MNI BRIEF: UK Sees Sharp Increase In WFH In Latest Week: ONS

As the level of 'lockdown' heightens across the UK, an not unsurprising trend was picked up in the latest Opinions and Lifestyles Survey for the Office For National Statistics, showing an increase in the number of people again working from home. The proportion of adults who travelled to work decreased by 5 percentage points, to 60%, according to the survey covering the period 14 to 18 October. Conversely, the proportion who worked from home increased to 25%, the highest since the beginning of August.

Alongside that, data from Springboard showed that overall retail footfall decreased in the week ending 18 October to below 70% of its level in the same period of 2019. It dropped across high streets, shopping centres and retail parks, with the largest decreases in the East of England and Northern Ireland, the ONS said Thursday