‘We’re too self effacing’: BCO chief Richard Kauntze on why UK offices are some of the best in the world

By Tom Lowe2024-07-29T06:00:00

Kauntze speaks to Tom Lowe about where the office market is heading as he prepares to step down from the body he has led since 1999

“There were knee jerk reactions from various people running major businesses saying, ‘well obviously we’ll never need an office anymore”. Richard Kauntze is recalling the early weeks of the covid pandemic, as employers across the world were unexpectedly hit with the realisation that working from home was not leading to immediate financial ruin.

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