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Campaign Calls For Bosses To Let Staff Work From Pub Once A Week

Campaign Calls For Bosses To Let Staff Work From Pub Once A Week

The concept is to allow employees to socialise as well as helping businesses to get back on their feet

Rebecca Shepherd

Rebecca Shepherd

A tech firm has started campaigning for companies to allow members of staff to work one day a week from the pub in a bid to boost the hospitality sector.

WorkClub - a business that lets remote professionals find workspaces via its app - came up with the concept for those of us who are sick of staring at the same walls in the living room/office/dining room/bedroom.

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This has come as music to the ears of bars, restaurants and hotels who are enthusiastic about the idea and think it could help the economy.

Young's Brewery head of sales Sarah Groves told the MailOnline: "Working from the pub has become even more popular over the last year with a reduction in office work.

"Working remotely from your local has many benefits; it's usually a short walk from home, no overcrowded tube journey required and it's supporting the industries recovery.

"We offer free WiFi in all our pubs and many of them offer 'work from the pub' packages through WorkClub which include unlimited tea and coffee and a choice of lunch."

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According to MailOnline, WorkClub promotes pubs as workspaces across the UK at no cost to hospitality venues to help them recover as a result of the pandemic.

Paul Spencer, Operations Director for service apartments company Edyn Group, said: "We anticipate that hotel social spaces will see a significant increase in demand from the remote workforce in the wake of the pandemic.

"As the novelty of working from home begins to wear thin, and people crave a sense of community, these spaces provide a more stimulating environment to work from, as well as high-tech facilities and amenities.

"By adopting hotels as an alternative workspace, it also creates new revenue opportunities for the hospitality industry - which needs as much support as possible at this moment in time."

The initiative sounds ideal, especially if the company you work for is no longer having staff in the office and you fancy a change of scenery.

Take Twitter as an example: the social media giant has told employees that if they've got the capabilities to work from home, they can do so 'forever'.

Twitter employees will be allowed to work from home forever.
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The company's CEO Jack Dorsey informed staff of the new policy via email in May 2020.

In a statement sent to The Verge, a Twitter spokesperson said: "If our employees are in a role and situation that enables them to work from home and they want to continue to do so forever, we will make that happen.

"If not, our offices will be their warm and welcoming selves, with some additional precautions, when we feel it's safe to return. Opening offices will be our decision, when and if our employees come back, will be theirs."

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Topics: News, Interesting, Coronavirus

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