Results from the Buckinghamshire Return to Work Survey

Buckinghamshire Business First and Chandler Garvey have teamed up to identify Buckinghamshire businesses’ experiences of working before and during lockdown, and their plans for after lockdown.

Read the full report and feedback your experiences and thoughts as the situation continues to evolve.

Introduction from Michael Garvey, Managing Director of Chandler Garvey and Chairman of Buckinghamshire Business First

COVID-19 has had a profound effect on all of our lives, and whilst the lockdown was instrumental in reducing the spread of the virus, it has come at a significant economic price. The challenge of unlocking the economy can’t be underestimated.

Government guidance during the health crisis has been to work from home where you can, but the messaging is changing as the government tries to kickstart the economy. Town centres, for example, are short of footfall as the volume of workers in business premises is much reduced, and this is impacting the retail and food and beverage sectors. Whilst many people are enjoying working from home, there are concerns about long term productivity, and the perfect storm of a health crisis with an economic crisis, overlaid with societal change, is giving all of us much to think about.

Business owners are trying to balance what is good for the business with what is good for the staff, where there is a choice of working from home or working from the office. Employees have had different working from home experiences, with some keen to get back into the office, whereas others want to continue to work from home. We are all looking for guidance and answers.

Buckinghamshire Business First and Chandler Garvey have teamed up to take a temperature check on how the Buckinghamshire economy is planning to reopen, and this report presents the findings under a number of groupings with a related commentary. 

We are planning on revisiting this subject with a follow up survey later in the year to see how the economy has unlocked and whether attitudes have changed.

If you have any feedback or thoughts it would be good to hear from you.

Read the report here.

Share your feedback and experiences

If you would like to share your experiences of running a business or working from home during lockdown, and your thoughts about doing so in future, email research@bbf.uk.com.

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