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ARE UK OFFICES GETTING SMALLER, JUST LIKE UK HOMES?

ARE UK OFFICES GETTING SMALLER, JUST LIKE UK HOMES?
  • Office floorspace in England and Wales shrunk from 41m2 to 34.4m2 or 16.3% relative to the number of active businesses in just five years (2012-2016)
  • On a regional level, the North East found to have the largest offices per business (8m2); the East of England the smallest (25.4m2)
  • Newcastle upon Tyne offers the largest office floorspace in the UK (8m2), followed by Cardiff (78.3m2), Nottingham (78.1m2) and Manchester (77.2m2)
  • Leicester (1m2) has the smallest offices relative to number of active businesses, followed by Birmingham (46.4m2), Bristol (55.4m2) and Leeds (56.3m2)

Prompted by the recent boom of the so-called ‘micro-homes’ in Britain, commercial property experts Savoystewart.co.uk decided to investigate whether the ‘micro-trend’ has also taken root in the office sector as well.

Savoystewart.co.uk analysed office floorspace available relative to the number of active businesses in England and Wales from 2012 to 2016, finding that the office floorspace is shrinking both on regional and local levels.

Results of the research, which is based on the latest GOV data on business floorspace from the Valuation Office Agency and official stats on business demography from ONS, revealed that the change in office floorspace available per business has been negative in all regions.

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Despite a significant and steady growth in office floorspace, Greater London experienced the most dramatic decline in office floorspace available per business. From 2012 to 2016, office floorspace per business in London fell from 58.7m2 to 44.7m2; equivalent to a decrease of 23.9%. Despite that, the UK capital has some of the most spacious offices in the UK, coming second only to the North East (46.8m2).

Wales experienced the least dramatic decrease (-8.7%) but it offers only 33.5m2 of office floorspace per business. Similar situation was also observed in the East Midlands and the South West. Despite a relatively small decline rate, the two regions surpass only the East England (25.4m2) when it comes to office size, offering 26.2m3 and 27.6m2 of office space per business, respectively.

Savoystewart.co.uk also analysed the change in office floorspace relative to business growth in major cities and towns across England and Wales. The most significant decline was observed in Manchester where office floorspace available per business shrunk by a staggering 33.2%. Despite that, the capital of the North has some of the largest offices in the UK.

Newcastle upon Tyne was found to have the most spacious offices in the UK, offering an amazing 100.8m2 of office floorspace per business. After Newcastle, the largest office floorspace per business was observed in Cardiff (78.3m2), followed by Nottingham(78.1m2), Manchester (77.2m2) and Liverpool (70.4m2).

With an office floorspace of just 35.1m2 per business, Leicester has the smallest offices relative to the number of active businesses, followed by Birmingham (46.4 m2), Bristol(55.4m2) and Leeds (56.3m2).

Darren Best, Managing Director of Savoystewart.co.uk commented:

“The results of the research don’t necessarily suggest that offices in England and Wales have physically become smaller but there has probably been downsizing in floorspace as well. Nevertheless, the overall negative trend in office floorspace available relative to the number of businesses is very concerning. And if such a trend continues, I can see only one possible outcome – lack of offices and eventually, shrinking in size to meet the increased demand because business has been growing disproportionally to the office sector.”

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