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Getting workers back to the office set to divide the City

Getting workers back to the office set to divide the City Bosses want to get staff back to their desks, but lawyers say forcing them back to the old normal may lead to legal action Credit: shomos uddin/Getty/Moment RF The office canteen typically has more of a reputation for cheap meals and functional furniture than glamour and intrigue. But after a rainy spring when indoor mixing was banned, dining halls are proving an irresistible draw for City bankers.  Rarely has a work café been described as “buzzy”, but that’s how an executive at one Canary Wharf-based lender says he feels as more and more people return to their old lives. 

The Evening Read: The office is not dead - far from it, say City insiders

In an exclusive sitdown with City A.M., they explain why – rather than the office dying a slow and painful dead – the office will become the heart of culture and connections. They both conclude that firms need to build their company cultures in a physical space. With Simon an introvert and mostly home-based and Mike an extrovert who favours a more hybrid balance, they are aligned in that the office won’t become a relic of the past. But it’ll evolve, at speed, into a destination. Values, culture and corporate purpose “Look at the biggest companies in the world, their brand has manifested in their physical environments,” said Gedye, pointing out that their culture is defined by more than just a strap line on their website, but driven by a team’s willingness to help others collaborate on projects, have a spontaneous drink at the pub or a line manager lunch.

Canary Wharf faces crisis of confidence after Covid

Canary Wharf faces crisis of confidence after Covid Only a fraction of 120,000 workers who once commuted to the financial district every day are back at their desks - and some may never return 16 April 2021 • 11:46am Julia Gordon, who has run the flower shop Bozdag & Gordon in Canary Wharf for nine years, had high hopes for the long-awaited return of business this week as lockdown restrictions were eased further. But while many people rushed to visit their local pub or favourite shop, she was left disappointed. Without footfall from office workers in Canary Wharf, business has been quiet. Only a fraction of the 120,000 people who work in the east London financial district, which Margaret Thatcher was influential in creating, are back at their desks. Some may never go back at all. 

After a year out of the office, do we need a third way of working?

Is working from home a future you re on board with? Credit: Morsa Images/Digital Vision Over the past year, the UK has moved from barely six per cent of its workforce regularly working from home to over 50 per cent – a shift that home-working advocates have been pushing for decades. But after being forced onto lots of us through a global pandemic, this is likely coming to an end; yesterday Howard Dawber, head of strategy at Canary Wharf Group, told Radio 4’s Today programme that “from March 29 onwards I think we will see people starting to return to the workplace”. “There is a lot of fatigue out there,” the head of the financial complex said, adding that while he expected numbers of on-site workers to return to pre-pandemic levels, flexible working may continue, “which would be a good thing.”

Boris Johnson has dismissed a permanent shift to remote working - but when could work at home rules end?

Boris Johnson has dismissed a permanent shift to remote working - but when could work at home rules end?
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