Extinction Rebellion protestors smash 19 windows at HSBC’s Canary Wharf HQ

Extinction Rebellion activists today smashed at least 19 windows at HSBC’s Canary Wharf headquarters as they claimed the bank is financing climate change. The Earth Day protest is the second time the movement has broken windows this month after smashing glass at Barclays Bank’s headquarters in London in April 7.   Nine woman took part in the demonstration, … Read more

HSBC bosses forced to hot desk in Canary Wharf HQ cut back

Bosses at HSBC have fallen victim to the bank’s huge cut back on office space as it attempts to move towards home-working, it has emerged. Senior staff were recently pushed out of their private offices on the 42nd level of the group’s Canary Wharf headquarters and will instead be force to hot-desk two floors below. … 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

Canary Wharf owner lodges plans for a huge office development

Canary Wharf owner lodges plans for a huge office development despite the rise in working from home By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 16 July 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 16 July 2020 The owner of Canary Wharf in London has lodged plans for a huge office development. Canary Wharf Group … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: It is worrying that Canary Wharf remains nearly empty

Close to where I live in south-west London a top City trader has set up his lockdown office in his vast suburban home with a bank of trading screens as his window on the world. Across town at Canary Wharf just 10,000 workers have returned to the gleaming towers occupied by the elite of world … Read more

‘Professional idiot’, 19, hangs off 600ft-high building in London’s Canary Wharf for YouTube stunt

Don’t try this at home… or anywhere! ‘Professional idiot’, 19, hangs off 600ft-high building in London’s Canary Wharf for YouTube stunt Adam Lockwood, 19, pretended to throw himself a London building for a prank The daredevil teenager takes videos of him climbing tall European buildings The warehouse worker from Wigan performed a similar stunt in … Read more

‘Professional idiot’, 19, hangs off 600ft-high building in London’s Canary Wharf for YouTube stunt

Don’t try this at home… or anywhere! ‘Professional idiot’, 19, hangs off 600ft-high building in London’s Canary Wharf for YouTube stunt Adam Lockwood, 19, pretended to throw himself a London building for a prank The daredevil teenager takes videos of him climbing tall European buildings The warehouse worker from Wigan performed a similar stunt in … Read more

Barclays’ worker in Canary Wharf is diagnosed with coronavirus

Barclays’ staff in Canary Wharf ordered to self-isolate after colleague is diagnosed with coronavirus By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 11 March 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 11 March 2020 A worker at Barclays’ Canary Wharf office has been diagnosed with coronavirus. The employee was based on the ninth … Read more