Home working in London to continue after pandemic

More than half of London business leaders have said they will continue remote working in some form each week when the pandemic is over.

A Savanta ComRes poll commissioned by the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry found 36% of bosses said they would maintain working-from-home levels when the pandemic is over.

A further 16% said they would also continue remote working, but in a reduced manner.

More than a third (41%) of businesses polled said they have reduced their office space as a result of the pandemic.

And 31% said they will continue with a reduced space in some form, with 61% saying they will keep conducting meetings virtually where possible, when the pandemic is over.

‘Our research shows that half of businesses will continue some remote working, whilst a third of businesses polled will continue with reduced physical space, and three in five will maintain virtual meetings where possible,’ said chamber chief executive, Richard Burge.

‘That will mean less commuters daily in certain parts of London than pre-covid. Clearly this presents challenge for support businesses in those areas. Meanwhile more people will remain in their ‘home’ boroughs each day, and that brings potential opportunity to those areas.  For example, outer London co-working spaces.

‘London’s councils and the mayor need to work together as closely as possible, to consider how to respond to the change that this could bring to central and local high streets,’ he added.

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