Increased anxiety and loneliness led to a boom in pet sales during lockdowns – but as offices open up again, people are having to navigate new challenges. A slew of pet-tech solutions is cropping up to relieve pet parents of the guilt of leaving home and to help alleviate separation anxiety.

Pet-owners who have been able to work from home are claiming that man's best friend is the only reason they’ve kept their sanity during lockdown. And as people start thinking about returning to work after the pandemic, they’re eager to make sure their dogs don’t experience separation anxiety.

With more people working from home than ever before, teams are feeling distant and disjointed, which can make employees feel unnoticed and undervalued. Beyond Thank You wants to help companies show their remote workers that they’re just as important at home as they were in the office.

There’s been lots of talk of WFH futures, but as restrictions lift, not everybody wants to stay at home. With predictions about what the future of work might look like, Canvas8 spoke to eight Britons to understand what they miss from the office and how they’re feeling about the new normal.