Covid-19
Morgan Stanley decides to stay in Canary Wharf headquarters
The Wall Street bank will end a three-year search for a new UK headquarters
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EY UK monitors staff attendance amid hybrid-working rule breaches
EY follows law firms and investment banks by cracking down on staff flouting hybrid policies
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Top investment banks battle over hybrid working demands: ‘People are just choosing to resign’
Three years on from the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and banks remain divided on the future of work
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Is working from home dead for dealmakers? ‘The debate has moved on’
Dealmakers have quickly reverted to their hectic schedule of in-person meetings, regular flights to pitch deals and burning the midnight oil in the office
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BNP Paribas asks frontline staff to spend more time in the office
Investment banks are taking a harder line on working from home
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Goldman Sachs scraps Covid-19 protocols
Bank points to recent guidance from CDC, which relaxed many pandemic precautions
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FCA asks staff back into the office for 40% of work days
Regulator pushes ahead with hybrid working as it works out how to keep tabs on the City remotely
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Heathrow tells airlines to stop selling tickets as passenger surge overwhelms airport
The airport said its assessment is that it cannot handle more than 100,000 passengers per day
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City heavyweights sour on Boris Johnson after ‘Partygate’
The ‘Partygate’ scandal has further weakened support for the Prime Minister in the Square Mile
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Deloitte cuts London office space by a third in hybrid working overhaul
Professional services firm continues to scale back as it looks to a post-pandemic future
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Private equity firms overhaul London offices in the wake of Covid
The pandemic and a move to home working have caused the PE sector to rethink the space it needs
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Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak to receive fines over lockdown parties
'Partygate' scandal to result in penalties for the prime minister and chancellor, 10 Downing Street says
PE sector gripped by deal fatigue: ‘People have been working beyond their capacity for a long time’
‘People are saying they can’t keep this up much longer’
Hybrid working will hang around, according to managers
Leaders are moving to split time between home and the office, but challenges remain despite a potential productivity boost
ESG’s newest frontier emerges as heavyweight investors back health ventures
When it comes to ESG, investors have been focused on climate, but health has been pushed to the forefront during the pandemic
FCA official warns hybrid working risks creation of the ‘in’ and ‘out’ crowd
FCA official warns that leaders risk becoming ‘less visible on a human level’ as relationships become more ‘transactional’ in a virtual setting
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Citi, HSBC, Goldman among banks pushing for office return as UK Covid curbs lift
The City's banks are expected to ask staff to return to the office
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City vacancies up 40% on pre-pandemic levels as job switchers cash in on salary hikes
Morgan McKinley's London employment monitor showed spikes in the number of jobs available and in the number of jobseekers
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