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With summer now here, many schools and educational establishments are now looking for a refresh and this can be achieved through the updating of furniture. One company catering phenomenally for this is Bevlan Office Interiors – a leading furniture supplier whom are able to meet an absolutely huge range of needs and requirements, and furnish institutions better than anyone else.

There are many factors that need to be considered when attempting to create a suitable office environment, one of which is definitely noise. With offices often containing multiple people, many of which are on phones, noise levels can often be high, making working and concentrating on tasks difficult. Luckily however, leading office furniture supplier Bevlan Office Interiors has introduced a chair that holds the ability to eliminate this issue once and for all.

Bevlan Office Interiors has been named finalists for the 'Small Business Award' at Hyndburn Business Awards 2016. This is the first year that Hyndburn Business Awards will be taking place and the aim of the award ceremony is to showcase the achievements of local businesses and enterprising people who assist in making Hyndburn such a wonderful place to visit, work and live. It was possible for individuals to nominate their favourite local businesses for awards through the month of April using the Hyndburn Business Awards website and all results are going to be revealed on the evening of Tuesday June 14th at Accrington Town Hall.

According to a high number of businesses, especially ones that work within offices, purchasing office furniture can be a tedious task in itself as many suppliers do not have physical stores meaning that a lot of them time when it comes to purchasing office furniture, you don't actually know what you're buying until it comes. Thankfully, Bevlan Office Interiors have combatted this problem with not only a showroom, but a showroom that is as large as a football pitch!

The demand for office space planning services is still on the rise, with more people and businesses now reaping the benefits each and every day. This soar in popularity could be due to recent studies revealing that a high number of companies have moved office in search for additional space, when they already had all of the room needed right under their noses.

A new study from the University of Texas shows the impact that color can have on productivity in the workplace.

According to a recent study on 'happiness' carried out by a London School of Economics and University of Sussex Study feelings of happiness are often significantly affected on entering the workplace. The people surveyed were asked to rate their happiness in certain situations, resulting in figures which showed that feelings of happiness on average dropped between 7% and 8% on entering work. It is thought that these negative figures are aggravated by particular features within the workpsace itself. Concepts which can contribute to a rapid fall in mood include poor furnishings and bad office design which quickly and directly affect the individual. It is in turn thought that more office environments, going forward, will be making significant efforts to address happiness through improved office design.

A number of review features in prominent publications have given considerable focus to workplace prospects for 2016: office furnishings and increasingly innovative designs. For example, The Huffington Post has recently launched its ten workplace trends as seen in 2015 -drawing attention to furniture which fostered a residential relaxed feel and also options which combined style with support. Looking back on office items over the last year has emphasized that office furniture is an area at the forefront of the design, with increasingly ergonomic and adventurous options on the horizon.

At the close of 2015, the UK employment rate peaked, with more than 30 million people currently in work – meaning that workspaces, especially offices, are busier than ever before. In turn, an anticipated trend for 2016, in order for the positive growth to continue, is improved workspace management. This means offices need to be readily equipped to take on more staff, through appropriate furniture, resources and training. The figures were released by the Office for National Statistics, which showed that a record-high employment rate for the UK had been reached at 73.9%.

35% of office workers feel unhealthy due to their main place of employment, an effect many have termed to be 'sick building syndrome' according to research carried out by YouGov. This suggests that a significant number of people are affected negatively due to shortcomings in their work environment, with cited reasons as part of the research including a lack of natural light and poor working space. This has led to calls for greater improvements to office interiors, with a number of providers already active in the field and working to prove that the office can be a place of promoting health, not compromising it.