

The tech company Satalia have a flat hierarchy and transparent pay structure. Founder Daniel Hulme, who was a panellist at the Workspace Business Insight (WBI) Dinner on the future of collaboration, tells us how Satalia will revolutionise the way companies are organised.

Meeting Etiquette and why should you adhere to it? Avoid these etiquette mistakes for meetings – from your choice of attire to how you behave in a meeting environment. This article discusses meeting etiquette and the importance of adhering to it for business success.

Making the move from testing a concept to scaling it and growing into a profitable business is an incredibly exciting step. Firstly, it means that your business idea is fulfilling a gap in the market and secondly it means that there are even bigger business opportunities ahead. We caught up with Steve Folwell, founder of Workspace partner and growing business LOVESPACE, to discuss their specific challenges of scaling up their business operations.

Without thorough market research into industry trends and consumer habits and preferences it’s very difficult for any type of business to truly understand whether it is heading in the right direction.