Offices around M25 surge in popularity as fewer people travel to work in City, new data reveals By Emma Dunkley, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 13 March 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 13 March 2021 Offices around the M25 have surged in popularity as fewer people have travelled to work in the City, … Read more
Half of bosses won’t let their staff return to offices unless they have had the Covid vaccination, survey finds There is now hope over-40s may be vaccinated by Easter and all adults in July More companies are preparing for a return to workplaces as lockdown eases More than 48,000 businesses have now signed up for … Read more
The Boeing that travels at 20mph: Old 727 crawls along motorway after entrepreneur snaps up jet without wings or engine for £100,000 to use it as his new offices The decommissioned jet crawled across the M5, M4 and M32 at a steady 20mph, accompanied by a police escort It began its journey from Cotswold Airport … Read more
Workers will be flocking back to their offices ‘in a few short months’, predicts Boris Johnson, as he dismisses the idea of a permanent shift towards working from home Boris Johnson has predicted workers will be in offices again within a few months The PM dismissed the idea of a permanent switch to working from … Read more
HSBC to axe 40% of office space… But the bank will keep its Canary Wharf HQ despite posting a 34% drop in profits By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:18 GMT, 23 February 2021 | Updated: 22:36 GMT, 23 February 2021 HSBC is planning to ditch almost half its office space – but … Read more
A surge in firms hiring admin staff shows employers are looking at reopening offices after lockdown, a jobs market expert has today claimed. As it was today announced unemployment figures have reached a five-year high, James Reed, from recruiting firm Reed, said the number of jobs available on his company’s site was actually growing. He … Read more
Commercial property has been one of the hardest-hit sectors during the pandemic, and received the unenviable accolade of being the worst-selling open-ended asset class of 2020. Retailers were forced to close their doors for more than half of the year, and still remain shut today – while offices have sat largely empty as millions of … Read more
Twitter users have criticised The Home Office’s new ‘Stay at Home’ warning video for being ‘aggressive’, comparing the messaging to an advert for Netflix’s Black Mirror and even the Gestapo. The video, posted to Twitter by the ministerial department yesterday, urges people to stay at home during the coronavirus pandemic and features a series of police raids on illegal … Read more
Office staff are set to be told to keep working from home even as other lockdown restrictions are eased, the Daily Mail can reveal. Boris Johnson is not expected to give a firm date for when workers will return to their desks as he unveils his plans for a return to normality on Monday. It … Read more
Lord Foster, whose buildings include the Gherkin in London and Apple’s headquarters in California, said the pandemic has been ‘an accelerant’ of trends that will reshape global cities.