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‘We can now recruit from different parts of the country’
Dan Newns, the co-founder of Jump24, a Birmingham-based company specialising in web applications, initially struggled with the idea of operating entirely remotely when coronavirus forced his premises to shut.
“We’ve always had an office, and just six months before the pandemic began we had signed a three-year lease. Then everything went remote. Office collaboration was a big part of the company, but everyone has been working from home since last March and I expect that to continue.
“Our team is relatively young, so not everyone has been vaccinated yet. I wouldn’t ask anyone to put themselves at risk by using public transport or to suffer anxiety from working in a shared space right now.”
Sustainable Business Covered podcast: Choosing to challenge for International Women s Day 2021
The new edie podcast episode is streaming now, featuring three exclusive interviews to mark International Women s Day 2021.
The award-winning edie editorial team delivers three exclusive interviews celebrating women in sustainability
edie s senior reporter
Sarah George and Women in Sustainability s
Rhian Sherrington co-chair this episode, delivering three exclusive interviews with women working to make the built environment and energy sectors more sustainable and inclusive.
First up, architect
Jo Cowen outlines how businesses can collaborate to deliver a more socially inclusive built envionment, that supports wellbeing, as the transition to net-zero continues.