{"id":105,"date":"2017-09-01T10:35:16","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T09:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/blog\/?p=105"},"modified":"2017-09-01T16:10:58","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T15:10:58","slug":"the-rising-cost-of-commuting-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/blog\/the-rising-cost-of-commuting-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"The rising cost of commuting in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you&#8217;re having a bad week, the daily commute only serves to the prolong the agony &#8211; the last thing you want at the end of each torturous day is a tortuous journey &#8211; but have you ever wondered just how long we all spend stuck behind the wheel, or sat on a packed train?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>How much time do UK commuters spend travelling to and from work?<\/h2>\n<p>The boffins at MoneySuperMarket, the price comparison website, have done some number-crunching and come up with some eye-opening stats on exactly how much we&#8217;re spending on travelling to and from work, in both time and money&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The average worker in the UK spends <strong>197 hours each year<\/strong> commuting.<\/li>\n<li>Rail season tickets can <strong>cost up to 18%<\/strong> of the average Londoner&#8217;s salary.<\/li>\n<li>25% of the working population takes more than <strong>an hour to get to work<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And things could be about to get worse, as\u00a0Rail fares for commuters in England and Wales will increase by 3.6% from next year, adding pressure to incomes already squeezed by higher prices.<\/p>\n<p>The higher fares are set to take effect from January 2017, and will apply to almost half (40%) of rail fares, including season tickets on many commuter journeys, some off-peak return tickets on long-distance journeys and anytime tickets around major cities. The price hikes\u00a0represent the biggest annual increase in five years.<\/p>\n<p>Now imagine the savings that could be made if you didn&#8217;t have to travel to and from work every day, and could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/blog\/tag\/work-from-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">work from home<\/a> more often &#8211; even just once or twice a week. Remote working not only saves both time and money but also helps also to reduce a company&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukpower.co.uk\/gas_electricity_news\/reduce_carbon_footprint\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CO2 footprint<\/a>, meaning there&#8217;s a saving for the environment too.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thumbnails.visually.netdna-cdn.com\/the-cost-of-commuting-infographic--moneysupermarketcom_512b71529a83e.jpg\" alt=\"The cost of commuting\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Working from home obviously presents its own challenges, not least you can feel detached from the rest of your team, and miss out on important meetings, but you don&#8217;t have to &#8211; simply stay in touch via\u00a0<a title=\"conference call\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/conference-call\">conference call.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/conference-call\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1777\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/conference-call-banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"138\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you&#8217;re having a bad week, the daily commute only serves to the prolong the agony &#8211; the last thing you want at the end of each torturous day is<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/blog\/the-rising-cost-of-commuting-in-the-uk\/\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The rising cost of commuting in the UK<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14,19,27],"tags":[29,15,25],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.9 - 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