Business trips replaced with virtual meetings by sector UK 2021

A January 2021 study analyzed the share of domestic business trips replaced by virtual meetings in different sectors in the United Kingdom due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Overall, more than 75 percent of firms across all sectors stated to have replaced over half of their domestic trips with virtual meetings during the pandemic. Meanwhile, 16 percent of surveyed businesses in the manufacturing and construction sector did not replace any domestic business trips with virtual meetings.

Share of planned domestic business trips replaced with virtual meetings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the United Kingdom (UK) as of January 2021, by sector

Characteristic	All	More than half	Less than half	None
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Release date

August 2021

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

January 18 to 29, 2021

Number of respondents

397 businesses*

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

*The survey count was as follows: Manufacturing and construction (82), Retail and wholesale (59), Professional services (174), Essential services (82).

The source defined domestic business trips as follows: 'Any journey made within the UK for business purposes, including domestic travel to international airports/ports, but excluding commuting, and excluding overseas travel'.

Percentage points exceeding 100 percent are probably due to rounding.

This statistic is using original data from GOV.UK and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0.
This statistic using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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