Heathrow charges passengers extra £8.90 a flight to check-in desks, baggage system and lights going

Heathrow is charging passengers an extra £8.90 a flight to keep its check-in desks, baggage system and lights going after losing £1.5billion in nine months due to Covid. These costs are normally covered by annual fees agreed with airlines, but passenger numbers have plummeted over the last year, culminating in the airport losing its status … Read more

Call centre giant will use webcams to ensure staff working from home are not leaving their desks

Call centre giant will use webcams to ensure staff working from home are not eating, looking at their phones or leaving their desks while on duty France-based Teleperformance told workers to expect the specialist equipment Webcams will be used for training but will also see if workers are using keyboard Firm says it does not … Read more

Call centre giant will use webcams to ensure staff working from home are not leaving their desks

Call centre giant will use webcams to ensure staff working from home are not eating, looking at their phones or leaving their desks while on duty France-based Teleperformance told workers to expect the specialist equipment Webcams will be used for training but will also see if workers are using keyboard Firm says it does not … Read more

The beginning of the END: Canary Wharf chief says ‘gradual’ return to desks will start from March 29

Businesses based in the capital have said they will monitor Government guidance and are considering ‘hybrid’ working models as the country is eased out of lockdown.  It comes as the chief strategist at London’s Canary Wharf has said the group expects thousands of workers to return to offices in the coming months with a significant … Read more

The beginning of the END: Canary Wharf chief says ‘gradual’ return to desks will start from March 29

Canary Wharf’s head of strategy Howard Dawber has said workers are expected to gradually return to the office from March 29 The chief strategist at London’s Canary Wharf has said thousands of workers are expected to return to offices as Covid restrictions are eased in the coming months. Howard Dawber, Canary Wharf Group’s head of … Read more

Coronavirus UK: South Wales pub rents table ‘desks’ to homeworkers

Staff tired of working from the confines of their home will be able to switch location after one pub offered workers the chance to rent a ‘pub desk’ at their venue. The Famers Arms in Goldcliffe, near Newport, South Wales, is offering workers the chance to book a three-hour time slot and work from its … Read more

Hammersmith and Fulham council BANS all staff from smoking at their desks while working from home

Labour-run Hammersmith and Fulham council bans all staff from smoking at their desks while working from HOME Council has banned staff from smoking even when they are working at home Hammersmith and Fulham council told staff ‘any part of a private dwelling used solely for work purposes will be required to be smoke-free’ Smoking ban … Read more

Hammersmith and Fulham council BANS all staff from smoking at their desks while working from home

Labour run Hammersmith and Fulham council BANS all staff from smoking at their desks while working from home Council has banned staff from smoking even when they are working at home Hammersmith and Fulham council told staff ‘any part of a private dwelling used solely for work purposes will be required to be smoke-free’ Smoking … Read more

Boris Johnson orders civil servants to return to desks as officials try to lead from front

Get back to work! Boris Johnson orders civil servants to return to their desks as officials (belatedly) try to lead from the front Prime Minister set target of four in five workers to return to Whitehall each week   At beginning of lockdown there were 423,000 civil servants employed full time  In a letter to … Read more

Call for Britons to return to desks is paused until next week

A public information campaign urging people in Britain to get back to work following the coronavirus lockdown has had its first air date pushed back. The series of adverts encouraging people to return to offices was originally due to begin tomorrow, but it will not now start until next week at the earliest. The UK … Read more