The BBC’s tax-payer funded offices are sitting empty as vast swathes of employees continue to work from home. Workers in pubs, restaurants and shops surrounding the BBC’s London and Manchester headquarters have reported a hit to their profits – with some seeing a drop of 80 per cent as staff leave their desks deserted. Some … Read more
PAUL THOMAS on… the post-lockdown return to offices By Paul Thomas For The Daily Mail Published: 01:01 BST, 29 August 2020 | Updated: 01:52 BST, 29 August 2020 Advertisement To order a print of this Paul Thomas cartoon or one by Pugh, visit Mailpictures.newsprints.co.uk or call 0191 6030 178 Share or comment on this article:
Getting office workers back to their desks should be as big a priority as getting children back to the classroom, senior Tories warned last night. Boris Johnson yesterday led a Government push to ensure all school children return to class next week, saying it was ‘vitally important’ that months of patchy home learning finally came to … Read more
The future of Soho and Fitzrovia as the ‘beating heart’ of London is in doubt as offices across the capital remain largely empty – as restaurateur Jeremy King slammed Sadiq Khan over the ‘damaging’ congestion charge. The locations are known around the world as the centre of British advertising, film and TV production, but workers … Read more
Aviva trialling part-time home working for staff in latest sign that workers may never return to office full-time following coronavirus lockdown By Helen Cahill, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 22 August 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 22 August 2020 Aviva is trialling part-time home working for staff in the latest sign that workers … Read more
France will make masks compulsory in French offices from next month to slow down a coronavirus second wave. People returning from their summer holidays will be required to cover their faces throughout all enclosed work spaces, including in corridors and lobbies. It comes as cases have spiked in France, particularly among those aged 25 to … Read more
The Office’s Leslie David Baker reveals racist messages he’s been sent since teasing a potential Stanley spin-off By Kelby Vera For Dailymail.com Published: 19:33 BST, 14 August 2020 | Updated: 20:24 BST, 14 August 2020 Leslie David Baker of The Office fame shared some of the racist messages he’s been receiving online. The 62-year-old actor … Read more
They say silence is golden, but for those working from home and feeling isolated, the lack of human company can almost be deafening – so many are now turning to artificial ‘soundscapes’ of offices for comfort. Dozens of websites and apps now offer a constant stream of background sounds to recreate the hustle and bustle … Read more
Thanks fur the memories: Foreign Office’s chief mouser Palmerston ‘retires’ after ‘enjoying working from home’ during lockdown Palmerston has been the chief mouser at the Foreign Office for past four years Announced on his own @DiploMog Twitter feed that he has decided to retire Letter said he had enjoyed living in the country during lockdown … Read more
Police officers injured in the line of duty have told how cost-cutting attacks on their pensions have now devastated their retirement. Money Mail reported last week how penny-pinching police chiefs were targeting pensions paid to injured officers. Now retired officers have come forward to tell of their treatment at the hands of police forces they … Read more