Less than one in 10 companies plan fulltime return to office

LESS than one in 10 companies have told staff they must come back to the office full time, new data reveal, as employees insist on working remotely.

The majority of businesses surveyed by estate agent CBRE expect to push for a return to more regular office life in the coming months, but just 6pc are planning to enforce full-time commuting.

The survey of 120 companies across various sectors found 39pc of bosses expect workers will be at the office for at least three days a week.

Richard Holberton, of CBRE, said: “Companies must decide how much personal autonomy to allow, as well as the balance between office and home.”

Civil servants this week argued that work is “no longer a place” as they pushed back on the Government’s “condescending” drive to get them back in.