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Abintra’s David Maddison will be attending UKREiiF in May 2026, joining industry leaders, developers, investors and public sector partners in Leeds to explore the future of the built environment. UKREiiF has quickly established itself as a key moment in the property and construction calendar — a place where ideas turn into action. For Abintra, it’s […]
Commercial Retrofitting in London Report Launch – From Legacy to Net-Zero Future Date: Tuesday, 24 March 2026 Location: London Chamber of Commerce Online As London strives to retrofit some 250,000 commercial buildings by 2030, retrofit is no longer optional — it’s business strategy. The Report, featuring expert commentary from Abintra, will be launched online in […]
Pressures on the NHS estate are mounting. A maintenance backlog of more than £13 billion, ambitious Net Zero commitments, evolving workforce models, and the move towards Integrated Care Systems all mean that healthcare facilities must work harder, smarter, and more efficiently than ever before. At Abintra, we believe the foundation for tackling these challenges starts […]
Why Abintra’s workplace intelligence is the missing piece in the agile office puzzle Hybrid work is here to stay. Employees now expect autonomy, fluid schedules and spaces that support collaboration when they choose to come in. But as Derrick Tate of JLL highlighted in a recent post, flexibility brings a host of new challenges – […]
Despite bold pronouncements about a full return to the office, the reality is very different: flexible working is fast becoming standard. As reported in Facilitate Magazine, even organisations insisting on a return often find that flex-first or hybrid models are what employees gravitate towards. The growing gap between “back to the office” and what actually […]
Our article on what back-to-work really looks like and what to do about it is featured exclusively by New London Architecture in its Insights series. In the feature-length piece, Abintra’s David Maddison argues that flexible working is not a temporary experiment but a permanent shift in how people engage with work. To manage it, real […]
A major shift is happening in the UK workplace, particularly among professionals in their early thirties. Recent research shows that flexible working is now a higher priority than salary for this key demographic. At Abintra, we specialise in office occupancy monitoring, so we see first-hand how changing work habits influence office strategy. Businesses that want […]
Event recap: Optimising real estate for wellbeing and change Date: Tuesday, 14 October 2025 Location: MillerKnoll, 20 St John’s Square, Farringdon, London EC1M 4AH Abintra Consulting recently joined industry peers for an exclusive evening of discussion, learning, and networking. Optimising Real Estate for Wellbeing and Change was hosted by MillerKnoll at its striking London offices […]
Let’s be clear. We do use ceiling-mounted sensors — they’re accurate as standalone devices in certain conditions — but they’re definitely not our primary strategy for workplace utilisation. As we discussed on the blog last year, ceiling-mounted sensors have issues. It isn’t the technology itself. It’s the assumptions people make about what it can […]
More than five years on from the pandemic, businesses are still wrestling with one fundamental question: How much office space do we really need? Hybrid work is here to stay, and with it comes a new layer of complexity. Some employees thrive on in-person collaboration, others use the office as a quiet escape, while many […]