Serviced office managers across the United Kingdom have been working flat out to reopen their offices during June, installing facilities to protect clients and help them get back to business.
Across the network of 5,000 shared office spaces in the United Kingdom, the task of being able to reopen safely has been a huge one – requiring careful planning and determination in the face of negative press and U.K. government restrictions.
“I’ve never seen an industry pull together like this in face of such adversity — the office space sector has really pulled the stops out to get workspaces reopened for business — albeit slowly and carefully,” said Jonathan Ratcliffe from serviced office provider Offices.co.uk
Reopening a shared office space might be one of the most difficult, as with many public spaces with high footfall. Centers with large open-plan shared co-working desks face the biggest challenge — the U.K. government is actively discouraging this typ