Are you among the legions of employees who have spent this pandemic year wedged in a spare bedroom or camped out with your laptop at the kitchen table? The Office for National Statistics kicks off this week with research showing that nearly half of London’s employees have been working from home since Covid struck - that’s far more people avoiding the daily commute than anywhere else in the United Kingdom. But has this cultural shift meant working habits are changed for good, or will it all be back to normal by Christmas? The Standard’s Consumer Business Editor Jonathan Prynn analyses the ONS data to decipher what it means for the future of commuting and the knock-on financial impact for London’s retail sector. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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