Dominic Raab urges workers to return to offices to get the economy ‘firing on all cylinders’ again

Get back to the office! Dominic Raab urges workers to return to get the economy ‘firing on all cylinders’ again… as new figures show just one in SIX are back in the workplace  Dominic Raab has urged workers to return to the office where safe to do so  He said it would help the economic … Read more

One fifth of SMEs plan to downsize their offices

One fifth of small and medium-sized firms planning to downsize their offices and encourage remote working By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:52 BST, 19 July 2020 | Updated: 21:52 BST, 19 July 2020 One fifth of small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) are planning to downsize their offices and encourage remote working.  Some … Read more

Michael Gove urges Britons to go back to their offices if they can

‘We must fire up the engines of the economy’: Michael Gove urges Britons to go back to their offices if they can amid fears of jobs bloodbath on high street – as ministers prepare to lift advice against using public transport Michael Gove insisted people should now go back into their offices if they can  … Read more

Boris Johnson urges people to get back to offices in towns

Boris Johnson will next week tell office workers to start returning to their desks to help save the British economy. The Prime Minister will use an update on virus strategy to press employers to start ordering their staff back to the workplace – if it is safe. He and Chancellor Rishi Sunak are said to … Read more

Shed offices are the new conservatories as the outhouses increase in popularity

With millions more of us now working from home, finding your own, comfortable space to work can become increasingly difficult. There is an innovative solution for those who have adequate garden space – shed offices. They have seen popularity boom over the lockdown period. While building a conservatory used to be the most convenient way … Read more

The bosses who still made personal fortunes despite the Post Office’s darkest hour

They presided over one of the worst miscarriages of justice in British history, in which up to 960 sub-postmasters had their lives ruined after they were wrongly accused of pilfering, fraud and false accounting. Staff were plunged into a Kafka-esque nightmare after money seemed to vanish from their tills. They were pilloried even though the … Read more

British Land looks set for coronavirus hit with offices closed

British Land looks set for coronavirus hit with workplaces closed due to pandemic lockdown By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:06 BST, 22 May 2020 | Updated: 22:06 BST, 22 May 2020 With most white collar employees working from home, commercial landlord Land Securities reported that 90 per cent of its offices were … Read more

Twitter and BT could make working home permanent, amid concern over demise of traditional offices

The traditional office could be a thing of the past as companies announce they will let employees work from home permanently, leaving empty commercial real estate across the UK.  Social media giant Twitter told its 5,000 employees, including those at its London office, on Tuesday it would be their decision on whether they want to … Read more

BBC will close the ‘majority’ of its smaller support offices used by regional news teams

BBC will close the ‘majority’ of its smaller support offices used by regional news teams as part of cost-cutting drive during coronavirus crisis ‘It is worrying to hear a majority of smaller sites will be closed’ – a BBC employee  BBC has been reviewing the use of all its smaller district offices across England  The … Read more