{"id":137748,"date":"2025-05-28T04:49:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T04:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/137748\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T04:49:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T04:49:12","slug":"great-britain-is-number-one-country-in-europe-for-working-from-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/137748\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Britain is number one country in Europe for working from home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Alimat Aliyeva<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The United Kingdom has been named the country with the highest<br \/>\nnumber of remote workers in Europe, according to a new study<br \/>\nconducted by King&#8217;s College London, <strong>Azernews<\/strong><br \/>\nreports.<\/p>\n<p>British employees now work from home an average of 1.8 days per<br \/>\nweek, surpassing all other European nations in this regard.<br \/>\nGlobally, only Canada ranks higher, with an average of 1.9 days of<br \/>\nremote work per week.<\/p>\n<p>The study analyzed data from 40 countries. The global average<br \/>\nstands at 1.3 days, while some nations lag far behind. In South<br \/>\nKorea, for example, the average is just 0.5 days, and in Greece and<br \/>\nChina, it&#8217;s 0.6 days. In comparison, France averages 1 day, Germany<br \/>\nand the United States both sit at 1.6 days, and Australia at 1.2<br \/>\ndays.<\/p>\n<p>One of the study\u2019s authors, Dr. Cevat Aksoy, emphasized that<br \/>\nremote work is no longer a temporary solution prompted by the<br \/>\npandemic:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not just a short-term shift. Working from home has<br \/>\nbecome a defining feature of the British labor market. Employees<br \/>\nare sending a strong message \u2014 they don\u2019t want to go back to the<br \/>\nold way of working.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the flexibility has been welcomed by many workers, some<br \/>\nemployers and economists are raising concerns. They warn that<br \/>\nprolonged remote work could lead to a decline in productivity,<br \/>\nreduced team cohesion, and weaker innovation due to fewer in-person<br \/>\ninteractions.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, the study also found that younger workers and<br \/>\nthose in knowledge-based industries such as tech, finance, and<br \/>\nconsulting are the most likely to embrace hybrid or fully remote<br \/>\nmodels. Meanwhile, sectors like manufacturing, retail, and<br \/>\nhealthcare continue to rely heavily on on-site labor.<\/p>\n<p>This ongoing shift is not just reshaping work habits \u2014 it\u2019s also<br \/>\ntransforming city life, real estate markets, and even public<br \/>\ntransport systems. With fewer commuters, city centers are seeing<br \/>\nreduced foot traffic, while suburban and rural areas are<br \/>\nexperiencing increased demand for housing and co-working<br \/>\nspaces.<\/p>\n<p>The future of work in the UK appears to be firmly hybrid, and<br \/>\nthe conversation around its long-term impact is only just<br \/>\nbeginning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Alimat Aliyeva The United Kingdom has been named the country with the highest number of remote workers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137749,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[12619,7503,12622,7502,1500,748,3085,12621,1700,393,12620,4884,1144,5387,285,712,12618,461,16,15,1764,263],"class_list":{"0":"post-137748","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-analytics","10":"tag-azerbaijan","11":"tag-azernews","12":"tag-baku","13":"tag-breaking-news","14":"tag-britain","15":"tag-business-news","16":"tag-company-news","17":"tag-economy","18":"tag-england","19":"tag-financial-news","20":"tag-great-britain","21":"tag-northern-ireland","22":"tag-oil-and-gas-news","23":"tag-politics","24":"tag-scotland","25":"tag-socar","26":"tag-turkey","27":"tag-uk","28":"tag-united-kingdom","29":"tag-wales","30":"tag-world-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114583657731084028","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}