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• Daily average dips to 19.9% from in the week ending 15th October

Half-term week in England saw a marginal fall in the average occupancy rate of offices across the country, according to the latest research from Remit Consulting.

According to the management consultant’s Return Report, the average occupancy rate fell to 19.9% (against 20% the previous week).

The number of people working from their offices in the UK fell slightly last week, according to the latest figures from Remit Consulting.

The firm's ‘Return Report’ reveals that, for the week ending 22nd October, the national average occupancy rate fell back to 20%, a drop of two percentage points compared to the previous week (22%).

The average volume of UK office workers visiting the office made a further incremental increase in the week ending 15th of October, according to the latest research from Remit Consulting.

The firm's latest return report shows that, last week, the National average for the volume of office workers at their desks, on a daily basis, reached 22%, a rise of 1.8 percentage points compared to the previous week (20.2%).

• Remit Consulting’s ReTurn Report reveals the highest volume of staff returning to the office since the start of the pandemic

The latest research from Remit Consulting into the number of office-based staff working from their desks shows that the national average exceeded 20% for the first time since the UK’s lockdown restrictions were lifted.

• Remit Consulting’s research reveals a national average of 18.3% of staff at their desks last week

• Offices in London’s West End recorded an average of 33.4% of staff in the office

The volume of office workers returning to their desks across the UK increased by 1.7 percentage points, to 18.3%, last week, boosted by a sharp increase in London’s West End, which saw an average of 33.4% of staff back in the office, according to the latest research from Remit Consulting.

With an average of 16.6% occupancy, there was no significant increase in the number of office workers returning to their desks last week, according to the latest nationwide research from Remit Consulting.

While the ‘return to the office’ gathered pace at the beginning of September, following the end of the school holidays, the average number of UK office workers returning to their desks was still below 20% for the week commencing 6th September, according to the latest return figures from Remit Consulting.

The latest research published by Remit Consulting into the number of office workers returning to the workplace has confirmed that there was no significant increase of workers returning to the workplace in the first week following the Government's ‘Freedom Day’ in England on 19 July.

A straw poll of building managers conducted by Remit Consulting on Monday, 19 July, described by the government as "Freedom Day", showed that the majority of building managers around the country noticed no increase in the number of staff and visitors to office buildings compared to the previous Monday.