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More than 3,000 rural post offices face ‘armageddon’ without a £50million bailout, campaigners warned yesterday. They are calling on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to extend the annual subsidy after April next year, when it is due to expire. The cash keeps afloat 3,100 branches that are too small to make a profit and are now being … Read more
WeWork in negotiations with string of City firms that want more flexible offices because so many staff working at home By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 21 November 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 21 November 2020 WeWork is in negotiations with a string of City firms that want more flexible offices … Read more
Great Portland Estates warns demand for offices is at a record low as it crashed to £155m half-year loss By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 11 November 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 11 November 2020 London landlord Great Portland Estates has crashed to a £155m half-year loss Great Portland Estates warned the … Read more
TONY HETHERINGTON: The Post Office is shamed by its empty promises on travel insurance refunds By Tony Hetherington, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 GMT, 7 November 2020 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 7 November 2020 Tony Hetherington is Financial Mail on Sunday’s ace investigator, fighting readers corners, revealing the truth that lies behind closed doors … Read more
John Lewis gets permission to turn almost half of its 678,700sqft flagship Oxford Street shop into offices Much of the enormous site in London is not being used John Lewis has shut eight shops and axed 1,300 jobs during the pandemic By City & Finance Reporters For The Daily Mail Published: 22:04 GMT, 28 October 2020 … Read more
Retail giant John Lewis has moved a step closer in its plans to convert a large chunk of its famous Oxford Street store into offices – becoming the latest big name chain to edge away from the High Street. Nearly half of the firm’s flagship store on could be turned into office space as the … Read more
Frustrated MPs are ‘turning their House of Commons offices into secret bars’ after Parliament’s alcohol ban Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle banned alcohol sales in the Commons this month Some MPs have been filling their fridges with wine & beers & throwing parties Commons authorities are investigating claims that renegade Tories plan to turn their offices … Read more
Capital’s offices only 27% full despite most buildings being open, says West End landlord By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 12 October 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 12 October 2020 A leading London landlord says only a quarter of office workers are back at their desks despite all its buildings being … Read more
Could face masks be made mandatory in offices? Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick says wearing coverings in workplaces ‘does have some benefit’ and it ‘will be taken into consideration’ Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said face masks ‘have some benefit’ at work He said making them compulsory in offices ‘will be taken into consideration’ Comments represent a … Read more
Home Office’s facial recognition software is branded ‘systemically racist,’ as study finds it is twice as likely to reject a picture of a black woman than a white man Passport check technology is twice as likely to reject black women as white men Concerns have been raised over the software, which is used by the … Read more