Flexioffices' six metric system reveals UK business balance city by city

Flexioffices has released a report measuring UK cities by their workspace/workforce flexibility.

The report is based upon a six metric system measuring a given cities Access to Talent Pools, Commute Times, Accessibility, Cost Considerations, Business Ecosystem, and Future Growth and Expansion.

Stats were accumulated through analysis of each of these metrics via both Flexioffices' own insights and also stats taken from GOV.UK.

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Oxford, Southampton and Portsmouth all placed within the top 20 out of the 40 cities studied.

Portsmouth placed 2nd overall, with a score of 63. Scores are measured metric by metric in this system, with lower scores being optimal. Portsmouth registered 10/40 points in Commuting Time, 29/40 points in Public Transport Quantity, 18/40 in Talent Pool, 3/40 in Cost of Workplace, 8/40 in Flexioffices' Availability, and 19/40 in Productivity.

Southampton placed 5th overall but only registered one additional point on Portsmouth's total, meaning it had a total score of 64. Southampton performed particularly well in both Cost of Worskpace and Productivity, scoring just six points in total between both sections.

Oxford placed 14th overall, with a total score of 87 points. The city's score was brought up by long commute times and a relatively low quantity of public transport. The results revealed, however, that Oxford is ranked 1st in the country for Access to Talent Pools and 5th for Cost of Workspace.

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