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Team building events are nothing new and lots of companies have utilised them for staff bonding and various other work enhancements for years.It was the biggest city companies that first embraced the idea of team building as they had lots of employees who often did not know each other. This was witnessed by smaller businesses who looked at how much potential they had and began including their teams in bonding activities. These days business have moved on and branched off into many different area. There has also been a dramatic increase in the number of people basing their businesses at home or using the Internet for the majority of their trading.These companies have quite recently been introduced to the concept of team building and the number of them taking part is on the rise according to some of the top industry experts.

The findings were released by a group of corporate events companies in London, England. They have suggested that business based at home or entirely online suffer from lack of team bonding and effective methods of communication, even though they frequently have quite small staff numbers. In these businesses there is often a reluctance to communicate face to face, with employees opting for email or phone calls most of the time. Also, these types of business often have a number of hubs in different locations and the workers from each rarely meet up in person. Additionally, home and internet business employees tend not be that active in their job and are one of the most at risk categories for suffering weight problems and heart disease.

The group who released the findings documented a 30% increase in the number of team building days booked last year by home and internet based businesses (the most popular being corporate cooking events) and suggested this is down to an increased focus on work efficiency. In fact many corporate companies have claimed that they have seen a 40%+ increase in staff productivity and reductions of up to 50% in people talking days off due to illness. It was only a matter of time before even the smallest Internet and home businesses followed their footsteps and considered using team building days. As well as team building events, many companies are increasing their spend on hospitality events such as Cheltenham hospitality days in an attempt to improve staff job satisfaction.