City sees highest monthly take-up of office space in more than a year June 3, 2021 Take-up of office space in the City of London has reached its highest monthly total since April of last year, according to new figures, while demand for space across Central London, including the City, has risen by 6 per cent to 10.1m sq ft. In April, City take-up reached 337,631 sq ft, according to real [...]
Door to door, but digital: Avon CEO on how a historic firm gets with the times June 3, 2021 Think of Avon and the image that emerges is probably a pretty wholesome one – an Avon lady, or perhaps an Avon man, presenting their make-up wares in a pleasantly spruced-up living room. In your mind, it’s probably set in black and white too. But times are changing. The cosmetics firm made its mark across [...]
UK firms set to slash office space in pivot to hybrid work June 3, 2021 UK firms appear ready to take the leap to hybrid working despite being unconvinced by the productivity benefits, new research today suggests. Data from PwC shows that major employers are set to reduce their office portfolio by up to 9m square feet, equivalent to 14 Walkie Talkie buildings, due to the pandemic. Of the 258 [...]
Exclusive: In the office full-time? No thanks, say 86 per cent of tech professionals June 2, 2021 As restrictions continue to lift and companies prepare to bring employees back to the workplace, many workers don’t want to return to the office full-time. Technology professionals are no exception. In fact, 86 per cent of them want a work from home arrangement after the pandemic, according to a survey by tech job market platform [...]
Zoom boss says home working is here to stay as app hikes forecasts June 2, 2021 The shift to home working will be a permanent change to working habits, the boss of Zoom has said, as his company hiked its forecasts for the full year. “Work is no longer a place, it’s a space where Zoom serves to empower your teams to connect and bring their best ideas to life,” said [...]
Deutsche Bank ‘confirms move to adopt hybrid working’ as work-from-home era fades June 1, 2021 Deutsche Bank the latest to adopt hybrid working as work-from-home era fades
Office politics: Hybrid working will make WFH look like a walk in the park June 1, 2021 The pandemic has disrupted society on every level. For the world of business, the first national lockdown brought about seismic changes, as entire offices were sent home and IT systems were overhauled within the space of a week or two. But incredibly, this rapid shift to home working was the easy part of the journey [...]
Headhunting firm nabs Battersea space in vote of confidence for the office June 1, 2021 Perrett Laver has signed a 10-year lease on space at One Embassy Gardens in Battersea, in a vote of confidence for the office. The headhunting firm will take half of the ninth floor at One Embassy Gardens, covering some 5,800 sq ft. The company is moving from offices in Westminster, and will join tenants Penguin [...]
Agility jargon buster: Decoding words used to describe agile working June 1, 2021 As trains and roads start to get busier as workers return to offices – for at least some of the week –agile working is top of mind for most employers and employees at the moment. Especially since lots of organisations are using a hybrid model, with teams both in and out of office, requiring extra [...]
Twickenham rugby stadium turned into walk-in vaccine centre May 31, 2021 Twickenham Rugby Stadium has been turned into a major walk-in vaccine centre in a drive to try to boost vaccinations against coronavirus as cases of the Indian variant surge. Up to 15,000 first dose jabs are being made available for those in the local area who have not yet been vaccinated. The event – called [...]