West End landlord Great Portland Estates swings to loss as tourists and Londoners stay at home May 19, 2021 West End landlord Great Portland Estates slump as tourists and Londoners stay at home
Labour announce asylum removals plans March 18, 2024 Labour have announced an immigration removals plan in a bid to see failed asylum seekers and foreign criminals returned faster.
The City View: Re-Leased CFO Sam Caulton on real estate’s brave new world April 21, 2022 Today Andy Silvester talks to Sam Caulton, CFO of Re-Leased, a commercial property management proptech. They discuss his journey to the role; why the commercial real estate sector’s been in desperate need of change, and how he effecting such change with Re-Leased; the impact of Covid on the sector; and the importance of being in [...]
‘Right to disconnect’ plans must offer firms flexibility, experts warn August 20, 2024 The government’s plan to give workers the ‘right to disconnect’ must offer companies some flexibility when it comes to implementing the changes, experts have warned. Staff who are frequently contacted by their bosses outside of their work day could be granted thousands more in compensation cash from employment tribunals under new worker reforms, The Times [...]
How video games could be the next frontier in the WFH revolution May 5, 2021 By this time last year, most of us were already experiencing Zoom fatigue. A month of working remotely had taken its toll and the endless queue of video meetings seemed to exemplify the creeping malaise of this new way of working. Phil Spencer, head of Microsoft’s games division Xbox, soon came up with a novel [...]
Severfield launches buyback as booming steel demand in UK and Europe powers record backlog April 17, 2024 The acquisition of Voortman has helped the firm diversify from its home market in the UK, with 32 per cent of its order book now located in Europe.
Exclusive: How’s that for a perk? Jefferies buys staff Peloton bikes as lockdown bonus March 22, 2021 Employees at Jefferies, the global investment bank, are set to pedal their way out of lockdown – after the firm gifted staff Peloton bikes as a thank you for their recent work. Analysts and associates received an email from senior staff on Friday. UK staff will be able to select from a Peloton bike – [...]
Floating cities or climate visas: Is this the choice for environmental migrants? November 11, 2023 The climate crisis could force over 1bn people from their homes by 2050. Some 150m p ople are currently living on land that will be below the high-tide line by 2050. T
Sir Martin Sorrell’s ad agency terminates office leases to go fully hybrid June 7, 2021 London-based S4 Capital, the advertising agency run by Sir Martin Sorrell, has terminated several office leases as staff are being encouraged to adopt fully flexible hybrid working practices. The advertising guru, who resigned from his previous firm WPP in 2018, said creativity is not being lost by the arrangements. “We always knew that our people, [...]
More than just hot air: the UK should be the home of a carbon market that actually works October 20, 2023 This year, peatland ecosystems in the Indonesian districts of Katigan and Kotawaringin Timur – covering an area roughly the size of London – will lock away the carbon emissions equivalent of two million cars. Thousands of miles away, powered by Icelandic geothermal energy, Climeworks’s spaceship-esq Orca project is busily sucking carbon dioxide out of the [...]