I'm not sure if this is directed at me or not but here goes anyway
I don't have a business. I work full time for a large IT company, am officially based out of an office in Wolverhampton but have the flexibility within my role to work from home whenever I want, which I do 4 out of 5 days a week generally.
When I work from home, I'm paying for all the services required, heating, lighting, fast internet out of my own pocket and I do this by choice. I receive no benefits for working from home and it does cost me money to do so even if it is balanced out with reduced commuting costs
I can access all the systems I need to with my laptop and an internet connection, have no real need to attend my company office other than for any face to face meetings (very rare these days) or to chat with colleagues.
This thread was to seek recommendations on somewhere to spend a couple of hours every other week to work, maybe not even that frequently, just to get out of the house.
If a cafe/coffee shop/pub etc is willing to provide tables, free wifi, power sockets etc so laptops can be used, and does so without any restrictions on what they can be used for or for how long they expect customers to stay, then whether I'm sitting there watching a film, reading or working should be nobody's business but my own
If the cafe/coffee shop/pub had issues with what people used their premises for then I'm sure they would address the situation either by removing those services (free wifi) or by asking people to leave
