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‘Seismic shift’: how Covid reshaped London’s flex office market
GLA-commissioned study finds sector rocked by pandemic but showing “resilience and resourcefulness”
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Belgium and France lead Europe’s return to the office
Workers in those countries are spending an average of 3.6 days in the office each week
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WeWork’s CEO on what went wrong
David Tolley’s declaration in bankruptcy filings chronicles the co-working company’s rise and fall
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Scottish vaccine factory touted for potential sale
Valneva to explore options for unused 75,000 sq ft Covid-19 vaccine facility
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‘This is evolution’: fear, footfall and rethinking the office
Incoming BCO president and CEO on obsolescence, lessons from retail and the return to the office
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UK office occupancy rates reach highest level since lockdown
However, the figure still sits well below the pre-pandemic average of 80%
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Blackstone steps up tenant evictions
The investor has filed eviction lawsuits against hundreds of US tenants
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Hospitality needs help as Covid loans fall due
The loans are interest-free until March, but the downturn has made things harder for many businesses
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The EG Interview: Vertis and real estate’s date with data
Analytics company co-founder on commuting, city migration and a once-in-a-generation change to work
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Rethinking what makes a great office
COMMENT “The rationalisation of office space, which was already underway, is about to accelerate”
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Glasgow property director disqualified for Covid fraud
Businesses were not eligible for £135,000 of Bounce Back Loans
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The EG Interview: Dellah Gilbert takes the wheel at the PLA
The Maples Teesdale partner on law reform, disputes, diversity… and Stranger Things
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No choice but to adapt: IPUT on post-Covid placemaking
Developer updates 2020 report on how workplaces and city centre neighbourhoods are changing
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Retail suffering from long Covid, ONS figures show
The sector’s contribution to GDP is nearly 15% below pre-pandemic levels
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Press baron was was landlord to Adidas during rents campaign
The sports firm’s planned rent freeze was pilloried by Bild, which is part owned by its landlord
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WeWork launches global return-to-work city initiative
Scheme will help employers devise hybrid strategies and incentivise workers to return to the office
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EG Interviews: Pandemic lessons from real estate’s leaders
Two and a half years after the first Covid-19 lockdown, here’s how the crisis reshaped an industry
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Colliers slams ‘slow, inefficient’ Covid support
Less than a third of the £1.5bn Covid-19 Additional Relief Fund has been allocated
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How culture can encourage people back to the office
COMMENT U+I’s Martyn Evans on the impact of creative regeneration
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Covid impact on GDP worse than feared
Revised figures from ONS say GDP fell by 11%, not 9.3%
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Director disqualified for fraudulently claiming £200k in Covid support
Insolvency Service says Stephen Burke’s ‘abhorrent’ behaviour warrants 11-year ban
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Government spends £700,000 a day to store unused PPE
More than 14bn items of PPE are being stored
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The death knell for Covid rent defences
Court of Appeal’s decision leaves tenants with only three options…
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Office occupancy plateaus as Covid fears return
Industrial action also impacting office attendance
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H Samuel chain loses out in landmark pandemic rent arrears arbitration award
The world’s largest specialist jeweller has failed to obtain relief from rent arrears of £450,000
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Why rural workspaces are a barnstorming success
The great city exodus has led to a huge rise in the number of companies seeking rural offices
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EG Building Tour: Inside CBRE’s Henrietta House
CBRE’s new HQ is proving to be the ultimate back-to-work incentive
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Office occupancy at highest level since pandemic began
But train and tube strikes will now slow momentum
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IWG sees office staff settle into three-day week
Birmingham, Slough and Aberdeen among sites to see rapid footfall bounce-back
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Revealed: the London office markets where landlords hold the bargaining power
Carter Jonas research shows net effective rents far nearer pre-Covid peak in some areas than others
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Office occupancy hits highest level since pandemic
London nudges up to average occupancy of 31.2%
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In pictures: JLL’s blueprint for the office of the future
20 Water Street offices “embed circular economy principles”
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UK real estate lending hits record high
Bayes Business School tracks £50bn of new deals but warns of “next hurdles” in rising interest rates
