{"id":10798,"date":"2020-10-29T10:17:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T10:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/?p=10798"},"modified":"2023-10-16T10:43:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T10:43:12","slug":"office-model-hub-and-spoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/future-of-work\/office-model-hub-and-spoke\/","title":{"rendered":"Firms Ready To Adopt \u2018Hub And Spoke\u2019 Office Model"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Business leaders are looking to adopt a \u2018hub and spoke\u2019 office model as more of their staff work from home.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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New research reveals that more than a third (37%) of business leaders are considering downsizing their primary office space served by smaller satellites closer to where their employees live.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The research by recruitment firm Robert Walters comes on the back of data from property agent RightMove showing 85% of employees expect continued flexibility to work from home post-Covid<\/a>, and a 130% increase in homebuyer searches in the countryside.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Robert Walters<\/a>\u2019 report \u2013 The Future of Work in UK ; Ireland<\/em>\u2013 highlights the potential for many businesses to establish a ‘hub; spoke\u2019 business model which addresses both the flexible needs of the employee, and the commercial financial needs of the company.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The hub spoke model refers to a more flexible workspace and working style allowing employees to work from either their city hub or a dedicated, strategic spoke location \u2013 including more regional workspaces.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The \u2018hub\u2019 or HQ remains in a city centre \u2013 albeit smaller \u2013 but continues to act as the \u2018face\u2019 of the brand where client and larger team meetings can be held. \u2018Spokes\u2019 are much smaller and versatile offices based closer to where employees live \u2013 and often designed in a co-working format to accommodate a variety of different teams.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Adopting the hub spoke work model allows companies to downsize their city centre office \u2013 lowering overheads, rent, expenses, and business rates \u2013 whilst maintaining brand image.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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In the past two years there have been more co-work spaces on the market \u2013 offering everything from an entire floor to renting by the desk.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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These fully-serviced offices allow businesses to sign-up to short-term licence agreements, with fewer TC\u2019s; allowing spoke offices to be opened rapidly and at much lower risk.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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If adopted widely, the shift away from large offices is likely to increase calls for greater protection for employees amid concerns already raised over issues such as IT security, health and safety, and working hours.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Sceptics may see the shift as a means for companies to simply cut costs and claw back some of the losses in revenue during the lockdown.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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However, with so many employees ready to embrace more flexibility the shift appears to be already in process.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Sam Walters, director of Robert Walters London, says: \u201cIt\u2019s inevitable that Covid has forced companies to rethink their space and logistical needs, and the hub &amp; spoke model is evolving from what it was even a year ago \u2013 now concentrating on pairing employee preference for remote work with flexible physical workplaces that allow them to connect with their colleagues.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cWith more and more companies becoming comfortable with their employees working from home, it will become the norm for a HQ to only have around 30% of employees working from there on a day-to-day basis.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cHowever our research highlights how important it is to maintain workplace culture in order to bring the best out of a workforce.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cSpokes or regional offices will work in that they aim to address all of the employees concerns around flexibility, commute time, cost of travel, and work-life balance, whilst still allowing companies to train, motivate &amp; monitor employees productivity on-site.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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According to a Robert Walters survey, 35% of professionals claimed that their productivity increased when working from home \u2013 despite this 60% of employers have concerns over productivity if remote working is to continue long-term.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Spoke offices meet in the middle of a company and employee\u2019s needs, says Mr Walters. Employees save money and time on their commute. In return, a better work-life balance for them could mean higher productivity and output for the business.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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A spoke model also increases the company\u2019s footprint, customer and client reach and provides an opportunity to hire from a wider talent pool.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Business leaders are looking to adopt a \u2018hub and spoke\u2019 office model as more of their staff work from home. The hub & spoke model refers to a more flexible workspace and working style allowing employees to work from either their city hub or a dedicated, strategic spoke location \u2013 including more regional workspaces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":951,"featured_media":10800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[882,108,883,220],"ppma_author":[3890],"class_list":["post-10798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-future-of-work","tag-flexible-workspace","tag-future-of-work","tag-hub-and-spoke-office-model","tag-work-from-home"],"authors":[{"term_id":3890,"user_id":951,"is_guest":0,"slug":"terry-murden","display_name":"Terry Murden","avatar_url":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Terry-Murden-150x150.jpg","user_url":"http:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/%20","last_name":"Murden","first_name":"Terry","job_title":"","description":"Terry Murden is Editor and Director at Daily Business Ltd. A journalist for 40 years, he held senior positions at The Sunday Times, The Scotsman, Scotland on Sunday and The Northern Echo. He has written for numerous other titles and taken part in discussions on radio and television programmes. He has won about a dozen awards, organised events and hosted conferences and debates."}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/951"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10798"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33438,"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10798\/revisions\/33438"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10798"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=10798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}