97 per cent of office workers want a work from home arrangement post-pandemic April 26, 2021 Nearly all employees who are currently working from home prefer to keep doing just that, even when offices are open. According to a survey conducted by Nyenrode Business University, Open University and Moneypenny, 97 per cent of all office workers wants to maintain a work-from-home mode, with 9 per cent preferring to work from home [...]
Why don’t I have an EV yet? April 24, 2021 Given all the hype around electric cars, it is sometimes easy to forget just how far off mass adoption of the climate friendly vehicles still is. A recent survey by consumer trends data firm Dynata suggests that as yet just 16 per cent of Brits have bought an electric or hybrid car – way behind [...]
Fear for the office emerges as Covid sufferers are reluctant to return April 23, 2021 More than a year after the first Covid-19 lockdown, a new trend is emerging among Brits who have been working from home, a genuine fear for the office, according to a new study shared with City A.M. Amongst Brits that now work from home, this trend is more prevalent among those who previously tested positive [...]
HSBC scraps executive floor in Canary Wharf in favour of hot-desking April 19, 2021 HSBC has scrapped the entire executive floor at its Canary Wharf headquarters in the latest change to its post-pandemic working practices. The 42nd floor, which was previously home to executives, will be used for client meeting rooms and collaborative spaces while top managers will hot desk on the open-plan 40th floor. “Our offices were empty [...]
Hybrid work is here to stay: we need to learn how to nurture talent virtually April 16, 2021 Last month Reach PLC announced the majority of its workforce will become remote-based. There has been a steady flow of businesses closing their head offices in order to build a hybrid-workforce and it is clear that virtual environments are here to stay. But how do we nurture talent in a virtual environment? And how will [...]
Rail firms to launch flexible season tickets to lure commuters back to city centres April 16, 2021 Ministers and rail chiefs are finalising a new system of flexible season tickets designed to entice commuters back to city centres as the shift to hybrid working takes off. Cost concerns mean the discounts will be much less generous than for traditional season tickets, to spare the taxpayer from further expenses, the Telegraph has revealed. [...]
Exclusive: Bank of Ireland UK launches four working hubs in pivot to flexible working April 15, 2021 The Bank of Ireland is the latest company to pivot to a flexible working model with plans to launch four working hubs across the UK. Some 91 per cent of employees surveyed by the bank have indicated they would like to work flexibly in a sign of just how much working patterns have changed amid [...]
Financial services optimism rebounds at fastest rate in eight years April 15, 2021 Optimism within the financial services sector has increased at the fastest rate in eight years as the economy begins to reopen from months of lockdown, a new survey has shown. Sentiment among finance firms rose 52 per cent in the three months to March, according to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and PwC’s latest [...]
UK working to deliver in-person COP26 climate summit, says Sharma April 14, 2021 Alok Sharma has today told MPs that the UK is working to ensure that this November’s COP26 climate summit can be held in person. Speaking in Parliament today, Sharma, the conference’s president, added that there was no intention of postponing the conference for a second time. “We are working very hard to ensure we deliver [...]
Norwegian Air restructuring plan wins state approval April 12, 2021 Norwegian Air’s restructuring proposals have today been approved in the carrier’s home country courts, clearing the way for it to begin raising fresh capital. The airline said that Oslo’s County Court had this morning joined the Irish High Court’s decision to give its plans the go-ahead. After its government refused to extend further support to [...]