Most business executives and their workers would rather not return to work in the way did before the pandemic, a poll shows.

Research from the Accountancy and consulting firm Theta Financial Reporting’s survey of 2,000 adults also found that two-thirds of people aren’t comfortable commuting on public transport and 35% worry that going back to a traditional office will harm both their mental health and productivity.

The poll found that 57% do not want to go back to a normal office environment with normal office hours and 45% of business leaders see the working environment changing for the better because of the impact of the pandemic.

In bad news for landlords, nearly a fifth say their employer will no longer be in a permanent office when they return to full-time work.

More than a third of UK workers say their company will return to the office with a smaller team and with people handling more varied responsibilities.

Meanwhile more than a quarter say their company’s finance teams will now work at home for the majority of the time and almost the same percentage haven’t been offered flexible working options by employers.

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