Over one in three (36%) start-up businesses have a preference for a ‘virtual working’ environment, according to new research from communication management specialist Yac. Yac surveyed 512 of its customers, specifically those just embarking on setting up in business, for their views on the office environment they wanted to create.

Those businesses opting for a virtual office tended to be in the service sectors, and most identified the flexibility of such a set up as the primary benefit (81%), enabling them to work from anywhere whilst still being connected to their customers via the phone and email. The lack of overheads such as premises was also a key factor (69%), as was being able to offer staff a more varied and flexible working environment (62%).
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