A Look at Flexible Working: Will Office Space Change to Adapt to the Coffee Shop Culture?

The ways in which many companies operate, especially SMEs, are changing as technology allows for more flexible working habits and a change in attitude towards conventional working spaces.

New information published recently by the Estates Gazette shows a general shift to more flexible working habits, with customers of Executive Offices Group’s London serviced offices using 18% less office space per person than they were a decade before. This data points towards a trend of work taking place in more informal environments, such as coffee shops, as communications technologies help to reduce the importance of location.

As developers and landlords come to recognise these changes, working environments are shifting to accommodate them, precipitating a move towards providing relaxed environments, with facilities such as secure Wi-Fi and coffee machines, within the workplace itself.

Executive Offices Group offers services which reflect these new working habits, with a range of London virtual offices, London serviced offices and meeting rooms across the capital. With a 360% rise in virtual customers over the past decade, it’s clear that these services are being used by increasing numbers of businesses, who look to benefit from the cost savings and flexibility which these services provide.

Two of the largest Executive Offices Group business centres, at 33 St. James’s Square and 78 Pall Mall, have recently been equipped with spacious and comfortable customer lounges. Relaxed, stylish and well-equipped, these areas provide the opportunity for people to unwind and relax within the business centre but outside their own office, as the lines between work and home environments are often less clearly defined than they have been in the past.

The new customer lounges offer a relaxing environment and place to socialise during the working day, with large flat-screen televisions, wireless internet, coffee machines and comfortable seating. Customers are free to work in a manner best suited to them, or to simply use the new spaces for taking a break from the office.

For further information about Executive Offices Group and the new customer lounges, telephone 020 3008 8888, visit www.executiveoffices.co.uk or email enquiries@eogroup.com.

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