A new survey of nearly 2000 Orange small and medium business customers has revealed 88% of businesses now have the option to work away from the office; with 74% of those choosing to work from home or a flexible workspace.
Orange also found 82% of business owners claim that they can work just as well at home than in the office.
It seems this improved productivity – a result of flexible working, subsequently means that business owners can finish their work earlier with 55% of respondents working six hours or less a day due to higher motivation to finish and get on with personal lives.
Strikingly, the 26% who continue to regularly work in an office and said their average day lasted at least eight to nine hours.
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This increasing workplace freedom has paved the way for new imaginative offices – with respondents citing the beach, a football ground, and even a barn at a diary farm as their alternative office.
