Screen time success for mobile game developer’s sta

Collaboration with communities is key

Forest of Dean, hasn’t yet set a date for its staff to return to the office.

The not-for-profit housing company owns more than 4,000 homes across Gloucestershire and Herefordshire.

Martin Ward, its Assistant Director of People and Culture, said: “As a community-based organisation, it’s really important for us to come together and share knowledge and experiences and of course get back out in the communities that we serve. But the health and wellbeing of our team and our tenants is our top priority, and we’ll do this in line with government advice and in a way that minimises the risk to everyone.

“We are currently looking at how we work and what that means for our team and the office going forward but it is unlikely that we will reduce our office space in 2021. We built our Rivers Meet in 2014 and it really is a great place to work.

“However, we are really keen to embrace the positive working practices that we have developed over the last 12 months. So, we are working with our staff group and the wider team to create the best working environment for our team, our tenants and our organisation.”

Working from home has been surprisingly successful for Cirencester-based mobile games developer Neonplay, and despite concerns about productivity and communication, things have actually worked very smoothly, according to CEO Oli Christie. “We do morning meetings every day on Slack with all our game teams and departments (10 mins max) and then everyone knows what’s going on and what is expected of them each day. We want to find a way to bring that ease of morning meetings back to the office, but it’s actually easier, quicker and better on video than face to face. However, mental health is something we are very aware of and we have been keeping tabs on our team. We’ve also been doing various things to keep everyone motivated and have a bit of fun, like sending them modelling clay in the post and asking them to create something and share pictures. But we won’t be changing our office space, in fact we have just renewed our lease.”

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