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Remote working to continue as fifth of finance hiring shifts to at-home jobs

Financial services was fourth in the UK for remote-first hiring

Thursday 22 April 2021 at 11:38

A government timeline for the return to work has yet to be established. Instead, companies are adopting flexible working arrangements to keep staff safe while reopening physical office spaces
A government timeline for the return to work has yet to be established. Instead, companies are adopting flexible working arrangements to keep staff safe while reopening physical office spaces Photo: Getty Images

Working from home appears to be here to stay, as the UK’s finance firms turn to flexible staffing strategies for future jobs.

Nearly a fifth of all finance jobs posted in the UK in the first two weeks of April were for remote positions, data collection by legal services firm Wright Hassall found.