Peterborough’s Government Hub Achieves Leesman+ Certification  

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22 August 2024

A regional government hub in Peterborough has achieved Leesman+ certification in recognition of its exceptional workplace experience.

The office at Fletton Quays in Peterborough houses 1,200 staff from several government departments and government bodies, including the Home Office and DEFRA. It was the Government Property Agency’s (GPA) first new-build hub within the Government Hubs Programme, which looks to move 22,000 government roles out of London by 2030 into regional hubs.

Leesman uses surveys and testing to determine a workplace’s Leesman Index (Lmi) score, a 0-100 rating of how a working environment is (or isn’t) supporting employees. The survey must be sent out to everyone in the workplace, with a minimum of 50 respondents. The survey results for Quay House showed that 70.1 per cent of respondents agreed “It’s a place I’m proud to bring visitors to”, whilst two-thirds agreed the building provides an enjoyable environment to work in and enables them to work productively. The building scored 70.6 out of 100.

Georgina Dunn, Interim Director of Capital Projects, said: “By transforming brownfield sites into industry leading workplaces, our Government Hubs are at the heart of enabling the government’s Places for Growth programme.

“For our hubs in Peterborough and Birmingham to be given Leesman+ recognition shows that we are at the forefront of modernising the Civil Service whilst supporting economic growth across the UK, not just in capital cities.”

Dr Peggie Rothe, Chief Insights and Research Officer at Leesman, added: “The addition of the UK Government’s Quay House hub as a Certified Leesman+ workplace presents another powerful illustration that placing employees’ lived workplace experience at the centre of all design and build decisions delivers both outstanding places to work, and great returns on investment.

“The GPA’s approach of capturing and analysing a far more granular set of end user factors than nearly any other organisation in Leesman’s fully independent data set, really does enable them to develop more inclusive and supportive workspaces for their Civil Service colleagues.”

Picture: a photograph showing the exterior of the new Peterborough hub, taken from above. Image Credit: Cabinet Office

Article written by Ella Tansley | Published 22 August 2024

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