Coronavirus: What’s the future for the office?

By Francesca Gillett
BBC News

Before the coronavirus pandemic, the office was where millions of us spent about a third of our time.

However, since the lockdown, almost half the UK’s workforce say they have been working from home – and some companies have hinted it could become the future.

“The notion of putting 7,000 people in a building may be a thing of the past,” said the boss of Barclays, while Morgan Stanley’s chief said the bank will have “much less real estate”. Businessman Sir Martin Sorrell said he’d rather invest the £35m he spends on expensive offices in people instead.

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