The future is flexible: Why remote working is a no-brainer for business

Growing popularity in working outside the office

Think of the busy CEO working from an airport lounge on their mobile, or the coder typing away in their local cafe.

Both are simple examples of how the world of work has changed, thanks, in part, to the arrival of sophisticated connected technology. Across the UK, from incubators and co-working spaces, to flexible homeworking arrangements, the traditional, desk-based nine-to-five is being upended. Industry needs to dissolve flexible working 'penalties' The story is the same in the financial services sector. In fact, as JLL's global research study, Workplace - powered by Human Experience, reveals, 59% of employees in the financial services sector work from home at least once a month, while about ...