Seaside towns that have seen a big boost in high street footfall include: Morecambe: 70%… Budleigh Salterton: 59%…
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Back in the summer of 2020, it was suggested that working from home would boost smaller towns and cities’ high streets: Working from home: reviving town life – Vision Group for Sidmouth
And many were very happy with that – from employees to corporations:
“There is absolutely no reason for us to be in this office every day – I can do my job perfectly well from anywhere.” Hence the three-quarters of American CFOs now accepting that they must introduce remote working. The age of the office is over – the future lies in Britain’s commuter towns | Simon Jenkins | The Guardian
With talk of the revival of ‘neighbourhoods’
Local high streets could be poised for a revival if the trend for home working continues, a survey suggests. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ latest commercial property survey… said a move away from urban hubs could prompt a shift to neighbourhoods. Home working trend could ‘revive the High Street’ – BBC News
And this is exactly what’s happening, with working from the seaside as a real option as reported from Budleigh by the BBC today:
Attraction of the seaside
Activity also seems to have increased in seaside towns, including Budleigh Salterton in Devon. The town which had a reputation as a place to retire, has attracted an increasing number of young families.
Adam Sweet, a structural engineer who largely works from home, said when he arrived in the town in 2016 he knew of only one family with young children in his neighbourhood. “Since then, there’s 10 or 20 families in our area who’ve all moved in and I know a lot of people who are waiting to move in to Budleigh, it’s become quite a family area,” he said, adding: “People can live further away now.”
Mark Godfrey, who runs Deer Park Country House in Honiton, Devon, moved in to Budleigh Salterton in 2021. He only goes in to the office twice a week. “As soon as I finish work it takes me seven minutes to get to the sea for a swim,” he said.
Seaside towns that have seen a big boost in high street footfall include: Morecambe: 70%… Budleigh Salterton: 59%…
Tuesday to Thursday is the new office working week, data suggests – BBC News