Home working is rocketing in popularity.

Fuel prices, congestion, better telecommunications technology and corporate policies aimed at reducing CO2 emissions are all leading to employers becoming increasingly willing to allow employees to work from home.

Even Government departments are getting in on the act with the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) becoming the first department and public sector organisation to be awarded the Work Wise Mark of Excellence.

The Mark of Excellence recognises Defra’s achievements in introducing smarter working practices, such as home working, flexible working (including condensed hours and nine-day fortnights), and mobile and remote working.

Phil Flaxton, chief executive of Work Wise, said: “Many forward thinking organisations, such as Defra, are realising that the nature of work is changing and that they need to adapt and evolve to be able to recruit and retain the staff they need.”

According to the latest quarterly Company Car Trends survey by GE Capital Solutions, Fleet Services, 94.5% of fleet decision makers said that home working was reducing the number of business miles travelled - up by 19.4% year-on-year.

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