Our business, like many others, has been grappling with how and when we return to the office and making sure that, when we do so, we are providing a safe and secure environment and that there are sound business reasons for it. There are certainly benefits to be had from not being in all day, every day, and we think it is really important to get the balance right and motivate and encourage our people back.

Having reopened our office at the beginning of July, and with more and more now wanting to come back in, we are intending to increase the available space to about 50% within the coming weeks. 

But looking beyond our firm at the wider commercial sector, the market is hesitant as developers battle with two large challenges. First, the UK recession causing customers to closely guard their pennies. Second, the difficult predictions of how we might all live, work and play in the future. This in turn triggers the daily question: what does the future workplace actually look like?

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