A “movement” of people wanting longer stays in places nearer the coast are pushing employers to open offices outside city centres, the boss of one of the world’s biggest workspace firms has said.

Mark Dixon, the founder and chief executive of IWG Group, said many businesses were spreading out across the country to meet where their staff are located.

He told the PA news agency that there was “lots of demand” coming from local communities, including around the coast.

“British workers are not all in London, Manchester, Birmingham – they’re all over the country,“ he stated. “If you take Cornwall, for example, that was an economy that previously was dead in the winter, but it’s got signs of life now.”

He said this was partly due to some people staying in holiday homes for longer, adding: “T

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