Half of employed adults in the UK commuting to work again June 25, 2021 Brits are making a gradual return to the office, as around half of all UK working adults travelled to their place of work in the last two weeks, new data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) showed today. The proportion of working adults who commuted to the office last week reached 49 per cent, [...]
PM keen for UK workers to return to office but govt leaves decision up to businesses June 18, 2021 The Prime Minister is understood to be against large-scale working from home continuing beyond final lockdown restrictions easing, as the government hands discretion to “employers and employees”. Boris Johnson is opposed to the level of working from home seen during the pandemic becoming permanent and had hoped to ease guidance this month, The Telegraph first [...]
Whitehall shakeup: 22,000 roles may be moved out of London and external candidates for senior roles June 15, 2021 The government will today launch a reform programme that will see wide-scale reforms to the civil service, with jobs being moved out of Whitehall and senior jobs open to external candidates. The reforms include moving 22,000 civil servant roles outside of London by 2030, including 50 per cent of senior servant roles, and advertising all [...]
Worth the commute: 9 out of 10 want hybrid working paired with an improved office June 14, 2021 Nine out of ten UK workers want the option to work remotely once offices reopen, while the same proportion desire a better office set-up when they do go in, new research today suggests. Data from OpenSensors, a workplace technology company, shows that a similar proportion of workers (90.5 per cent) are being offered the option [...]
Arcadis to open new City of London office next week in boost for Square Mile June 10, 2021 Design & consultancy firm Arcadis has announced the opening of its new office in the City of London next week. From 14 June, the business will operate from 80 Fenchurch Street, with over 40,000 sq ft of new office space across two floors. “The continued strength of the City office market demonstrates the importance of [...]
Businesses struggle to develop staff remotely June 9, 2021 Over a third of businesses have struggled to train staff remotely during the global pandemic, a new survey suggests. The UK Government plans to remove restrictions so more people can return to the office from 21 June but the survey results suggest business leaders are still split over the future of working practices. Senior decision [...]
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 [...]
Less than half of small businesses will ask staff to return to the office full-time May 25, 2021 Fewer than one in two of small business owners plan to advise their staff to return to the office after 21 June, when government restrictions on home working will be lifted, according to new survey results. Financial services company Hitachi Capital Business Finance polled over a thousand UK-based small business owners to find out how [...]
Where in the West End and City of London office leasing market rebounding most? May 20, 2021 Where is the West End and City of London office leasing market rebounding most?
One in four Brits would take a pay cut for a shorter working week May 19, 2021 One in four British people want four-day working weeks to become the norm – even if it means accepting a pay cut. The poll results come with just over a month until millions are allowed to return to the office from June 21. According to the survey results 70 per cent said they would happily [...]