Evolving workspace

The workplace is back

In Q4 2022, London’s flexible office occupancy surpassed its pre-pandemic rate of 60%.*

Q1 2023 followed, with UK wide office use reaching a post-pandemic high of 34.3%. London's West End at 43.9% and Docklands at 49.4% pulled up the national average.** Both statistics show that the capital is healthily making its way towards a pre-lockdown headcount.

Isolation and disconnected relationships are among reasons cited for a return to the workplace.

At the same time, employees have become accustomed to the flexibility and lower commute pressures of remote working. These are benefits not readily given up, so attracting staff back to the office can be a hard bargain to drive.

How do businesses overcome this?

The workplace has to make the sacrifice worthwhile, by offering something that the home office does not.

This means a significant evolution of the design brief.

In this issue, we explore the key factors of the changing brief and offer carefully considered material solutions to meet it.

* Source: Knight Frank

**Source: Savills