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Revealing The Secret Footballer | Future Workplace Podcast
A Premier League footballer turned whistleblower on the culture, mental health failures and high-performance secrets inside professional football. What does it mean for your workplace?
Chris Gore
Apr 15 min read
Buildings Are Broken, Heres How To Fix Them.
Here's a stat that should make every commercial property owner sit up: 80% of UK office buildings will not meet the government's minimum energy efficiency standard of EPC B by 2030. That's four years away. And if you miss it? A minimum £150,000 fine. Per building.
Chris Gore
Mar 240 min read
Your Office Is a Living Organism. Are You Treating It Like One?
Most companies approach an office move the same way. Pick a space, call a design and build firm, choose a nice kitchen, get some screens on the walls. Done. Move in. Cut the ribbon. Job finished.
That thinking, according to Sam Sahni, is exactly what's killing workplace productivity and it's costing businesses far more than they realise.
Chris Gore
Mar 65 min read
Why Does Your Meeting Room Audio Sound Terrible? (And How to Fix It)
Remote participants cannot hear properly. Voices echo. Background noise bleeds through constantly. The quiet person at the end of the table is inaudible. And someone is always asking everyone to repeat themselves. Bad meeting room audio is the single most common complaint in hybrid working and it almost never gets fixed properly. Most organisations either ignore it, blame the software platform or spend money on new hardware that does not solve the underlying problem.
Chris Gore
13 hours ago5 min read
Barco ClickShare vs Mersive Solstice: Which Wireless Presentation System Is Right for You?
The cable hunt before a client meeting is one of the most reliably embarrassing moments in office life. Someone opens the drawer, finds four dongles that fit nothing, a USB-C cable that works on the right laptop but not the left, and an HDMI lead that reaches exactly two thirds of the way to the table. Then the client walks in.
Chris Gore
2 days ago5 min read
Is Your Meeting Room One Crash Away From Costing You £60,000? What Is A Meeting Room Monitoring Platform?
Picture this. Your CEO has a board meeting on Monday morning at 9am. There are clients dialling in from Singapore. It is 8:58am and the microphones in the boardroom are not working. Nobody knows why. Everyone is stood around looking at each other. The meeting starts late. The clients are frustrated. And somewhere in the background, someone is frantically unplugging and replugging cables hoping something changes.
Chris Gore
5 days ago4 min read
The Problem With AV
How a Major Insurance Company Transformed 8 Meeting Rooms With a Full AV Fit-Out
They had eight meeting rooms on a single floor that needed a complete rethink. Not a patch job. A proper, standardised, future-ready AV fit-out. That's where SPOR came in.
Chris Gore
Apr 216 min read
When One Room Needs to Do Two Jobs: Microsoft Teams Room Meets Dolby Atmos
Most meeting rooms are built for one thing. A screen, a camera, a speakerphone, done. But what happens when your business needs that same space to pull double duty? One moment it needs to run a flawless Microsoft Teams call with a client in New York. The next, it needs to drop jaws with a cinema-quality product demonstration.
Chris Gore
Apr 175 min read
How SPOR Group Transformed Masdar's London HQ Into a Seamless Microsoft Teams Rooms Environment
When a global clean energy company relocates its London headquarters, the pressure is on to get everything right and that includes the technology that keeps their people connected. Masdar, one of the world's leading renewable energy developers, needed a complete Audio-Visual overhaul at their new Paddington office. They turned to SPOR Group to deliver it. Here's how we did it and what the end result looks like.
Chris Gore
Mar 114 min read
Reviews
What Is a PTZ Camera and How Much Does One Cost for Your Meeting Room?
Most meeting rooms do not need a dedicated PTZ camera. An all-in-one video bar with a wide-angle lens covers the majority of rooms under ten people perfectly well. But there is a specific set of rooms where a video bar will not cut it, and for those rooms, a PTZ camera is not optional.
Chris Gore
3 days ago4 min read
How Much Does a Huddle Room AV Setup Cost in the UK? (2026 Guide)
What is a touch controller and does your meeting room need one? The honest guide to table panels, wall panels, Logitech Tap and Neat Pad.
Chris Gore
4 days ago8 min read
How Much Does a Boardroom AV Installation Cost in the UK? (2026 Guide)
Boardroom AV in the UK costs from £8,000 for a basic setup to £60,000-plus for a premium installation. Here is the honest 2026 price breakdown.
Chris Gore
Apr 185 min read
How Much Does AV Cost?
Logitech Rally Bar vs Poly Studio X, Which Is Better for Microsoft Teams?
Choosing the right video bar for your Microsoft Teams rooms is not as straightforward as it used to be. Both the Logitech Rally Bar and the Poly Studio X series are excellent devices on paper, but they suit very different environments, budgets, and working styles.
Shaun Hornsby
May 55 min read
Comparing AV Integrators: How Do I Know Which AV Company to Trust?
Three identical-looking quotes? Here’s how to compare AV integrators properly and pick the company you can actually trust to deliver.
Daniel Mackenzie
May 16 min read
Crestron AirMedia vs Barco ClickShare Conference vs Mersive Solstice Pod Conference: Which Wireless Presentation System Is Right for Your Meeting Room?
Wireless presentation systems have become essential kit. Whether you are outfitting a boardroom, a huddle space, or a university lecture hall, the ability to share content from any device — without hunting for cables or installing new software every time — is no longer a luxury.
Paul Warden
May 19 min read
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