Changing working patterns are causing a surge in footfall activity on Tuesdays across Scotland, new research reveals.
The data from Place Informatics, the provider of footfall and location visitor behaviour data, shows more than twice as many workers in city and town centres – an increase of 120% in March 2023, compared to the same time last year.
This data has highlighted how a huge shift in hybrid working patterns in the past 12 months is impacting town centre footfall with millions opting to work in the office on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays rather than spending the majority of the week working from home.
The new report included data from ten cities and towns across Scotland – Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee, Paisley, East Kilbride, Livingston, Hamilton, Cumbernauld, and Dunfermline
Paisley, Glasgow and East Kilbride saw the largest year-on-year increase in footfall compared to last year and showed that hybrid working habits have made Tuesdays busier than Sundays, meaning that Tuesday is the second busiest day behind Saturday. For both Paisley and East Kilbride, Tuesday was even busier than Saturday and Sunday, making it a more popular day than the weekend.
Clive Hall, Chief Executive of Place Informatics, said: “It is interesting to see how hybrid worker behaviour has changed since the pandemic and clearly our new working habits are having a huge impact on footfall numbers.
“Tuesdays have seen a huge increase in popularity which we believe is due to millions choosing to work from home on Mondays and then venturing back to the office or scheduling meetings on Tuesdays.”
