Britain’s offices might not get much fuller than they are now, with the number of people returning “appearing to have plateaued”.
Occupancy levels throughout the UK fell to 29.1% last week, according to Remit Consulting. The week before it hit a post-pandemic high of 33.1%.
Remit said the latest figures probably had been affected by the train and London Underground strikes, but added that the longer-term trend still suggested the return to the office was running out of steam.
“Since the end of the summer holidays, office occupancy has been fluctuating around 30%,” said Remit director Lorna Landells. “The national figures seem to have plateaued. With the festive season just around the corner, it seems unlikely that there will be a significant leap in the average number of office workers returning to their desks before the turn of the year.”
Occupancy levels were at an average of 70% before the pandemic.
