Northgate Vehicle Hire has opened new, carbon-neutral offices in Reading, supporting its sustainability and hybrid working approach.
The new UK southern hub provides a shared-use office between Northgate Vehicle Hire and the wider Redde Northgate group, delivering a hot-desking environment for its 50 southern-based commercial employees, a large meeting room and 80-acres of green space.
Its previous southern site closed just before the pandemic and the new offices are in line with Northgate’s carbon-neutral and hybrid working approach.
Set within the Thames Valley Park campus, Northgate’s new offices also provide visitors and employees with access to EV charging facilities and easy transport links to Reading railway station.
Hannah Jacobs, business support manager for Northgate, said: “These new offices are an important step towards our sustainability goals as a business. They adhere to our new hybrid working environment for our team, which is not just beneficial for the environment, but employee’s mental health as well.”
In line with Northgate’s drive for employee wellbeing, staff have access to the purpose-built ‘Fleet Room’ which hosts team building activities with a focus on wellness, as well as the on-site gym, outdoor cinema and working space.
Jacobs added that since the new offices were opened, the feedback from the team has been universally positive.
“The sales teams have appreciated having face-to-face meetings again with the business support staff as well as inviting customers in to see us again. With desk booking now running at near full capacity, we are pleased that Northgate employees are keen to come in and interact with colleagues rather than work remotely. This move has proved popular with the entire workforce,” she stated.
