Doubt anyone will want to come to the UK for some time though, with the double whammy of Covid and Brexit
Yet they are still queued up in Calais and sometimes arrive on boats :/
Doubt anyone will want to come to the UK for some time though, with the double whammy of Covid and Brexit
The population is still rising due to migration.
but that is what i mean. The majority of people dying will be above pensionable age (60 something ish at the moment). If they die 1 year before their 'natural' death age, that is a saving of £150*52 = £7800 for the government. If that scales to 100,000 early deaths, that is £780m. A morbid thought, but no doubt the government will be looking at this as it's an extra £780m to spend on the economy etc.
What you will see is a decrease in rent prices in big cities and an increase in the suburbs and countryside. There has been a measurable flight of people leaving the city when they are able to work from home, not being trapped in small apartments.
I can see some employers saving a huge amount in overheads by moving to smaller office premises outside of large cities and having remote working staff only attend weekly project/progress meetings in person.
How does that work for folk living at the other side of the city who's commute has now tripled in time and costs?
Offices are central for a reason
In my experience, the office with be moved to where it’s cheaper without inconveniencing the senior management. The rest of the employees will be offered a pittance to offset the travel costs and told to “suck it up”.
I know a handful from my firm who have done this. Our firm is gearing up for it becoming the norm. One chap even moved to France.Doubt it.
The number of people thinking I no longer need to live here and would rather live in the countryside has got to be a small minority.
I mean who is going to sell up and move everything just because of a temporary WFH arrangement. No company has said that it's a permanent arrangement it's only until things settle.
I know a handful from my firm who have done this. Our firm is gearing up for it becoming the norm. One chap even moved to France.