Booze, chatting & free drinks | Why staff can't wait to get back to the office

After many months of being cooped up working from home, it is unsurprising that employees are keen to return to a central workspace.

In fact, recent research has revealed that 82% of Brits are looking forward to returning to the office. Yet, the reasons for this may differ from what you might have thought.

According to the research, which came from HR software provider CIPHR, chatting to colleagues (67%), free food and drink including biscuits and cake (53%) and after-work drinks with co-workers (51%) were cited as the top things Brits are most looking forward to when returning to the office.

Having an excuse to leave the house also made it onto the list (36%) after employees have spent the last few months cooped up indoors with little physical interaction with others.