City office floorspace surges as developers back the Square Mile’s future March 9, 2021 The City of London Corporation has today (9 March) revealed that, so far this year, it has given planning consent for the equivalent of almost 80% of the total office floorspace it approved for the whole of last year; demonstrating the City office market remains resilient despite new ways of working being adopted throughout the coronavirus pandemic. The City [...]
Hunt can plead for older works to go back to work, but businesses will need to hire them January 31, 2023 Britain's workforce is flagging, with vacancies at a record high, but Jeremy Hunt's push to get older workers back to the office will fall flat unless employers agree to change too, writes Ann Francke.
IWG swings to £650m loss but sounds optimistic note on future of offices March 9, 2021 Office space provider IWG swung to a £650.2m loss last year due to the impact of coronavirus on working habits, it announced this morning. Revenue fell from £2.65bn to £2.48bn and the company posted a loss of more than half a billion pounds, down from profit after tax of £77.3m in 2019. It reported a [...]
New ‘endorsing body’ set to take on Tech Nation visa programme April 4, 2023 A new body is set to take over management of the feted tech talent visa programme from Tech Nation after the start-up group closed its doors at the end of March, the Home Office has confirmed.
Work from home advice has finally been dropped and we need our staff back in offices for our economy to recover July 19, 2021 Today is truly a significant moment for businesses and households across the nation, as social and economic COVID-19 restrictions in England are finally eased. It’s been a long journey, but for the City, after many months of quiet we can now breathe a collective sigh of relief, as workers and visitors start to return to [...]
City of London Corporation chief calls for return of office workers to Square Mile later this year April 15, 2021 The City of London’s local authority has today called for office workers and visitors to return to the Square Mile to help boost economic activity. Catherine McGuinness, the City of London Corporation’s policy chair, also said it was up to the powerful local authority to provide “reassurance about the steps taken to protect public health [...]
Business chiefs urge Boris Johnson to speed up return to office review March 5, 2021 The bosses of some of London’s top businesses have urged Boris Johnson to accelerate a review that will determine when people can return to the office. The government is set to carry out a review of Covid safety measures such as one-metre social distancing and mask-wearing that will pave the way for a return to [...]
Greensill job allowed Bill Crothers to evade scrutiny, says former Home Office official April 15, 2021 Former Home Office permanent secretary Sir David Normington said that he was “absolutely amazed” that a top civil servant was permitted to work as a part-time adviser at Greensill Capital while still in Whitehall. Asked about the Bill Crothers case, Sir David told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme today: “Well actually, when I heard it, [...]
Office design experts lead London’s return to the office September 9, 2020 Returning to work in the nation’s capital could mean economic revival, but businesses wonder whether it can be done safely: design and build experts prove that it can. If the 1918 Flu Pandemic is anything to go by, much about Coronavirus could conceivably remain a mystery more than 100 years into the future. One thing [...]
Nationwide to let all 13,000 office staff work from home permanently March 25, 2021 Nationwide will allow all 13,000 of its office staff to permanently work remotely when coronavirus restrictions are eased. The building society said office staff can work from anywhere in the UK, as it “puts them in control of how they balance their work and home lives”. The move follows a survey of Nationwide employees, [...]