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SME workers 'enjoy travelling for business'

Published On 25 April 2007 at 08:56:44

The owners and employees for the UK's small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) who have to travel as part of their work do not consider it a chore, new research indicates.

According to Barclaycard Business, 72 per cent of business people said that they enjoyed travelling for work and one in seven spend between five and ten nights away from home every month.

People also believed that they are travelling more for work - 44 per cent thought they travelled more this year than in the previous one.

The survey also found that people are working increasingly hard in the UK, with 37 per cent revealing they work for between 11 and 16 hours a day.

“With more and more companies seeking to become more global and employees preferring to do business face to face, it is not surprising that the demand for employees to travel with work is on the increase," said Denise Leleux, director of commercial cards at Barclaycard Business.

"However with work ever more encroaching on home life, it is important to ensure that travelling does not impact negatively on employees' well-being."

A recent survey showed that more than one in five SME owners thought that broadband internet connections allowed them to achieve a better work-life balance.

 

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