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PREFACE
This book is aimed at managers and team members who are
about to or have already started working remotely. It will
help you learn the best ways to ensure remote working is a
success.
Technology has enabled the number of remote workers to
rise rapidly in recent years; the TUC estimates that the
number of UK people working from home increased by a
fifth in the ten years to 2018, and now stands at around 2.5
million people. Thanks to changing attitudes and ever-
improving IT network capabilities, this number is expected
to continue its upward trajectory over the next five years,
with half the UK workforce expected to be working
remotely ...