Sunday is the new Friday! Work from home means 'more people are going out to eat at the end of the week'

Sunday has become the new Friday thanks to Britain's burgeoning 'work from home' culture, it is claimed - with more people going out to dine at the weekend's end. Thom Elliot, co-founder of Pizza Pilgrims, said dining behaviour had changed with the onset of hybrid working - making Sundays busier but Fridays less buzzing. Thom and James Elliot are seen here with celebrity chef Mary Berry Thom Elliot has suggested that more people working from home has led to a rise in consumers going out to eat on Sundays Thom Elliot, co-founder of Pizza Pilgrims, said dining behaviour had changed with the onset of hybrid working - making Sundays busier but Fridays less buzzing Mr Elliot set up Pizza Pilgrims with his brother James and have counted former prime ministers Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak among their firm's fans. Brothers Thom and James Elliot, who co-founded Pizza Pilgrims in 2012, are seen here in one of their restaurants in November 2020 Then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak visited a branch of Pizza Pilgrims in West India Quay, east London, in June 2020 His business recently revealed that its pre-tax profits more than doubled to £700,000 in the year to June last year, while revenues grew by more than a third to £29million. Boris Johnson paid a visit to Pizza Pilgrims' Isle of Dogs branch as part of a promotion in July 2020 to show how restaurants would admit customers while enforcing social distancing Pizza Pilgrims recently revealed that its pre-tax profits more than doubled to £700,000 in the year to June last year, while revenues grew by more than a third to £29million He told the Telegraph: 'What we're seeing with urban areas, particularly London, is that Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday is still strong, but actually we are seeing growth on Mondays and Fridays.