Flexible working increases productivity and profits

Businesses can increase their productivity and lower their operating costs by enabling their staff to work on flexible terms.

Steve Purdy, managing director of Regus UK, says that teleworking motivates staff to work with more enthusiasm and reduces the amount of money a company needs to spend on things such as IT systems and energy.

Indeed, a recent study from Regus found that 68 per cent of firms have seen a boost to their production as a direct result of flexible working.

"The more flexibility you give to employees and the more ability you give them to work with what fits their own personal circumstances and their own lives; the more it leads to more motivated and energised employees. By dint of that productivity increases and revenues increase," Mr Purdy explained.

Of the 68 per cent of firms which have seen their productivity go up, 63 per cent said that they have seen their operating profits increase also.

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