Metro Bank CFO quits as full year results loom February 15, 2022 The chief financial officer for Metro Bank has quit with the company's preliminary financial results expected as soon as next week.
BGO secures Victoria’s largest ever pre-let as firm relocates HQ September 23, 2024 Finance services firm set to relocate HQ from Mayfair to 105 Victoria Street after it signed the largest pre-let in Victoria's history.
Vice Media unveils metaverse HQ February 23, 2022 Vice Media has created its own office inside the metaverse, as more and more firms take a leap into the virtual world.
Horizon scandal: MPs back sub-postmasters to get ‘full, fair and final compensation’ February 17, 2022 MPs have come out in support of the victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal, calling for full compensation for the sub-postmasters affected.
PM to launch ‘Office for Investment’ in a bid to lure foreign investors October 12, 2020 The Prime Minister will reportedly launch a new Downing Street operation to secure foreign investment for infrastructure projects amid the UK’s economic recovery. Number 10 is working on a new “Office for Investment” which will be tasked with identifying and coordinating major infrastructure initiatives, according to Sky News. Chief among these projects will be delivering [...]
TSB shifts Square Mile hub as staff defy work from home expectations June 16, 2024 The controversial work-from-home trend, catalysed by the Covid-19 lockdowns, has drawn criticism by some business leaders and politicians.
Unused office space ‘to cost London firms £13bn’, survey shows November 16, 2020 The shift to homeworking, accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic, could cost London businesses almost £13bn in unused office space, according to the latest research. London office workers want to spend an average of 2.7 days per week back in the office once all coronavirus restrictions are lifted, as long as they have the resources to [...]
John Lewis to convert almost half of Oxford Street store into offices October 28, 2020 John Lewis has been given the green light to convert almost half of its flagship Oxford Street department store into office space amid turmoil for the UK’s retail sector. Westminster City Council last night granted the high street store conditional planning permission to transform three to eight floors into dual-use space. The local authority voted [...]
Anti-vaxxers may be barred from pubs and offices: Senior Tory MP November 16, 2020 People who refuse to take a Covid-19 vaccine may be barred from restaurants, pubs and offices, a senior Conservative MP has suggested. Tom Tugendhat, MP for Tonbridge, Edenbridge and Malling and chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, told HuffPost UK he could “certainly see the day” when people are refused entry into pubs and restaurants, [...]
Cop-shop chop-chop sees 31 Met officers handed lockdown fines after barber visit January 26, 2021 A group of 31 Metropolitan Police officers face lockdown fines after having haircuts by a professional barber whilst on duty.