John Lewis gets permission to turn almost half of its 678,700sqft flagship Oxford Street shop into offices Much of the enormous site in London is not being used John Lewis has shut eight shops and axed 1,300 jobs during the pandemic By City & Finance Reporters For The Daily Mail Published: 22:04 GMT, 28 October 2020 … Read more
Retail giant John Lewis has moved a step closer in its plans to convert a large chunk of its famous Oxford Street store into offices – becoming the latest big name chain to edge away from the High Street. Nearly half of the firm’s flagship store on could be turned into office space as the … Read more
Frustrated MPs are ‘turning their House of Commons offices into secret bars’ after Parliament’s alcohol ban Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle banned alcohol sales in the Commons this month Some MPs have been filling their fridges with wine & beers & throwing parties Commons authorities are investigating claims that renegade Tories plan to turn their offices … Read more
Capital’s offices only 27% full despite most buildings being open, says West End landlord By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 12 October 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 12 October 2020 A leading London landlord says only a quarter of office workers are back at their desks despite all its buildings being … Read more
Could face masks be made mandatory in offices? Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick says wearing coverings in workplaces ‘does have some benefit’ and it ‘will be taken into consideration’ Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said face masks ‘have some benefit’ at work He said making them compulsory in offices ‘will be taken into consideration’ Comments represent a … Read more
Home Office’s facial recognition software is branded ‘systemically racist,’ as study finds it is twice as likely to reject a picture of a black woman than a white man Passport check technology is twice as likely to reject black women as white men Concerns have been raised over the software, which is used by the … Read more
Number of job hunters chasing junior job in offices more than doubles since start of the coronavirus pandemic Office assistant jobs now see an average 267 applications per vacancy In February, the same jobs saw an average 110 applications Overall there are 22 people chasing every vacancy on Reed’s website By Helen Cahill For The … Read more
A terror probe is underway in Paris after two journalists were stabbed in broad daylight today near the former offices of Charlie Hebdo. A man and a woman were seriously wounded after being attacked with a meat cleaver while out for a cigarette break, although both are expected to survive. Police have arrested two men … Read more
At least four people are stabbed near the former offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris By Peter Allen In Paris for MailOnline Published: 11:45 BST, 25 September 2020 | Updated: 11:54 BST, 25 September 2020 At least four people have been stabbed close to the former headquarters of Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris. Two of … Read more
Dr Chaand Nagpaul, chair of council at the British Medical Association (BMA), said the latest lockdown restrictions in England are not tough enough to prevent a devastating second wave Face masks should be made compulsory inside offices to halt a devastating second wave of coronavirus, leading medics warned today. Boris Johnson announced yesterday that all staff in … Read more