Klarna to buck pandemic trend and take on more UK office space May 3, 2021 Klarna plans to take on more office space as part of a push to double its British workforce and launch more banking products. The buy now pay later firm will take new headquarters in an 11,000 sq ft WeWork office in Holborn and expand its existing space in Manchester. The firm is also looking at [...]
Worth the commute: 9 out of 10 want hybrid working paired with an improved office June 14, 2021 Nine out of ten UK workers want the option to work remotely once offices reopen, while the same proportion desire a better office set-up when they do go in, new research today suggests. Data from OpenSensors, a workplace technology company, shows that a similar proportion of workers (90.5 per cent) are being offered the option [...]
Bosses plot office move amid home working shift April 9, 2021 The bosses of some of the UK’s biggest companies have said they are planning to move offices as a result of the shift to home working. A new survey found that 38 per cent of business leaders planned to downsize, across the board while 42 per cent said they were looking to move or to [...]
‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ crushes pandemic box office record April 6, 2021 The latest in the giant lizard vs ape saga, ‘Godzilla vs Kong’, has smashed pandemic box office records which raked in £35m just this weekend. In the biggest opening in the US in the last 12 months, the Adam Wingard-directed blockbuster has surpassed the highly anticipated ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ which took home around £12m in its [...]
Exclusive: Government says return to the office is up to ‘personal discretion’ when restrictions ease June 11, 2021 A government minister has told City A.M. it will be up to “personal discretion” whether businesses return to the office after 21 June, as it remains unclear if the ‘work from home’ message will be scrapped as originally planned. Small business minister Paul Scully said that “personal discretion is the key thing” when it comes [...]
Where in the West End and City of London office leasing market rebounding most? May 20, 2021 Where is the West End and City of London office leasing market rebounding most?
Arcadis to open new City of London office next week in boost for Square Mile June 10, 2021 Design & consultancy firm Arcadis has announced the opening of its new office in the City of London next week. From 14 June, the business will operate from 80 Fenchurch Street, with over 40,000 sq ft of new office space across two floors. “The continued strength of the City office market demonstrates the importance of [...]
Purplebricks hires Pentland Brands director as new CFO October 27, 2022 Purplebricks has appointed Dominique Highfield as its chief financial officer, who joins from Pentland Brands.
Tullow Oil names Richard Miller as permanent CFO December 8, 2022 Tullow Oil has appointed interim chief financial officer Richard Miller to the position permanently, and named him as an executive director.
China paid double agent in Bitcoin for secret files, US government claims October 26, 2022 The US Department of Justice alleges that Chinese intelligence officers paid bribes in Bitcoin to a US government double agent.