Staff are to be told not to return to their offices even as Covid-19 restrictions are lifted

Office staff are set to be told to keep working from home even as other lockdown restrictions are eased, the Daily Mail can reveal. Boris Johnson is not expected to give a firm date for when workers will return to their desks as he unveils his plans for a return to normality on Monday. It … Read more

Offices saw more than 500 Covid outbreaks in six months last year

All but five local authorities in England saw coronavirus infections fall last week, official data shows in the clearest sign yet that cases are trending downwards across the country during lockdown.  Public Health England figures published today reveal 144 out of 149 areas (97 per cent) recorded a drop in weekly positive tests in the … Read more

Boris Johnson says Government is working ‘flat out’ to counter Covid outbreak at DVLA offices

Boris Johnson today vowed the Government is ‘working flat-out’ after a Covid outbreak at the DVLA headquarters. More than 500 cases have been identified at the driving agency’s offices in Swansea between September and December last year after bosses allegedly told staff with symptoms to return to work. It is thought to be Britain’s biggest … Read more

More than 500 Covid cases reported at DVLA offices in Swansea

More than 500 of the DVLA’s 6,000 workers in Swansea have caught coronavirus since March – as workers accuse bosses of ‘encouraging staff with symptoms to return to work’ Outbreak heaps pressure on ministers who critics say failed to protect workers A number of employees, including those who are vulnerable, still told to come in … Read more

Company transforms shipping containers into home offices and cinemas

It’s a steel! Company transforms SHIPPING CONTAINERS into luxury lodges, pool rooms – and even cricket pavilions The company behind the transformations is Gloucestershire-based SteelPad, which charges from £17,000  Features can include a railed roof terrace; wall beds, shower rooms and Bluetooth speaker systems ‘Little daunts us in the joinery department and our attention to detail … Read more

Democracy defiled: Trail of destruction left inside US Capitol after Trump’s mob trashed offices

Shocking images today revealed the trail of destruction inside the US Capitol after hundreds of Donald Trump’s mob ransacked the seat of American democracy to demand Joe Biden’s election be overturned. Lecterns piled like trash, windows smashed, statues of heroes vandilized, dossiers strewn across office floors and telephones ripped from the walls lay among the … Read more

Offices and other commercial premises to share a £481m business rates rebate

Offices and other commercial premises to share a £481m business rates rebate as the coronavirus pandemic triggers a surge in appeals The Valuation Office Agency (VOA)  has issued an urgent interim agreement  Offices have been hit hard by Covid-19 with many remaining shut There will be reductions of 25% off the rateable value of all … Read more

Covid Wales: 352 workers infected at Swansea DVLA offices 

DVLA announces 352 workers have been infected by Covid outbreak at its Swansea offices The DVLA has declared a coronavirus outbreak at its Swansea offices There have been 352 cases of Covid-19 at the contact centre since September Local health board has set up a testing facility to limit spread into community  By William Cole For Mailonline … Read more

The Office’s Brian Baumgartner is 2020’s top earner on Cameo with over $1 million earned

Brian Baumgartner may not be the most high-profile celebrity recording custom content on Cameo, but he’s the most successful. Cameo CEO Steven Galanis revealed Monday on Kara Swisher’s New York Times podcast that the 48-year-old Office star had earned over $1 million on the service in 2020, more than any other celebrity using it.  Baumgartner became … Read more