Spending five days in the office each week ‘could return in two years’ June 8, 2021 Spending five days per week in the office could again become the norm within two years, think tank Centre for Cities has said. Hybrid working – spending some time working at home or elsewhere and some in the office – has become a popular compromise among companies planning working patterns post-pandemic, including in many offices [...]
Nike gives burnt out staff in its head office a week off – CityAM : CityAM August 31, 2021 Nike has announced that staff working in its Oregon headquarters will be given a week off to destress after the “traumatic” events of the Covid-19 pandemic. In a message posted to LinkedIn last week, Matt Marrazzo, the firm’s head of insights, said Nike would be “powering down” for a week starting Monday. He said: “Our [...]
Property investor Kennedy-Wilson buys £177.5m London office building June 29, 2021 American company Kennedy-Wilson Holdings has bought an office building in London for £177.5m, betting on a rebound in workspace demand after the pandemic and Brexit hit property valuations in the city. The U.S.-based real estate investment firm’s purchase of One Embassy Gardens, a 156,000-square-foot building in Nine Elms district, follows its recent sale of a central [...]
UK worker shortage: Home Office to announce five-year work visas for ‘skilled’ refugees July 18, 2021 Priti Patel is set to announce a new five-year visa for refugees fleeing war, reserved for those who can show proof they have the skills to fill jobs in the UK that are suffering a shortage of workers. The home secretary will next week reveal a new displaced talent mobility scheme, offering refuge to highly [...]
Exclusive: Government set to take ‘gentle’ approach to get people back to the office June 4, 2021 The government is set to take a “gentle” approach in getting people back to the office this summer, with working from home advice also expected to be scrapped on 21 June if the roadmap goes ahead as planned. Government sources told City A.M. that ministers will not take a hardline approach to get people back [...]
Bow Lane: Party time in EC4 as City celebrates return of office workers June 25, 2021 To celebrate the return of office workers to the Square Mile, the Bow Bells Association organised a street party yesterday in one of the oldest streets in the City, Bow Lane. Opened by the Lord Mayor Alderman William Russell, together with Bow Bells Association chairman James Goolnik, the Bow Bells sounded to start the party, [...]
Office politics: Hybrid working will make WFH look like a walk in the park June 1, 2021 The pandemic has disrupted society on every level. For the world of business, the first national lockdown brought about seismic changes, as entire offices were sent home and IT systems were overhauled within the space of a week or two. But incredibly, this rapid shift to home working was the easy part of the journey [...]
Workspace CEO: London’s working map will change as offices reopen but it’s an opportunity for true innovation July 13, 2021 There is widespread agreement that we are all undergoing a fundamental re-examination of our day-to-day lives as a result of the pandemic. Few aspects of modern life have been scrutinised as much as they way we work and where we work. With restrictions on work from home set to be lifted, much of this is [...]
No vaccine? Yes, employers can bar you from the office April 15, 2021 As the Covid vaccine rollout is in full swing across Britain, with more 32m Brits having received a first dose, an increasing number of employers hinted in recent weeks that they would require their staff to be vaccinated in order to return to the office. Pimlico Plumbers was the first company in London to publicly [...]
The City View: The future of the office, with Dr Peggie Rothe March 21, 2021 City A.M.’s Andy Silvester sits down with Dr. Peggie Rothe, Leesman’s Head of Research and Insights, for a bumper edition on the future of the office. Andy and Peggie discuss what leaders and companies will need to do to persuade staff back to the office, and to use this year of disruption to change what [...]