Data from Remit Consulting suggests only a marginal percentage of officer workers have returned since the lifting of lockdown measures. The Government’s advice to “work from home where possible” was scrapped on July 19.

       Ahead of the so-called Freedom Day, the Chancellor said that working remotely on Zoom throughout has been particularly harmful and “not great” for young employees, according to the Telegraph.

       He added that face-to-face communication is particularly “valuable” for younger staff.

       He told the newspaper: “I think for young people, especially, that ability to be in your office, be in your workplace and learn from others more directly, is something that's really important and I look forward to us slowly getting back to that.”

       But new data obtained by Remit Consulting shows that only a marginal percentage of workers have returned to the office since.

       In the weeks following the lifting of restrictions, the number of employees in the office remained stagnant at 11.7 percent.

       It is a slight increase from 11.1 percent before the guidelines changed.

       Firms have embraced a “hybrid” model where employees split their time between office and home working.

       Zachary Gauge, analyst at UBS, said the data was “deeply concerning”.

       He told the Telegraph: “If it stays at that level it is deeply concerning because you can’t operate offices at just 10pc occupancy.

       “From September time, we’ll start to get more of a feel of what that actually looks like…

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