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Shaftesbury and Capco in fashion as West End ‘has its mojo back’
Listed companies benefit as area comes back to life
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Rent collection rates rise to highest level since start of pandemic
Office rent collection rates are the highest, with leisure lagging behind the other sectors
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The occupier view: How ITV changed its Manchester hub post-Covid
Company “saw an opportunity and made the most of it” in revamping its MediaCity home
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Covid quarantine hotels cost taxpayer £400m
More than half of the £757m bill for the “self-financing” scheme was picked up by taxpayers
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London offices and the great migration to grade A+
COMMENT Edmond de Rothschild’s Derek Williams on changing workplace demands
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The EG Interview: Shaftesbury on 25 years of keeping cool in Carnaby
The REIT’s executive director, Simon Quayle, talks a quarter-century of change in the portfolio
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Covid returns to hit hospitality and housebuilders
A record number of cases and sick leave has impacted build programmes
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UK office occupancy plateaus at 25% capacity
Data shows rate of return to office post-Covid has slowed
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More urban housing can support cities’ post-Covid recovery
COMMENT Balance Out Living’s Zafar Bhunnoo on the benefits of specialised forms of residential
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Allianz to reshape its UK property portfolio post-pandemic
The insurer has named Colliers as its preferred UK real estate partner
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Less than a third of councils have handed out Covid business rates relief
Most of the £1.5bn meant to help businesses has not been handed out
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How to make workers miss the office
Get the space right and teams will have a fear of missing out, say the experts
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Landlords owed 55% of net rent as arbitration process nears
Figures from Re-Leased show the state of the market weeks before Commercial Rent Bill is introduced
Read more Here’s what employees want from the office of the future
New survey shows country- and generation-specific factors that will draw workers back to their desks
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Have suburban high streets really received a ‘work from home’ boost?
New research questions whether the data really supports the assumptions that have been made
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Reigniting the buzz: how can we attract the masses back to our cities?
Luring workforces and visitors back post-pandemic is a major challenge for urban centres
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‘We can’t underestimate the impact of unprocessed trauma on our cities’
15 minutes with Greg Lindsay, senior fellow for applied research and foresight at NewCities
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London offices rent growth stalled by Omicron
Carter Jonas analysts predict return to growth through 2022
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The EG Interview: Paul Morgan on plans to resolve pandemic rent arrears
The former High Court judge discusses his new role as an arbitrator and mediator
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Here’s what the big banks have learnt about offices and hybrid working
Lloyds, HSBC, Barclays and others set out their new normal
Read more Regional office take-up recovers from Covid low
Figures from JLL show a lift as occupiers move to secure new space
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Public sector staff might ‘never’ return to desks full-time
Hybrid working set to be embraced as the norm
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City Corp launches back-to-the-office events programme
Square Smiles campaign aims to raise awareness of the benefits of returning to the City
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Office working figures reach pandemic peak
Almost one-third of employees have returned to their corporate desks
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Standard Chartered has three-quarters of staff on hybrid working
Bank reiterates that offices are “hubs of teamwork, collaboration and learning”
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Insolvencies rise as pandemic protection ends
Rises driven by greater levels of creditor voluntary liquidation
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Costs of working from home laid bare
ONS figures reveal spending patterns of remote workers during pandemic
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Docklands offices lead London occupancy levels
Average office occupancy rates in the Docklands reached 22.4% in the week ending 28 January
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Sadiq Khan: construction cost hike hits housebuilding
Materials prices and worker shortages leave London homebuilding “at risk of stalling”
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Corporate occupiers slow to adapt to hybrid working
JLL study finds half of companies have yet to put “future of work” plans in place
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Real estate resumes hybrid working as WFH guidance ends
Major agencies are set to return to the office from today
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Civil servants’ fury at being told to ‘return to work’
Government’s insinuation about a lack of work has angered officials
Read more TfL station tenants ‘relying on food banks’ amid reduced winter trading
Sadiq Khan says government ‘making it difficult’ for TfL to support businesses
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The nation heads back to the office
