Working from home - how helpful is your town or city?
10 September 2020
Recent research from InstantPrint has resulted in the publication of a league table to show which towns and cities across the UK were the best (or worst) for accommodating home working.
With a combination of desk research and national survey data InstantPrint ranked major cities in the UK on their working from home merits, including information on:
- Average internet download speed
- 4G signal strength
- Average property size
- Average property price
- Average monthly rent
- Average cost of living
The top three ‘best of the best’ are:
Belfast
The undisputed champion, Northern Ireland’s capital came out on top. With an excellent average internet download speed of 64.1mbps, workers in Belfast are unlikely to experience a choppy connection on their next video call.
Birmingham
The UK’s ‘second city’ also qualifies as the second-best city in the country for working from home. Blessed with top-notch internet download speeds, Birmingham’s 24.1mbps 4G coverage also ranks amongst the highest in the UK.
Nottingham
Nottingham slots in at third place with 98 points thanks to a relatively low average living cost of £890 and an average internet download speed of 62mbps.
The top three in the ‘more challenging cities’ are London, Cardiff and Sheffield
To read the full findings of the InstantPrint research visit the blog page of their website.
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