On March 23rd 2020, the UK officially entered a legally enforced
"lockdown," confining many of us to our homes for the
foreseeable future. For some, the transition has been an easy one,
having already been accustomed to remote working on a regular
basis. For others, working from home has come with its challenges,
including lack of hardware, poor internet connectivity, absence of
social contact and more.
In this whitepaper, the AREF FutureGen committee aims to look at
how remote working has affected its members, whether this trend is
here to stay, and what more our employers can be doing to help
during such unprecedented times.
Remote working: a sea change?
Before this crisis, we were seeing a number of trends in real
estate emerging, and the Covid-19 pandemic has only served to
accelerate these. Remote working in particular is a trend which has
become increasingly popular over the past few years, as more and
more employers begin to address the demand for flexible
