Tesco has struck a deal with office rental company IWG to create workspaces in shops as hybrid working persists.

Tesco Extra

Tesco will trial letting office space in store to hybrid workers

They will begin a trial of the venture imminently at the Tesco Extra store in New Malden, south London, Reuters reported. 

About 3,800 sq ft of space on the New Malden store’s mezzanine floor will be given over to the scheme.

There will be 12 desks with the option of privacy, along with 30 co-working spaces and a meeting room. There will be Wi-Fi and access to the in-store cafe.

Users will be charged £93 for a membership of five days a month and £216 for a full month. If the idea proves popular, it may be rolled out to more Tesco branches.

Tesco head of strategic partnerships Louise Goodland said: “We are always looking to serve our customers and communities better and we will be interested to see how they respond to this new opportunity.”

IWG chief executive Mark Dixon told Reuters that creating new locations in suburban areas was “a response to the growing demand we are seeing from customers who want to live and work locally.”

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