Nunhead: Consultant Rachel Watson enjoys being based at her home that looks onto the London skyline but misses the office vibe. She will soon get the best of both worlds as Britain s Covid lockdown eases.
UK businesses are planning for a hybrid or flexible workplace, splitting time between home and offices when the latest restrictions are finally relaxed in June.
Watson worked mostly in London s City finance district, for corporate procurement specialists Proxima, until the Covid-19 pandemic erupted one year ago and turned the area into a ghost town.
The 34-year-old Scot now works for Proxima from the apartment she shares with pet beagle Kobe in the south London suburb of Nunhead, six miles (9.6 kilometres) from the office, with a window view of London s Shard skyscraper.
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A worker delivers food inside a McDonald s after over 700 restaurants of the fast-food chain reopened with a dine-in service as business restrictions imposed to combat coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic eased, in London, Britain on July 22, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]
The ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Britain s job market has been highlighted by new figures from the Office for National Statistics, or ONS, showing that unemployment levels in the three months to December were at their highest for nearly five years.
The statistics reveal that, from October to December, 1.74 million people were unemployed, an increase of 454,000 on the same period a year earlier, and the most severely affected age bracket was those aged under 25.
Youngest hit hardest as unemployment rate rises in Britain
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