The majority of adviser firm employees – 53 per cent – will continue to work remotely in some capacity for the long term, shows research from Intelliflo.

Responding to a poll, 59 per cent added that they had yet to return to the office either full time or part time. A quarter – 25 per cent – say that this will still be the case by the end of the year.

Additionally, 84 per cent of those who answered the poll say that they are now fully optimised to work form home. Before the pandemic this figure stood at 47 per cent.

The people who run the firms themselves also replied to the poll. Of those who are who thinking about office space cost savings thanks to the widespread adoption of remote working, 76 per cent said they would like to see the money spent elsewhere.

Of these, 42 per cent would like to see the money diverted to technology, 34 per cent to more cash reserves, and 20 per cent towards employee wellbeing.

In terms of clients, 89 per cent said they are satisfied or very satisfied in receiving remote advice.

Intelliflo chief executive Nick Eatock says: “It’s important that advisers have the flexibility to choose a way of working that benefits them and their clients, and technology is a crucial enabler of this.

“It’s encouraging to see from our data that the adoption of technology is up from both advisers and their clients, with almost four times as many clients logging into their portal now compared with earlier this year.

“We’re expecting this to mark a permanent shift in the way that advisers operate in the future.”