Why home working might be damaging London’s economy September 4, 2024 Londoners have been slower to return to the office after the pandemic than workers in many large cities around the world. This really matters, and not just for London.
UBS becomes latest bank to offer staff hybrid working forever June 28, 2021 UBS Group will allow most staff to mix remote working with time spent in the office, Switzerland’s biggest bank revealed today. “We are committed to offering our employees the flexibility for hybrid working where role, tasks and location allow,” UBS said. “Hybrid work options will be introduced on a country-by-country basis, with timing dependent on the local pandemic [...]
Oil prices enjoy healthy gains amid easing concerns over Omicron variant December 10, 2021 Oil prices continue to recover from last month’s steep dive with markets increasingly less fearful of the emerging Omicron variant.
Platform Housing: Turnover up as investment in existing homes trumps construction of new ones August 28, 2024 Platform Housing Group has reported a strong start to the year, although the rate of new-build homes has fallen with the focus shifting to improving social rented properties. Turnover at the company grew by 14.8 per cent to £92.3m in the three months to June 2024, up from £80.4m in June 2023, with 95 per [...]
Square Mile and Me: Perenna CEO Arjan Verbeek on disrupting the mortgage market April 4, 2024 Arjan Verbeek, founder and CEO of mortgage lender Perenna, takes us through his career, from The Hague to the City.
City workers returning to offices hits post-pandemic high October 6, 2021 The number of City workers working in offices hit a new post-pandemic high last week. Remit Consulting’s Return Report confirmed that Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday were the busiest days of the week, with workers opting to work from home on Mondays and Fridays. Based on automatic turnstiles data, from building managers from over 150 major [...]
Nightclubs ‘must not be thrown under bus’ as a distraction from Christmas party fury December 8, 2021 Nightclubs are readying themselves for a “devastating” Christmas as rumours swirl over the imminent introduction of fresh Covid restrictions. Multiple newspapers have reported that so-called Plan B restrictions could be announced as early as tonight in a press conference. The restrictions would mean vaccine passports and an instruction to work-from-home once more. Late-night venues had [...]
Home REIT: Serious Fraud Office probing whether fund managers misled the market March 20, 2024 The Serious Fraud Office has opened inquiries into the scandal-hit social housing firm Home REIT and is probing whether its former fund managers misled the market, City A.M. has learned.
Unvaccinated Morgan Stanley staff in New York to be barred from office June 23, 2021 Staff and clients who are not fully vaccinated against Covid-19 will be barred from entering Morgan Stanley’s New York offices. The policy, which comes into effect next month, means unvaccinated employees will need to work remotely, the BBC first reported. The move will reportedly allow the Wall Street giant to remove remaining restrictions in offices [...]
A four day week is no panacea to the structural challenges of Britain’s workforce January 25, 2022 For years, there has been an ongoing discussion about the four-day working week. In the 2019 election, then-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn even put cutting the number of days we work at the centre of his manifesto. This week trials for a four day week will begin with 30 companies trying it out in the hope [...]