Will businesses reduce their office footprint in 2021? 11 January 2021: With homeworking the new norm, speculation is rife that the days of the vanity corporate HQ could be numbered. Even the longer-term prospect of hybrid models of working is prompting questions about office space and opportunities to downsize.
Back in September 2020, more than half of UK directors said they planned to cut back-office space as staff move more permanently to working from home, according to a survey conducted by the Institute of Directors. It found that lockdown had resulted in many people embracing homeworking as the default option: more than four in 10 said one of the main reasons was that working from home was proving more effective than their previous set-up.
Positive Wylfa Newydd talks sees planning decision date extended
BEIS Secretary of State Alok Sharma delays the Development Consent Order decision date until April
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Wylfa Newydd s planning decision has been delayed for another four months for talks with potential new investors to continue.
Digital infrastructure challengers flourish with sustained investment in 2020 RealWire
2020-12-23
Figures from Point Topic on industry investment and FTTH Council Europe on rollout growth mark significant year for sector
INCA membership grows as members target more rural and urban fibre rollouts
London, UK, 23 December 2020 – Despite Covid19 and the economic downturn private investment in the digital infrastructure sector has continued apace. This is doubly impressive given uncertainty over government funding for hard-to-reach areas, recent changes to the overall policy target and long-running debate about Ofcom’s regulation of the market.
A recent Point Topic report commissioned by INCA showed that investment announcements in the challenger networks have reached £7.7bn in the period to 2025 with another £1.2bn of investment announced since the report was published. This is in addition to investment announced by BT/Openreach and Virgin Media.
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Almost two-thirds of fleets believe implementing a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 is too soon, new research suggests.
The Government had previously said it would end the sale of new internal combustion engine (ICE) cars and vans by 2040.
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Fleet News survey completed by more than 600 fleet decision-makers showed that fewer than a third (29%) agreed with the implementation date for cars.
One-in-five fleets (21%) would have preferred the ban for cars to be introduced from 2035, with a similar number (22%) suggesting a start date of 2040 – the original date chosen by the Government.