In today’s evolving work culture, prioritising employee well-being is no longer a luxury, it’s a strategic priority. Financial management firm EFG International embraced this attitude in its ambitious office redesign, aiming to minimise the environmental impact and create a flexible, productive, wellness-focused workspace that would attract and retain top talent. Milliken’s modular flooring was chosen by the design team to help bring their vision to life.

Research shows that the physical and social environments we live in have a major influence on our health and well-being. As we spend of our time spent indoors the material health of the products and flooring in our homes and workplaces play crucial roles.

Research shows that physical and social environments in which we work and live have a major influence on our health and well-being. As we spend up to 90% of our time indoors[i], this means the built environment has a crucial role to play.

Selecting new office flooring can be difficult, with so many different types to choose from. Today, I’m sharing the pros and cons of five common office floors to help you determine which one best fits your budget, practical requirements and design intent.

When the values of two enterprises come together to create something amazingly positive, it can be a truly wonderful thing.  Last year, Milliken and Fur Clemt, a community interest company local to its UK manufacturing plant in Wigan, did just that, finding common ground through a shared concern for waste reduction.

When you choose new flooring for your organisation, you’re choosing a product that employees, patients, students and visitors will use, day-in and day-out, for years to come. Your choice of flooring will have a huge impact on the design and feel of the environment, the comfort of its users, and even their health and wellness. Today, we’re looking at five important ways carpet tiles affect health and wellness.

In 2021, Milliken’s Clerkenwell Showroom was the first building of its kind in the UK to be awarded the IWBI’s highest level of certification for its WELL Building Standard. With insights into the features and practices of Milliken’s impressive showroom in London’s iconic design district, you will learn in this blog what it takes to reach and maintain WELL Platinum Certification.

In this blog we consider the management of acoustics in the workplace and why we believe it is more important now than ever before. Part 2 of this blog goes on to explore HOW FLOOR COVERINGS CAN BE USED TO MANAGEMENT ACOUSTICS.

In Part 1 of this blog, we explored WHY GOOD ACOUSTICS MANAGEMENT MATTERS NOW MORE THAN EVER. In this blog, we explain why, when managing acoustics, the floor is the best place to start.   

Making the office a place where people really want to be can prove challenging for many employers in today's hybrid-working landscape. Creating a physical environment where they feel stimulated, will thrive, feel mentally positive and consistently productive can go a long way to achieving this.