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Back to work as UK lockdown lifts: How City firms are planning for a return to the office

Employers are offering Covid tests and overhauling office space to get staff safely back into work

Many banks, hedge funds and insurers in the Square Mile are making plans for flexible working in preparation for post-pandemic life
Many banks, hedge funds and insurers in the Square Mile are making plans for flexible working in preparation for post-pandemic life Photo: Jason Alden/Getty Images

As the UK’s vaccine rollout continues at pace, City firms are starting to prepare for post-pandemic life. Spoiler alert: it’s going to look very different.

Banks, hedge funds and insurers are planning to give their physical footprint in the Square Mile a makeover, with some offices getting a facelift while others are sold off to prepare for flexible working.

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