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FORA EXPANDS INTO CAMBRIDGE
IMAGE Tony Cooke, CEO at Cambridge Clinical Laboratories and co-founder of Recova-19
Workspace provider Fora has announced that it’s expanding its portfolio with 20,000 sq ft of offices at 20 Station Road. Joining companies such as Microsoft and Apple in the CB1 district, Fora will deliver six floors of workspace to meet the demands of the city’s business community. The space incorporates open desks, private offices, meeting rooms, event spaces, roof terraces and wellness areas, along with sleek design and top-end tech.
Enrico Sanna, CEO and co- founder of Fora, said: “We have long considered Cambridge an ideal location for expansion outside of London, a market characterised by short supply and high demand from a growing business community. We are excited to bring the Fora experience to this market, as we anticipate the continued shift to tailored and adaptive workplaces, which Fora creates by working so closely with its resident companies.” foraspace.com
Recova-19 launches Local experts including Dr Tony Cooke (CEO at Cambridge Clinical Laboratories) and Andrew Halliday, an authority on health and wellness apps, have teamed up to take on one of the corporate world’s most pressing current challenges: how to get people back into the office safely. Together, they’ve launched new company Recova-19, having developed an accurate and affordable Covid-19 testing and software solution that allows businesses to bring employees back to the workplace with confidence. The programmes can identify asymptomatic spreaders and pre- symptomatic spreaders – both of which the current routine government testing is unable to do – and offers employers options including comprehensive testing for Covid-19 infection and immunity, symptom reporting through a wellness app, ongoing on-site monitoring, risk assessment tools, environmental testing and on-call healthcare professionals. Tony explains the rationale for the testing programme: “The nation needs everyone to be safely back at work and it is clear to us that diverse industry sectors have different needs, both with respect to the challenges faced in the working environment and the sustainable cost of testing at a level that helps protect staff. Concerns over obligations with regard to the health and safety of employees and uncertainty are also significant barriers to returning to workplaces, but with the level of testing and support we can provide, that’s no longer necessary.” recova-19.com
Corporate catering has changed – possibly forever – in a post Covid-19 world. Large platters and buffets in offices are most likely a thing of the past, so how do you treat your employees to a thank you feast in these socially distant times? Local catering company Little Piggy has a solution in the shape of its artisan, individual grazing boxes, which come packed with colours and flavours. The menu changes daily, but curly sandwiches are the last thing you’ll find, with recent boxes themed as Persian (with falafel , couscous salad, za’atar chicken skewers, homemade flatbread, hummus and baklava), and French – complete with a wedge of brie, baguette, bean salad, onion tarte tatin, pâté, garlic mushrooms and chocolate mousse. “We wanted our boxes to be impressive and functional , so that corporate client dining could take place within the office while Covid-19 restrictions have made events and meetings difficult to plan. Our style of food, borne of a love of feasting and grazing, is abundant and decadent and we wanted to provide this for a corporate setting,” explains Little Piggy’s Charlie McLaughlin. Lunch is £15+VAT pp, with breakfast options also available. littlepiggycatering.co.uk Little Piggy launches lunch boxes
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