Business Daily Media

Times Advertising

.

Why banks once flocked to Canary Wharf’s high-tech superstructures, but are now starting to return to the City

  • Written by Lucy Newton, Professor in Business History, Henley Business School, University of Reading
Why banks once flocked to Canary Wharf’s high-tech superstructures, but are now starting to return to the CityCanary Wharf, London.IR Stone/Shutterstock

HSBC is moving its UK headquarters from Canary Wharf back into the City of London as it adjusts to the impact of hybrid work on its office space needs.

This could signal the reverse of the 1990s trend of banks moving out of the City in search of buildings more suited to modern banking. The City’s...

More Articles ...

  1. Regulators including Ofgem use codes of practice to curb bad behaviour by businesses –– how to tell if this works
  2. Who decides what ESG is and how to make investments greener – new research
  3. How childcare subsidies can reduce the gap between mothers’ and fathers’ career paths – for this generation and the next
  4. Carillion ex-director gets banned for 11 years – here's what it means for people whose companies get wrecked
  5. How the UK's mortgage rescue deal could help or hurt you – in part depending on where you live
  6. Renationalising Thames Water would be a gamble – but there is another way to help clean up the industry
  7. How Thames Water came to be flooded with debt – and what it means for taxpayers
  8. Interest rate hikes are not the only tool to fight UK inflation – here's what the government should do
  9. Your energy bills are finally about to go down – here's why
  10. The Johnson/Truss debacle of 2022 made people more afraid of starting businesses – new findings

BizCover Brings Australia’s First AI-Based Insurance Quotes to ChatGPT

Australian small business owners can now receive and compare business insurance quotes directly inside ChatGPT, in a move that signals a major shi...

VistaPrint Research Reveals Australian Small Businesses Face a Succession Cliff

With only 16% of retiring small businesses having a succession plan, tens of thousands risk closure as one in three owners nears retirement.  Ne...

Corporate volunteering grows up: how companies are shifting to meaningful, community-led impact

As workplaces settle into the new year and look for ways to strengthen culture, capability and connection, experts say corporate volunteering is e...

The Rise of Mobile-First Venues

Global Hospitality Platform, Tabit, Reveals Five Ways to Maximise Benefits of Mobile-First Systems  As Australian hospitality venues grapple with...

Why the SME is now the primary engine of global cybercrime

For over a decade, the most practical and effective advice we could offer an employee was to spot the typo. It was practical, it was free, and it wo...

Work-life Balance Key to Solving Construction Talent Shortage

New data from leading talent company Randstad Australia shows flexible working and work-life balance could be critical to addressing ongoing talen...