HSBC bosses forced to hot desk in Canary Wharf HQ cut back

Bosses at HSBC have fallen victim to the bank’s huge cut back on office space as it attempts to move towards home-working, it has emerged. Senior staff were recently pushed out of their private offices on the 42nd level of the group’s Canary Wharf headquarters and will instead be force to hot-desk two floors below. … Read more

The beginning of the END: Canary Wharf chief says ‘gradual’ return to desks will start from March 29

The chief strategist at London‘s Canary Wharf has said thousands of workers are expected to return to offices as Covid restrictions are eased in the coming months. Howard Dawber, Canary Wharf Group’s head of strategy, said they are expecting numbers to increase from March 29 and that this will increase when services such as bars, … Read more

HSBC to keep its Canary Wharf HQ as it plots to close half its offices

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

Canary Wharf owner lodges plans for a huge office development

Canary Wharf owner lodges plans for a huge office development despite the rise in working from home By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 16 July 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 16 July 2020 The owner of Canary Wharf in London has lodged plans for a huge office development. Canary Wharf Group … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: It is worrying that Canary Wharf remains nearly empty

Close to where I live in south-west London a top City trader has set up his lockdown office in his vast suburban home with a bank of trading screens as his window on the world. Across town at Canary Wharf just 10,000 workers have returned to the gleaming towers occupied by the elite of world … Read more

Fury as hundreds cram luxury £1.5m flats for hippy-crack fuelled parties in Canary Wharf skyscraper

Billionaires’ tower block becomes hub for illegal RAVES: Fury as hundreds cram luxury £1.5m flats for hippy-crack fuelled parties in Canary Wharf skyscraper that’s home to global elite 200 people were attended an illegal lockdown rave at One West India Quay Neighbours claim three flats are involved in short-term letting for party hosts  Canisters of nitrous … Read more

‘Professional idiot’, 19, hangs off 600ft-high building in London’s Canary Wharf for YouTube stunt

Don’t try this at home… or anywhere! ‘Professional idiot’, 19, hangs off 600ft-high building in London’s Canary Wharf for YouTube stunt Adam Lockwood, 19, pretended to throw himself a London building for a prank The daredevil teenager takes videos of him climbing tall European buildings The warehouse worker from Wigan performed a similar stunt in … Read more