Atkins launches digital tools for employees to drive healthier office design
More thoughtfully designed workplaces, centred around people’s needs, could improve performance and help tackle the UK’s productivity gap. Applying design thinking to boost workplace productivity by 5-8 per cent could contribute up to £20 billion to GDP. The potential gain in productivity, equivalent to twice the annual contribution to UK GDP made by the aerospace industry, is revealed in research conducted by researchers from Imperial College London in partnership with Atkin
Investing in art for returns
Art investment is a thriving area that continues to build global city economies but how does investor behaviour change in response to current trends in the art markets? Knowledge of trends is important and Knight Frank’s Wealth Report is invaluable in this area. This year’s edition has some interesting findings. According to the Knight Frank research, ‘European Impressionist painters such as Matisse and Cezanne saw the largest annual drop in the value of works sold at auction
Marsh responds to maritime cyber risk
The insurance company, Marsh, has introduced an industry-leading product to address the coverage gap created by cyber risk exclusions on policies placed in the London market. It says it has been important to do this since vessel navigation, propulsion systems, cargo handling and container tracking systems at ports and on board ships as well as shipyard inventories and automated processes, are all controlled using software that is fundamental to smooth-running operations. Over