flexible working

New research from Virgin Media Business shows that only 14% of SME's (employing up to 250 people) allow their staff to work flexibly or to work from home. This is significantly lower than the FTSE 100 companies where the figure is 69%

In its survey of 5000 businesses the smaller firms reported that their main concerns revolved around teamwork and worker welfare. Of those questioned 43% feared that distributed teams are less effective resulting in isolation and stress for employees.
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