Audit giant Mazars ups size of London offices with new City premises next to Old Bailey court City of London French auditor Mazars is set to move into new City of London premises after setting out plans to expand the size of its office space by 10 per cent. The accountancy firm is set to move from its current offices in Tower Bridge House to new, larger City of London premises at 30 Old Bailey. [...]
Commuter belt office space surges in popularity as workers flex hybrid options WORKERS The commuter belt has become the new worker hub as people opt for co-working spaces rather than longer commutes. New data from office space provider IWG, which manages brands Regus and Spaces, found that there was a 91 per cent rise in attendance in Maidenhead in March compared with the month before. Meanwhile, homely towns like Hemel Hempstead [...]
Law firms drive demand for London’s ‘super-prime’ office space London Offices Law firms are driving demand for “super-prime” office space in Central London, amid fierce competition to recruit and retain legal talent. Law firms took up more than a quarter (27 per cent) of all office space in the City of London last year, according to figures from Knight Frank. Intense competition between law firms to [...]
Credit Suisse says demand for office spaces will rise in long run December 8, 2021 Demand for office space is set to increase in the long term, despite the home working trend propelled by the pandemic, according to a new study by Credit Suisse. The Swiss bank said that while people’s preference for working from home”is likely to cast its shadow over the office property market for several more quarters,” [...]
Workspace bets on the office return with £45m Islington acquisition November 17, 2021 Office-space provider Workspace has announced it has bought out a smaller competitor, The Busworks, in a £45m deal as more people return to offices in London. The FTSE-250 company today said it will upgrade the iconic building, a former Victorian bus factory from 1888, which is currently being used as office spaces to rent. The [...]
Home working prompts Brewin Dolphin to abandon HQ relocation plans October 8, 2021 Wealth manager Brewin Dolphin has scrapped plans to move its headquarters into the City after more staff adopt flexible working. The company first announced plans to move its head office in November 2019, according to a statement published yesterday. Brewin Dolphin said the original plan, formulated two years ago, was to move from Smithfield Market [...]
Return to work: Midweek-only office workers gain a new moniker October 4, 2021 Last Thursday was the busiest day for Farringdon, Canary Wharf, Bank and Monument stations since the pandemic began, as London’s commuters adjust to a new world of hybrid working Almost a hundred thousand people travelled through Bank and Monument stations. And since City workers were encouraged “back to school” from the beginning of September, footfall [...]
HubSpot to open first London office and triple its global workforce September 13, 2021 The software giant with a market capitalisation of £33bn will open its first-ever London office in October and begin a hiring spree, as it expands its UK market. The new office, located at Clerks Court on Farringdon Lane, marks what HubSpot called the start of a “nationwide talent drive” to recruit around 70 new hires [...]
Return to work: The most pressing legal questions answered September 2, 2021 While government instructions to work from home expired in July, many employers have chosen to wait for the Summer months to pass before facilitating a return to the workplace. The transition from enforced Covid restrictions to a more personal interpretation of the rules will inevitably lead to confusion for small business owners across the country. [...]
Zoom announces hybrid return to work August 26, 2021 Videoconferencing giant Zoom has announced its plans for a hybrid approach to work for its staff, in a company blog post. The company, which became a household name during the pandemic, conducted an internal survey which found that only 1 per cent of its employees wanted to return to working full-time from the office. The [...]