Nearly half of UK businesses want an end to working from home
Worrying sign working from home could soon be a thing of the past
- Almost half of all businesses across the UK want staff to return to the office on a full-time basis, aiming to restore pre-pandemic working arrangements.
- The move away from working from home has accelerated this year, particularly within the financial and retail industries, with some firms linking office attendance to bonus pay.
- A survey by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) of over 500 businesses found that 9 per cent of companies reported staff quitting due to a lack of flexible working options.
- The BCC analysis indicated that the strongest demand for full-time office or on-site working is in manufacturing and customer-facing companies, while many service firms maintain hybrid models.
- Only 17 per cent of the companies surveyed by the BCC believe that remote or hybrid working arrangements lead to increased productivity.