Exclusive: UK employees work £4.2bn in unpaid overtime every week as free labour soars during pandemic June 23, 2021 The amount of unpaid overtime that each UK worker is doing has jumped to an average of eight hours per week during the pandemic, according to a new study. The ADP Research Institute’s People at Work 2021 study, seen by City A.M., found that UK employees are working two hours more unpaid overtime per week [...]
Exclusive: Bank of Ireland UK launches four working hubs in pivot to flexible working April 15, 2021 The Bank of Ireland is the latest company to pivot to a flexible working model with plans to launch four working hubs across the UK. Some 91 per cent of employees surveyed by the bank have indicated they would like to work flexibly in a sign of just how much working patterns have changed amid [...]
Affordable homes: London targets not being met despite 50 per cent rise in construction projects, claim Tories February 14, 2023 London mayor Sadiq Khan has been criticised for being behind on building targets for affordable homes, despite new construction projects increasing on last year. City Hall says 900 more affordable homes were completed in the financial year to December 2022 than in the same period last year, a rise of 50 per cent. But Tory [...]
City workers prepare to head back to offices in just eight days time March 21, 2021 Workers are getting ready to head back to the City of London in just over a weeks’ time as the government’s “stay at home” order is relaxed. Investment banks are leading the return to work, with staff set to return to the Square Mile for the first time in months. Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and [...]
UK unemployment rate falls as lockdown easing drives up hiring July 15, 2021 The UK unemployment rate dropped in the latest quarter as the easing of coronavirus restrictions continues to spark a gradual economic recovery. Between March and May the unemployment rate fell 0.2 percentage points to 4.8 per cent, while the employment rate was up 0.1 percentage point at 74.8 per cent. “As we approach the final [...]
Apple struggles to keep pace with Google and Amazon according to new study on future readiness December 15, 2021 Tesla, Lululemon, Mastercard, and Google topped the global rankings in their respective industries in the Future Readiness Indicator released today, and a number of global companies fared much worse than expected, including Apple, IBM, Twitter, Spotify, HSBC, Audi, and Sony.
Google Campus closes in the end of an era for London tech startups June 22, 2021 Google has decided not to reopen its London campus for startups, which formed part of the capital’s mini–Silicon Valley, saying it will offer services online. The coronavirus pandemic and working from home has likely swayed the decision to shut the seven-storey East London campus. “This shift demonstrated that, similar to the support we provide in [...]
Businesses flouting Covid rules get free pass January 17, 2021 No enforcement notices have been served on companies by Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspectors for Covid safety breaches since the country entered its latest lockdown. Inspectors were contacted 2,945 times about workplace safety issues between 6 and 14 January, the Guardian reported, but no notices were served. Enforcement notices initially ask businesses to remedy [...]
UK riots: Extra criminal lawyers deployed to tackle fallout of violence August 5, 2024 The head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has deployed extra criminal lawyers to deal with the fallout of the violence across the UK.
Why it’s too soon to scrap the office December 14, 2020 The fraction of the UK workforce currently working from home stands at around a third — far above pre-pandemic level of just five per cent. Productivity seems to have remained largely stable since the great shift to remote work. And it has proved popular with many workers, who have seen immediate benefits such as greater [...]