Our guides to building happy and productive remote teams

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How to hire remote staff

Hiring and onboarding remote team members

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Making it work

Managing remote teams, case studies and more

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Hire your remote dream team

Traits to look for, virtual interviews, onboarding and more

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Six traits to look for in remote candidates

Ready to hire? We take a look at the six traits we think are important for remote team members, and share the experiences of other remote employers.

Managing a successful distributed team: talk by Anna Danes Boix

A detailed talk on Managing a Successful Distributed Team by Anna Danes Boix of managing-virtual-teams.com, given at Coding Serbia 2015. The first 15 minutes deals with hiring and onboarding, the rest of the talk looks at team building and communications.

Hiring remotely? Start here

Hiring a remote team member? We look at key traits, writing remote into the job spec, remote interviewing and more.

Making it work

Remote companies share what works for them, from managing remote teams to policies and best practice

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Working efficiently from home

How to work efficiently and stay productive when you’re working from home. Tips by Allie Cooper.

How to help your team embrace working from home

Remote working is in the news at the moment. Moving your staff to work from home can be challenging to do in a hurry. We’ve shared the key issues to plan for, and our top tips to help the move to remote working go smoothly – whatever the reason.

How to lead effective meetings with distributed teams

How to setup and run an effective virtual meeting with your distributed team. Tips and tricks from Remote How.

How to thrive when you work from home: top tips for introverts

Victoria Vanderbilt, Founder and CEO of TelecommutersTalk, shares her experience of working from home as an introvert, along with her top tips to help you thrive.

How to tackle loneliness when you work from home

Although we love working from home, it’s important to recognise that it can be isolating. Feeling lonely can have a negative impact on your health and wellbeing, so don’t suffer in silence. As part of the first global #WorkFromHomeDay, we share our top tips on tackling loneliness when you work from home.

No office required: Emma’s story

How remote working enabled me to build a thriving business, while also caring for my young family and supporting my seriously ill son. By Emma Piper, founder, Pied Piper Communications

Want to work from home? How to have ‘the flex talk’ with your boss.

Want to work from home? We’ve shared our top tips to help you feel well-prepared and confident before you have ‘the flex talk’ with your boss. Plus what you can do to help things go smoothly if they say yes!

Inside video communications company, appear.in

How Norwegian video communications specialists appear.in build remote working into their company culture, and what it’s really like to be part of their distributed team.

Working in a global, distributed team: Lessons from the charity Animals Asia

How to lead a distributed team when you work from home, plus some top tips on building a remote-working charity: lessons from Animals Asia.

Working from home at Parkinson’s UK

Remote working in the charity sector: why more than half of staff at Parkinson’s UK work from home – and how they make it work (Part One).

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Tech tools

Our roundup of the latest tools, IT and security news for remote companies

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Learn to build your own apps and websites: Beginners online web-developer course from 23 Code Street

23 Code Street is a coding school that also funds training for women in disadvantaged communities in India. If you’re thinking of a career in tech. their new online course will teach you how to build your own apps and websites.

Get confident with remote tech tools: our mini guide

You’ve decided that you’d love to ditch the commute and find a remote job, but there’s just one problem. You’ve never used any of the ‘tech tools’ used by remote teams – in fact, the very thought of joining a video conference fills you with dread. Fear not! You’re in the right place. Our Mini Guide will get you up to speed, introducing commonly-used tools like Slack, Trello and more.

Tech tools for remote teams

Most remote teams rely on tools such as virtual office software and video conferencing. Choosing the right tools can be tricky, but getting it right can make a huge difference to how well your remote team works together. Our quick guide introduces some key tools, and shares the examples from other fully remote companies.

Introducing Slack

New to Slack? It’s a team communications tool used by lots of remote teams to keep in touch and share work. These two short videos will get you started, giving you an overview and showing Slack in action.

Free Guide to Cyber Security for small businesses, from Get Safe Online

http://www.getsafeonline.org/media/pdf/bis-13-780-small-business-cyber-security-guidance.pdf

If you run your own small venture without much IT support, it can be easy to ignore online risks to your business. Government-supported organisation Get Safe Online has produced a free guide to help you understand and manage online risks, and improve your online security.

Video conferencing for better communications

Michael Geller of Blue Jeans gives a quick explanation of how video conferencing helps build relationships with clients and customers. We think some face-to-face time is great for remote teams too, helping to build connections and clarify issues.

Making the case

Why remote is great for your business

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Cut office costs

Find good people

Reduce staff turnover

Boost productivity

Reduce your carbon footprint

Reduce workplace stress

Reduce unscheduled absences

In the news

Remote and coworking news and trends

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Free Workshop for Employers | How To Use Returnships And Flexible Working To Build Great Team

Free Workshop for local employers in Norfolk and Suffolk – come along to find out how returnships and flexible working can help you overcome skills shortages and attract great candidates. February 11th, located at Hethel Innovation. Read on for information on how to book your free place.

Free Workshop: Returning to Work After A Gap | Harleston, Norfolk

FREE Workshop for Career Returners, February 7th in Harleston, Norfolk. Whether you are thinking about returning, already looking for work, or thinking of changing career – come along to kickstart your career after a gap. Try career coaching tools, get tips on talking about a career gap on your CV and at interview, and lots more.

October Half Term: Coworking + Forest School

Work space for the grownups. Fabulous forest school activities for kids aged 7 to 12 Located at Rural Enterprise East in Otley, Suffolk. New date - Thurs 24th October, 10am to 3pm Places are limited so book soon! New date: Thursday October 24th, 10am - 3pm...

New for the school holidays – Coworking for the grownups, plus Kids Forest School Fun Day

Some very special coworking days for working parents! Work in the lovely space at Rural Enterprise East while your kids (aged 6-12) have fun outdoors at forest school, run by Time To Play. Two dates in August, runs 10am to 2pm. Read on for details, pricing and how to book…

Coworking Thursdays at The Bank Arts Centre, Eye

Regular coworking day at The Bank community arts centre and cafe, Eye, Suffolk. Meets Third Thursday of the Month, 10.30am to 3.30pm

Cowork East – New Coworking Day, Friday June 28th

Come along to a friendly Coworking Day – Cowork East – at Rural Enterprise East, Otley, Suffolk. Run by Rural Enterprise East together with myworkhive. Full details here >>

£25 off the new online digital skills course from Digital Mums

We get it. A career gap can leave you feeling 'rusty' and unsure of youself. The new Digital Retox programme - from online education experts Digital Mums - is designed to refresh your digital skills and rebuild self-confidence. The flexible working champions over at...