City firms pull staff back in as PM declares a return to “complete normality”
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The technological backbone of premises will either make or break a building
COMMENT Nadia Bainbridge identifies the problems that tenants want proptech to solve
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Civil servants told to lead the way back to the office
But unions say it is insulting to suggest that working from home isn’t working
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Work-from-home guidance to be scrapped next week, says PM
Business and property groups welcome lifting of Plan B Covid-19 measures
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Prime minister prepares to scrap working from home guidance
Boris Johnson is expected to declare an end to the Covid restrictions later today
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Firm wins government tender on CVA report
The Insolvency Service has appointed consultancy RSM to undertake research on treatment of landlords
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Greater London and South East offices bounce back in 2021
Take-up rises 46% in ‘significant confidence booster’ for market
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Calls for VAT and rates cap as Christmas crushes hospitality’s hopes
Trading on Christmas day was 60% lower than 2019, while NYE was down 27%
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Pret Index shows City running on empty
Sales at sandwich shops in the City and Canary Wharf are below a third of pre-pandemic levels
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End WFH to boost economy, ministers urge
There is growing demand in cabinet to lift the restrictions at the end of the month
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The future of auctions can’t be based on nostalgia
COMMENT: Andrew Brown of Strettons on the future of the sector post-pandemic
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TfL begged to help tenants as station footfall declines
Tenants say: “We can’t even cover wages, never mind the rent.”
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England’s office space shrinks by 18m sq ft
The trend is expected to continue, says Savills
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Surveyor makes £20m from Covid testing
Chartered surveyor Charles Palmer acted as a middle-man for US firm Innova
Read more Office occupancy halves as Omicron bites
Average occupancy levels fell by more than 10 percentage points in the week ending 17 December
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Year in review: London’s office market turns a corner
EG looks back at a year of turbulence and opportunity for the sector
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Unpaid rent bill set to top £7.4bn
New figures reveals rising cost of missed payments during the pandemic
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New figures show plight of hospitality sector
Chancellor is under pressure to release cash as a second Covid Christmas threatens to sink sector
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How the world’s largest theatre owner kept the show on the road
The Ambassador Theatre Group’s new property director on navigating the pandemic
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Candy could face questions as police investigate Tory Christmas party
Met Police launch investigation into the lockdown party at CCHQ, where Nick Candy was a guest
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Rishi returns to rescue restaurants
The chancellor has flown back from California to hold urgent talks with the hospitality sector
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Voice of the Region Capital Edition: West London – Office 365
LISTEN An office recovery in west London has gained momentum after a very tough 2020
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Support must be in lockstep with restrictions, say business
As omicron threatens Christmas takings, businesses want more than warm wishes
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Covid curbs pass Commons, despite 100 rebel MPs
Omicron restrictions only passed with help from the Labour opposition
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Omicron curbs will cut Christmas takings by 40%
UK Hospitality says cancellations are already hurting pubs and restaurants
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Morgan Stanley boss says he was wrong to insist staff return to office
James Gorman thought things would be back to normal by September. “I was wrong on this”
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Tory revolt over omicron restrictions grows
The government will have to rely on Labour votes to get the measures through parliament
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Wetherspoon boss warns of ‘lockdown by stealth’
Tim Martin says new restrictions could push the group to a loss in its half-year results
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West End landlords ‘cheered’ as shoppers undeterred by Plan B Covid-19 rules
Footfall rises by 3% across the district despite fresh concerns over the Omicron variant
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Property groups call for TfL deal as London’s transport use stutters
The capital has fallen behind New York, Berlin, Hong Kong and Paris on public transport use
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No new support, despite new restrictions
New Covid measures are in place, but there will be no new support for businesses, says Treasury
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Real estate 2022: Reconfigured, not reduced
Survey results provide a host of opportunities for investors and developers
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Fresh home working rules will hit central London ‘disproportionately hard’
Business groups call for support measures amid new Covid-19 restrictions
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