COVID-19 Cases Are Dropping, but Many UK Employees Still Opt to Work From Home February 8, 2022 By William Shaw, Irina Anghel and Loukia Gyftopoulou With pandemic restrictions in the UK largely gone, offices are getting busier. Yet vast numbers of desks still remain empty....
People Should Get Back to Office, Learn to Live With Coronavirus: UK Business Minister January 21, 2022 People should get back to the office to benefit from in-person collaboration because the world must learn to live with...
Lloyd’s Weighs Future of Headquarters as Market Embraces Flexible Working January 18, 2022 By Jack Sidders Lloyd’s of London is reviewing its real estate needs as the historic insurance market embraces flexible working. “As we adapt...
Lloyd’s, IUA Sign Contract With DXC to Help Build Fully Automated Processing January 12, 2022 Lloyd’s confirmed a contract has been signed with DXC Technology and the International Underwriting Association (IUA) in an agreement that...
UK Businesses Brace for Great British Resignation in 2022 December 21, 2021 By Emily Ashton UK businesses were hit by rising numbers of staff leaving their jobs voluntarily during 2021, with many employers facing the...
London Turns Into Ghost Town as UK Faces Record-Breaking Wave of COVID Infections December 16, 2021 By Thomas Buckley and Deirdre Hipwell The owner of Parlez, a pub and restaurant in south London, hoped that sales this Christmas would have bounced back...
Lloyd’s and London’s Finance District Confront a Past Steeped in Slavery October 6, 2021 By Carolyn Cohn and Huw Jones LONDON — British ships ferried over 3 million enslaved African people across the Atlantic Ocean. Lloyd’s of London insured many...
UK Financial Services Sector Calls for Eased Visa Requirements to Keep Competitiveness September 30, 2021 By Huw Jones LONDON — Britain’s financial sector has called on the government to ease visa requirements on overseas staff who want to...
Workers in London’s Financial Services Industry Are Returning to Their Desks in Droves September 20, 2021 By Harry Wilson and Tom Metcalf On the lower floors of HSBC Holdings Plc’s Canary Wharf headquarters, the desks are filling up. Traders, salespeople and close...
Climate Activists Plan 2 Weeks of Protest in City of London August 20, 2021 By Michael Holden Environmental activists who caused days of traffic chaos in London two years ago said on Wednesday [Aug. 18] they would...