Small business owners are now showing trends of transitioning their business operation from commercial office base to working from home.

Recent survey done in the UK by telco company O2 discovered that 50% of the companies it researched do not work in formal offices. They either started and grew company from their home (and never moved to office) or have recently moved from renting a commercial property to their own place.

There are also a number of them who have gone full circle; starting their business from home, expanded and moved to an office, but later went back working from the convenient of their own home.

The survey interviewed more than 500 small business owners and entrepreneurs nationwide. And out of the other 50% surveyed, close to one-third of them are considering giving up their rented business premise in the near future.

A number of reasons are attributed to this trend, with bad economy, financial uncertainty and credit crunch problem identified as the main culprits. Additionally, many companies have opted to give their employees the benefit of flexible hour work and as such working from home is seen as a convenient arrangement.

Another factor is the advancement of technologies, which has bridged the possible communication issues and breakdown, and enable the business owners to work from virtually anywhere. Customers today are also less concern about the location of the business as long as the service can be maintained at the same level as before.

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