Somerset businesses plan to offer staff the option to work from home post-lockdown More than 63% of Somerset businesses that can offer flexible working for staff will continue to do so even once lockdown restrictions ease – with a third of those not planning to require staff to return to the office on a regular basis. A survey of Somerset firms by Somerset Chamber of Commerce has found 31% of the firms planning to allow staff to continue working from home would not require them to be in the office from week-to-week, while the remaining respondents said they would offer a blended weekly approach of office and home working.