Masks, mass events and more in the office: What Freedom Day means for you July 12, 2021 Millions of Londoners will enjoy a range of new liberties from 19 July, after Boris Johnson this evening announced the coronavirus restrictions that will be lifted as planned. Back in February when the PM outlined the government’s roadmap out of lockdown, he told MPs that step four would entail “all legal limits on social contact” [...]
Back to the office: Business groups echo Sunak’s concerns about young workers August 3, 2021 Business groups have echoed Rishi Sunak’s warning that “young people in particular” are missing out on “valuable” experience through remote working. In an interview with LinkedIn the Chancellor cautioned that remote working can be a poor substitute for in-person workplaces. His comments follow the decision to lift guidance to “work from home where possible” on [...]
Lack of government strategy putting UK decarbonisation goals at risk, NAO warns March 1, 2023 The government lacks a plan for all electricity to be generated through clean energy sources by 2035, warned the National Audit Office.
Sub-postmaster saga batters Post Office recruitment chances May 26, 2021 On April 23, judges quashed the convictions of 39 Post Office workers who were wrongfully convicted of stealing money thanks to a flaw in the Horizon IT system. Described as “the UK’s most widespread miscarriage of carriage”, the long-running saga put an ordinarily uncontroversial institution at the centre of a media firestorm. The business has [...]
Fleet Street store fronts down over a fifth post-pandemic October 15, 2023 Some 22 per cent of the shops on Fleet Street are now vacant, with the sector blaming sticky transport links and a slow return to office life for the drab state of the infamous London area.
Digital Pound: Busting the privacy myths February 28, 2023 Martin Hargreaves, Chief Product Officer with Quant, debunks some of the myths he believes surround the advent of the digital pound.
The hybrid working gap: The young, broke and single prefer the office May 24, 2021 Older workers are more likely to prefer hybrid working models than younger people. Half of employees aged 18 to 24-years-old want to return to the office full time, compared to just 29 per cent of over 55s, according to a survey carried out by Totem, an employee engagement and culture app The survey showed that 66 [...]
Cressida Dick drafts in external ‘anti-sleaze’ adviser to help root out predatory Met police officers October 4, 2021 Met Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick has committed to a review of her force’s standards and culture and will appoint a new “high profile anti-sleaze officer” to identify predatory officers, after a murder and a rape by two serving Met officers destroyed British women’s confidence in the police. Pressure on the commissioner to resign multiplied in [...]
Morgan Stanley boss: Eating out? Then you can come in to the office June 15, 2021 Morgan Stanley chief executive James Gorman sent a strong message to staff in the US who are reluctant to return to their desks, saying, “If you can go into a restaurant in New York City, you can come into the office.” “By Labor Day, I’ll be very disappointed if people haven’t found their way into [...]
Lloyds hires ex-DBS Bank executive as chief operating officer June 14, 2021 Lloyds Banking Group has hired David Gledhill, a former executive of Singapore’s DBS Bank, as group chief operating officer. Britain’s largest domestic bank said in a statement that Gledhill will join in August this year, subject to regulatory approval. Gledhill will join Lloyds upon returning to the UK after 11 years with DBS Bank, where [...]