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<blockquote data-quote="Tannith" data-source="post: 2287125" data-attributes="member: 422465"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Amount of money saved by working from home</strong></span></p><p>Currently, around <a href="https://www.finder.com/uk/coronavirus-lockdown-savings" target="_blank">60% of the UK’s population</a> has left the workplace to work from home and 9 in 10 (89%) believe this is reducing their expenditure.</p><p></p><p>By not having to do things like commuting and buy lunch every day, the average employed worker is saving £44.78 every week.</p><p></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.finder.com/uk/working-from-home-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.finder.com/uk/working-from-home-statistics</a></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Those who work from home, and their employers who let them continue to do so, are doing the country a huge favour. They are not spreading the virus at work. But more importantly they are freeing up seats on public transport so that it is less crowded and safer for those who need to use it because they are unable to work from home. A few sandwich bars will lose money, and that is sad for them as it was a sudden blow, for which they were unprepared. However, as home working will now increase permanently, they will have to be realistic and swap to trades which are in demand. It is no use trying to sell people what they no longer want. The high streets too, which were already on the decline before covid, will have to adapt to selling online. It will not be a problem long term, as if pple need a new sofa or fridge they will still buy it. These things are delivered from out of town warehouses anyway. Possibly fewer takeaway outlets will be good for the nation's waistlines .</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tannith, post: 2287125, member: 422465"] [SIZE=3][B]Amount of money saved by working from home[/B][/SIZE] Currently, around [URL='https://www.finder.com/uk/coronavirus-lockdown-savings']60% of the UK’s population[/URL] has left the workplace to work from home and 9 in 10 (89%) believe this is reducing their expenditure. By not having to do things like commuting and buy lunch every day, the average employed worker is saving £44.78 every week. [B] [URL]https://www.finder.com/uk/working-from-home-statistics[/URL] [/B] Those who work from home, and their employers who let them continue to do so, are doing the country a huge favour. They are not spreading the virus at work. But more importantly they are freeing up seats on public transport so that it is less crowded and safer for those who need to use it because they are unable to work from home. A few sandwich bars will lose money, and that is sad for them as it was a sudden blow, for which they were unprepared. However, as home working will now increase permanently, they will have to be realistic and swap to trades which are in demand. It is no use trying to sell people what they no longer want. The high streets too, which were already on the decline before covid, will have to adapt to selling online. It will not be a problem long term, as if pple need a new sofa or fridge they will still buy it. These things are delivered from out of town warehouses anyway. Possibly fewer takeaway outlets will be good for the nation's waistlines . [B] [/B] [/QUOTE]
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