Two years after the Covid outbreak kickstarted Hybrid working in Farnham, it is a daily conversation we have with the business community local to the Farnham area.. What we repeatedly are hearing is businesses simply don't need what they used to have. A traditional lease with 3 or 5 year commitments in Farnham gives limited flexibility and an overhead an office simply doesn't need anymore. Then there is the business owner wanting facetime with staff, some staff wanting to get out of the house, others don't. There is no hard and fast solution, but what we do know is flexibility and a change to the traditional office is here to stay.

"The ideal is a smaller office here in Farnham, with the flexibility of a meeting room for when the team gets together"

Our most popular office solution for business in Farnham is the flexibility a serviced office offers. We cannot think of a business locally that still has all the team in every day, and the cost savings as well as the de-risk that comes with flexibility simply cannot be ignored. Who knows where their business will be in 3-5 years time, and having that flexibility of their office space is really important.

Our typical office size to rent in Farnham varies, from a small office for 1-2 people upto an office for 10-15. We have offices to rent across many sites in Farnham and all our buildings have on-site meeting rooms, break-out areas.

They are typically available on a rolling 3 month licence, but we allow our tenants to move up/down or across our offices throughout Farnham as times change.

Hybrid the future

The separation of home from work, not all the time, but sometimes, or more importantly having the freedom to choose, is really important in the post Covid way of working.  Recent surveys suggest that more than 50% of small business owners have experienced some sort of burnout and from our experience giving your employees that choice is a real benefit to recruiting and keeping your employees in the Farnham area.

According to McKinsey, most employees desire a three day a week working from home, and two day in the office setup. This varies with personal circumstances but it is clear your entire team being in your office all the time is a rarity.

Other research tells us priorities have changed and employees will fore-go a 10% pay rise in favour of retaining flexibility.