Hybrid hinders London commercial space as John Lewis slashes head office value by £15.6m June 20, 2023 The John Lewis Partnership (JLP) has slashed the value of its London head office by £15.6m in the latest signal that hybrid working trends continue to hinder the capital’s commercial work space. It comes as last month the retail group revealed that it was ending the lease on its head office in Victoria, London as [...]
It’s high time we break the menopause stigma in the City’s workplaces June 16, 2023 Menopause affects women in every workplace, but the culture around them often forces them to suffer in silence. Companies have a huge incentive in fighting this stigma, writes Mridula Pore
Robert Walters: Share price plunges for recruitment giant after warning of ‘significantly’ lower profits June 14, 2023 Global recruitment agency Robert Walters shares nosedived this morning when markets opened as the staffing firm warned that its profits for the year would be “significantly” lower than previously anticipated. Shares in the London-listed recruiter plunged by 15 per cent, however they have now clawed back to around 13 per cent, as the group posted [...]
The fashion crime of rucksacks over suits is growing in the Square Mile June 10, 2023 A couple of years ago an American woman caused an international incident when she admitted to covertly chucking her husband’s cargo shorts in the bin, such was her dislike of them. The following week was littered with opinion pieces about the maligned shorts, from other women owning up to doing the same to loud-and-proud cargo [...]
Apple’s virtual reality headset won’t make it to the UK without the right infrastructure June 9, 2023 The virtual reality headset launched by Apple is already making waves. But aside from its price, many in the UK won't be able to access it without a total rollout of full fibre broadband, writes Dan Ramsay
Google cracks down on hybrid working – and will track staff attendance June 8, 2023 Google is reportedly cracking down on its hybrid-working policy with the tech giant to begin tracking staff office attendance and including employees’ frequency in the office in performance reviews. Fiona Cicconi, Google’s chief people officer, is said to have written an email to employees on Wednesday, according to reports in CNBC, noting that there is [...]
‘Working’ from home: Laundry, sex and side hustles distract hybrid Londoners from the day job June 6, 2023 One in six Londoners have admitted to having sex whilst they should be working, fresh research shows, as employers across the capital look to stiffen up on hybrid working rules. The data, which was published by LifeSearch, shows that more widely across the UK 1.6 million workers have admitted to getting ‘between the sheets’ between [...]
Succession: CMA would block a Waystar merger just like Microsoft – and it hurts Britain June 2, 2023 No spoilers, I promise. Succession builds towards its climax. Logan Roy, played by a full tilt Brian Cox, is trying to finalise a merger between his media conglomerate Waystar Royco – a hybrid of News Corporation and Disney – and the up and coming tech business GoJo. Imagine the final scenes. Months of globe-trotting negotiations [...]
Amazon workers planning walkout at US HQ after return-to-office mandate, layoffs and environmental concerns May 31, 2023 Amazon workers upset about recent lay-offs, a return-to-office mandate and the company’s environmental impact are planning a walkout at the company’s Seattle headquarters. The lunchtime protest comes a week after Amazon’s annual shareholder meeting and a month after a policy took effect requiring workers to return to the office three days per week. “We respect [...]
There’s an app about to do to workplaces what social media did to British politics May 30, 2023 If you haven’t heard of Fishbowl, chances are your colleagues are already using the app - a bizarre combination of LinkedIn and Reddit - to air their workplace grievances, writes Eliza Filby